Favorite? Hm… I would have to say Codeigniter (PHP framework) but I love these projects as well: Linux/GNU, VLC, LibreOffice, qBittorrent, VSCodium, Filezilla, GIMP, Firefox, Wireguard, GrapheneOS, Matrix, F-Droid.
If I won the lottery I’d donate to these projects or their respective foundations.
firefox and lemmy I guess
Currently OBS and Motrix
I think I’ll go with GIMP: it’s such a well made tool and for 99% of use cases is a valid alternative to professional photo editing suites
Yeah I know, being realist always backfires
Exactly … I’d say more 80 percent of everything you ever want to do with an image … the other 20 percent is probably stuff that isn’t worth doing anyway … I use GIMP all the time and it’s the image editor I use the most often
gimps ui is just less intuitive. I have no doubt it can do everything photoshop does for people who use it regularly, but as someone who just wants to edit some images occasionally, its challenging to learn (and relearn) its quirks everytime. all of that could be fixed by just changing the UI though.
For games:
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Anuto TD (found a few days ago, isn’t super feature rich but still fun to kill time)
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Mindustry (never played a game like it before, ended up supporting by buying it on Steam)
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Supertuxkart (I love how many custom add-on karts and tracks I have)
For non-games:
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Termux (allows me to get apk files and install Revancify for add free yt)
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VLC (I don’t mind slow updates and have yet to switch mostly because I can’t find anything better that isn’t more complicated than it needs to be and/or is closed source)
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KDE Connect (I have almost always had problems with moving files from and to my desktop via cord)
I’d include something like Linux, but I personally feel that’s kinda cheating because of how large it is compared to the others.
I would add these under games:)
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Beyond All Reason (RTS)
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Cuberite (OSS MC server implementation)
Have not heard of those two. Also, I personally wouldn’t be able to add cuberite since I quit mc after the whole chat reporting thing and have yet to look back.
I’ll definitely have to look into Beyond All Reason, though.
Edit: Looked up BAR and my computer would go nuclear on me if I tried it considering the website for the game lists a minimum requirement of 16gb RAM and mine only has 16gb installed with 13gb available. My computer would melt in a matter of just trying to launch it, probably.
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Open transport tycoon deluxe! Such an old but great game with many new features.
I tried OTTD a few times and wasn’t very good at it, so I haven’t played it since because I gave up.
I’ll definitely have to try again some time.
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Proxmox, opnsense, fdroid, and many more on r/selfhosted (now on lemmy also) .
sunshine, moonlight ( play my games anywhere in the world, games run on my pc at home)
Firefox (the best browser against google monopoly), thunderbird (best mail client)
LineageOS, microG, Mozilla Location services, Magisk, aurora store (let me use Android without any of google tracking)
Bitwarden, Proton mail/vpn, Nextcloud (finally no gmail tracking)
Jellyfin, kodi (lets me create my own Netflix)
GNU/Linux, GNOME, KDE and host of other Linux projects. No more windows tracking. Also if you want to really know how the OS works, you should start tinkering with Linux. I expanded my knowledge base by just using Linux as daily driver.
The list just goes on and on. I am so grateful for all the open source devs that put their time in developing these tools.
For those wanting to go further, checkout https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted
LineageOS, microG, Mozilla Location services, Magisk, aurora store (let me use Android without any of google tracking)
Can you expand on this more? I’m getting more and more interested in cutting ties with Google altogether. I’ve been using bing for the last few years now. Not much better, but at least I get paid for the info they glean from my searches. I rooted my galaxy S4 way back and was happy to finally get rid of all the bloatware and I’d like to do that again with my current phone, but ridding myself of Google location services is also really appealing.
For degoogling i remove stock os that comes with my Android device. I buy phones which have good support for custom roms (like nothing, oneplus, pixel). You can find the custom roms on xda threads and telegram groups for your device.
After installing the custom rom i root it with magisk and flash minmicrog package which installs microG (oss version of play services) and with it comes mozilla Location services.
You can install minmicrog package on stock rom also.
Firefox lets you use extensions on mobile too
mpv.io !
I discovered it before covid, and it is really lightweight and customizable. So many plug-ins, and they’re so simple to create.
I was usually having issues with VLC or settings that he didn’t have. No issues with mpv, so far.Weird issue with VLC / Manjaro lately as it just wouldnt play any file. Opens and just closes. Just tried out mpv.io. Worked like a charm. Thanks!
If you are new to mpv, I recommend this guide https://thewiki.moe/tutorials/mpv/ because the settings are not user-friendly as it has no GUI.
I argue a well-made config is more user friendly.
love mpv! such a minimal video player, and it’s really easy to pipe video sources into it via cli with something like streamlink.
only complaint i have about it is i couldn’t get chromecast working with it, but it was pretty easy with vlc.
Libre Office
Have you tried Only Office? Recently discovered the application and kinda like it more than LibreOffice
Only Office?
I see the Ribbon menu bar, I leave. Don’t get how people can work with that abomination.
You might be like me. I prefer the old style, but I don’t work in the office much and to try to convince my partner and my friends who do and are used to the ribbon, that there’s no need to pay Microsoft, I’ll go with the open source ribbon.
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And Krita!
I really like to use Shotcut for video editing and Audacity for audio related things.
Linux, Firefox, Apache
Right now, it’s Warpinator. Makes at-home wireless file transfers so damn SIMPLE.
Warpinator helps with transferring files over from PC to Steam Deck. Although KDE Connect is preinstalled on the Steam Deck, Warpinator just seems to work better / more consistently
Agreed. Less troubleshooting.
I was about to say KDE Connect, for file transfere and other remote controls and communication between my devices
To each their own. KDE Connect is great, I still recommend it, but I had a better experience with Warpinator.
Neovim. It’s an awesome editor and it has a great community and ecosystem.
