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firefox
considering the big monopoly of chrome based is not really free, it’s paid by google or microsoft mining user data
In fairness, Firefox is also paid for by Google.
Firefox gets like 90% of its funding from Google for making Google the default search.
That’s funny, that’s the first thing I change when I set it up on a new device.
:) me too, still using google as search engine, but behind startpage
Yes, google pay for being the default search engine, but that doesn’t mean they collect your information. And even better, there are also Firefox forks security oriented.
Kotatsu
Godot
I cant believe it has a better user experience than unity, an app that has a 412 USD/month paid plan
Thanks, checking this out.
One story that I should write down because I always tell it when discussing Godot since it’s a great example of why Godot is better than other engines is that a while back I was doing a single player game for a game jam, because I was testing it with multiple controllers I wanted that it would pick any controller (it’s a single player game after all,não who cares which controller I’m using) and was annoyed at the fact that every game engine requires you to create mapping for all controllers individually to do this, e.g. “controller 1 button A”, “controller 2 button A”, etc. So I went into the code for Godot and added a couple of lines that allowed me to create a mapping for all controllers, i.e. “Any controller Button A”. This felt so useful that I wondered why no engine has it, so I submitted a PR and last I checked Godot is still the only engine that allows for “any controller” style mapping.
I was waiting for that.
Vim. Every computer I’ve owned since the early 1990s has had some version of Vi on it.
Or Emacs, if you want a full operating system as your text editor!
I’ve grown to hate vi as I’m building an Ubuntu server, but it’s begrudgingly better than the other text editors I’ve dealt with so far
F-droid is amazing and distributes amazing software that many people already mentioned.
In order to write software, developers need software. I think we should also mention the GNU packages and LLVM.
Agree. I use it just for GPSLogger - the best tool for logging and sharing comms ever written. So good, Google made it impossible to list on the play store, and F-droid allows me to continue using it easily.
Audacity. How the hell is Audacity free?
Audacity is decent, but Reaper is sooooooooooooooooooooooo much better. Sooooooooooooooooooooooo much. And it’s basically free (presuming you’re not a business).
and Ardour
Ardour is a DAW though, isn’t it?
So is reaper
Would you call Audacity a DAW?
I mean it lacks the features of many more focused DAWs, but technically I’d say yes, as it is a Workstation for Digital Audio.
Since the Muse Group has acquired Audacity and its following telemetry/spy-ware case, it has a little bitter aftertaste, there are good alternatives though like Ardour
I’m glad Audacity is free, but as an audio (and video) professional, it’s a giant pain in the ass.
Oh, so thats where the phrase “the audacity of it” comes from
The term came long before the program…
Next thing you’ll tell me is Iron Man wasn’t the inspiration for the element iron.
“You have created a new element.”
DaVinci Resolve is professional grade video editing software that’s completely free to use. It lacks some features that the paid version has but this probably doesn’t effect the vast majority of casual users.
And even better, hiring companies for people who are video pros like myself are starting to ask if you’re familiar with it. They’ve realized they don’t have to pay Adobe’s stupid fees.
Will always mention its mildly scummy they put user created free addons behind the paid studio version, you can buy some of their equipment and it comes with the studio version to save money (one time fee)
The industry should resort to Resolve as a default. Tired of Adobe’s bullshit.
Second this. Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve is amazing. Probably my favorite video editor (although I usually have to use Adobe Premiere for work). It’s fast, fairly easy to use and probably has everything you need unless you’re doing very specific and high end professional work. It’s also rock solid. The only time I had problems was when I tried to render a few dozen (simple) timelines in one queue on a MacBook with 8GB of memory. Can’t exactly blame DaVinci for crashing on me there.
And as a bonus: it even runs on Linux. Although kdenlive is also a surprisingly good alternative there.
OnlyOffice. Great office suite. Also any app from FUTO
Quite a few of my favorites have already been mentioned, so I’ll add some that live on my toolbar:
Zim, a desktop wiki with markdown and a lot of plugins. Great for organizing all of your notes with links and a fast search function.
Heroic launcher, for organizing your Epic, GOG and Prime collection.
Geany, an extremely configurable and light editor that can be as simple or as full featured as you want, via plugins.
Terminator, a solid multi terminal emulator where I spend most of my time at work.
Linking for anyone else interested; Zim
I’m very interested and involved in the free software space. I wouldn’t say I’m surprised by any being free.
There’s some powerhouses of great or big or powerful free software, but I know that and know why they are or can be free.
Usefulness does not correlate with price.
Anything which is Libre/OpenSource
Anki flash cards. I use it everyday and commercial programs can’t hold a candle to it.
That would have been my addition to the list too.
You use it for studying, right?
Are you implying there are other ways to use it? I only know it for studying / learning languages so I’m curious
Just wanted to make sure haha. I assumed it’s only for studying
I use it for learning english and german words
I dislike the implication that the most useful apps are not free.
I always feel more comfortable using FOSS software, even if it doesn’t look as nice as the commercial option.
CalTopo - free, with paid option worth every penny. Exceptionally good (intuitive, simple, utilitarian) wilderness mapping platform.
I think Blender is a very honorable mention, especially since the team that makes the software has also used it to make some really impressive short films, such as Big Buck Bunny. Who knows, maybe some indie studio can use it to make some truly wonderful stuff (and I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case).
You’d be surprised how many animations on youtube (done by small creators are done in Blender ;)
“everything everywhere all at once” was made largely in Blender I think, it’s the most popular film from a studio using Blender that I know of
Blender is widely used in many industries. digital images, movies, TV series, games, marketing material, and many more.
There are most definitely studios (indie and corporate) doing cool stuff in blender
