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What are some FOSS programs that you think are a far better user experience than their counterparts?
(sh.itjust.works)
I used Plex for my home media for almost a year, then it stopped playing nice for reasons I gave up on diagnosing. While looking at alternatives, I found Jellyfin which is much more responsive, IMO, and the UI is much nicer as well.
It gets relegated to playing Fraggle Rock and Bluey on repeat for my kiddo these days, but I am absolutely in love with the software.
What are some other FOSS gems that are a better experience UX/UI-wise than their proprietary counterparts?
EDIT: Autocorrect turned something into "smaller" instead of what I meant it to be when I wrote this post, and I can't remember what I meant for it to say so it got axed instead.
Your File Manager list is sorely missing Krusader and Total Commander. ;)
EDIT: and Sublime Text runs native on Linux (and I do believe there is a Mac version)
The problem with Krusader (and KDE programs) is that they pull hundreds of KDE dependencies. KDE Connect is the only exception because of no alternative, and that GNOME has its own tooling around it that replaces KDE dependencies.
Everything that Total Commander does, Double Commander can do, including supporting TC plugins, while being FOSS. I see no reason to put TC there, because the 2 panel file managing exists. If one really wants a (paid) change from TC, either Directory Opus or XYplorer might be a good pick.
I used Sublime many years ago on Linux, forgot if it was native. Also, has it not gone the subscription way with v4?
Very true. i3 users would get half of KDE when they install Krusader. For a KDE User it's pretty cool to have the same settings and bookmarks across Plasmahell, Dolphin, Krusader and Konqueror.
I don't think I agree here. But maybe I have been using TC too long (since Windows Commander for Win 3.1). V 11 brought many cool new things. I don't think I can use a Windows box at all without it anymore.
Sublime even has their own repos for various distributions. You may still install and evaluate it for free but it requires a paid license to use. The only limitation is a nag screen though. Like it's been since Sublime2.
https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/linux_repositories.html
Other editors are catching up quickly. The coolest Sublime feature now is their Plugin repository.
You should try DC, its a great TC clone. I do not think it is wise to pass off such a judgement, when so many TC clones have been made since late 90s. TC's main strength is plugin system, which works the same, and many file manager enthusiasts like myself have used DC. In fact, I am a person who duals Windows and Linux like a champ, so I know both sides of the software kingdoms.
I need to check on Sublime, since I used it many years ago on Ubuntu, to update my brain.exe knowledge base.
I actually used DC for a while on my Arch box at work. I found it not there yet and went back to Krusader. It's been a while maybe it's become a lot better. I'll check it out again.
I also have to use and administrate Windows for work, so yeah: knowing both can be a blessing and a curse (mostly me cursing at Server 2022).
Imagine being so free of Win11 problems, you find Server 2022 annoying...
I think you tried DC a couple years ago. But also, what all is there in TC, that you find irreplaceable for you?
Haha, we have only a handful of PCs that upgraded to Win11 so far. I think it's just as bad as Win10, maybe better than Win10 18H2 and earlier apart from the UI.
For totalcmd: Viewer than can easily search an 8GB binary file at the speed of the disk, switched seamlessly between UTF-16, ASCII, HEX. The whole Search feature now integrated with Everything. Multi-Rename with Regex and or renumbering. Treeview that can be enabled or disabled for one or both panes. Copy/Move queue with speed limiter and pause. Tab management for sorting and removing duplicates. History of most frequently used directories. Integrated wget (via the FTP-URL button). Fast image gallery view. That's what comes to mind that didn't work or not as well with DC.
Maybe also work in DC: Plugins for NTFS streams, WebDAV (windows default implementation sucks donkey balls), SCP. I even used it for burning CDs back under XP.
The latest news about Win11 integrating a bunch of AI garbage is horrifying me, whether it can be debloated away or not. I am just thinking if I could not need Windows after 10 EOLs in 2 years from now.
Everything integration sounds sick. I can only think you need to try DC with plugins to see if it works in free time, because I cannot guarantee. But I have seen DC develop over the years, since it was like in 0.3 beta, and now maybe it can work 1:1.