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What non-FOSS software are you using that you wish you could replace? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For me its honestly a ton of my work software (digital forensics), shit is too niche to be replaced by good FOSS options. Cellebrite, Magnet Axiom, etc. Autopsy is great and free and has a linux version but it simply cannot get the same level of data without a pretty nutty level of custom code.

And the biggest side effect of this is FUCKING WINDOWS. God I would replace this nightmare OS in a heartbeat if the aforementioned work software would make linux compatible versions. We have legitimately wasted 10k hours dealing with windows bullshit that would not be a problem in linux. Though im sure linux would take a different 10k for its own problems.

What about you guys? Doesn't have to be work related, thats just the thorn in my side right now.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (6 children)

OneNote on my foldable laptop. I use it to take notes in uni simply because it's the best option out of all the ones I've tried. I like OneNote's stabilization and infinite canvas. What annoys me tho is that you cannot set the canvas to paged, so if you're planning on exporting to pdf you have no idea where the page boundaries are.

With the last Windows 11 update they fucked it up tho and now the app is garbage anyways

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Notesnook is free, e2ee, nice ui, and has cloud sync. Recommmend

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Not really the same thing at all if there's no handwriting support.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Joplin.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rnote is pretty good for handwritten notes, the canvas can be paged too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'll give that a shot! OneNote is literally unusable since the last Windows update because the on-screen keyboard keeps popping up everytime I touch the screen. then it goes away immediately and leaves a bugged white rectangle on the canvas

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I use OneNote at work and Joplin, saved to a cloud drive, at home. It's not as good, but close enough for my needs. I can access my personal notes on all my pcs and my phone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not FOSS, but I'm a big One Note user for work and wanted to find something for my personal life and most likely will use it for my next professional role in at least some capacity...Notion is by far the most customizable and complete solution that's also user friendly because of existing user templates. I've been SERIOUSLY impressed and I've been trying everything I can find.

Best part is that the phone and computer apps are both very capable. One Note on phone is the worst companion app.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

notion is also not FOSS though. and i had bad experiences with the mobile app when cell service is bad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

AnyType is an open-source alternative to Notion which recently launched:

https://anytype.io/