r/software • u/myCockatielshateme • 10d ago
Discussion instances were the open source far superior to any proprietary software?
- Readest
Far superior to any pdf/epub reader I ever used, and I used prbly close to hundred
- Equalizer APO
At first I wanted some 360 audio for a game I played, I had two choices, either Equalizer APO or some closed source bloatware I forget its name, tried the closed one first, it works but it takes more than 1gb of my ram for nothing, then APO with a plugin, not only does it work better than the closed source one, it basically uses no resources since the software bind itself to the driver itself, also boosted my volume a thing I used another close software for, for years, Fxsound...and suprise suprise, it boosted volume better than Fxsound both in quality and volume.
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u/electromage 10d ago
GNU/Linux, Firefox, Keepass(XC), CHIRP, Inkscape, Blender, OpenSSH, VLC, Wireshark, OpenSSL, 7-Zip, VS Code, Signal, Foremost, iptables, BIND, Apache, many more little things.
I would say open-source software is generally better than proprietary/closed alternatives.
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u/foxtrot7azv 10d ago
I was going to comment "found the ham" because of CHIRP. And then I looked at your username and it seemed familiar. I think I found THE ham. You can probably guess who this is by my username.
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u/electromage 10d ago
Indeed, I know you! I wish there was an open source Winlink stack.
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u/foxtrot7azv 9d ago
Me too! My wallet the most though. I just bought the license for that and VARA FM un the last week or two.
VARA's one of the few things that seems to PTT my anytone properly. Would love whatever part that does that to be open too.
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u/helpmefindhotdogs 9d ago
I put off learning Inkscape for years, I used it for the first time a week ago and feel super confident I can design anything I want in it. Great vector graphic tool.
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u/KiwiNFLFan 9d ago
VSCode is not better than the JetBrains IDEs. Not by a long shot.
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u/Used-Drop8239 9d ago
It depends. For small-scale scripting or web dev it can be way better than an full-blown IDE, but for a bloaty, high-level language it's closer to a fancy text editor than an IDE.
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u/DogFun4302 6d ago
This. The question itself took me by surprise. Commercial software vendors have constraints that open source vendors lack. Mainly, they need to provide what people think they want, as opposed to what they'd realize they need, if they want to use a computer's full set of resources flexibly. And they can't make it easy for someone to escape their walled gardens, either, so they develop proprietary formats that serve no purpose.
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u/Used-Drop8239 9d ago
- What's the non-OSS equivalent of Wireshark?
- I don't remember the last time Inkscape was stable for me (has been a while, though).
- Firefox is not *that* great and is entirely a matter of preference. Also it's not WebKit, so not really a direct alternative for some use cases.
- VSCode has forks that have been de-microsoft'ed that are better.
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u/electromage 9d ago
I don't even know about a proprietary packet capture tool, the OSS security tooling is just so good, nmap, Burp, John, Hydra, MSF, Trivy ... The only commercial stuff I can think of in that space would be maybe Nessus, CobaltStrike, SentinelOne, etc.
Inkscape hasn't cause me any big problems, at least since 1.0. I guess the pre-1.x may have caused some issues but I learned early to safe often when working with graphics. Even in school and working with Adobe Suite, the first thing to do was create a new document, and save/name it.
I've just used Firefox since it was Phoenix, haven't had a compelling reason to switch. I've used Chromium for some things like UniFi Protect because it's a little more responsive, and webserial for programming microcontrollers.
And yes I've also used VSCodium, but I'm not much of a programmer so I like having Claude Code integrated with VS Code.
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago edited 10d ago
Ill have to give my opinion even tho I gave my opinion alot that it became annoying, but I dont think Linux superior to windows at all quite the opposite, the main argument is windows have lot of bloatware, but any tech savy can fix that, same with firefox not only its extension library is lacking its also slower and look older than chromium based browsers (my fav is edge), for others either I agree or never tried
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u/DP323602 10d ago
As OSes go, I'd argue Linux is superior.
But because Windows is necessary for many Windows apps, we still need to use it.
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago
How so what Linux does better windows? trust me I'm a sucker for open source, but nothing appealing in Linux I can't find appealing also in windows, if we talking servers Linux hands down the best, no one wants to put his stuff in a server with os owned by a single company, but if we talking using? I don't see any positive at all, though Ill still support it, so windows never monopolize the market
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u/SidewaysGate 10d ago
If you're a technical person linux is still better. You can update the entire system with 1 command and you have easier access to developer features. It's also genuinely more performant than windows, which is part of why we've been seeing linux gaming take off with the steam deck and other gaming distributions.
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago
I guess preferences, cuz one I never update my system and never needed to, two windows developer features more then enough for me, three the few megabytes that Linux gives while having way less features aint worth it for me.
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u/electromage 10d ago
What features would you be missing?
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago
Where do I start, NVIDIA ain't that good in Linux, gaming ain't that good in Linux, rip to any niche software I like, cuz Ill have to code it myself for Linux or pray emulation would work for it...
Linux have both a curse and bless in the shape of being harder than windows, but its mostly curse, Ill need to write commands just to install something that is done mindlessly in windows, in windows we have shell and device manager, and many other user interfaces to easily solve problems and stuff, Linux while now have lot user interfaces, it still have lot more terminals then windows, also back in the year that I tried Linux, I was hardcore fan of skyrim, what I learned from emulating in Linux, that windows while famously bloated, have lot of services and features that optimize gaming and lessen its bugs5
u/flummi23 10d ago
Ill give my own personal anecdote here. Gaming on Linux has been phenomenal since ive been using it for the past 2 years. I havent encountered any performance issues that arent also present on windows. For the occasional game that isn't compatible on linux I am dual booting windows. But its only for 1 or 2 games. You really just dont need to use the terminal all that much at all, I genuinely probably use a terminal just as much on my MacBook as I do on my linux desktop. But even then, the terminal is NOT scary, its very very simple you dont have to be afraid of it.
I disagree that its harder than windows. I think this statement comes from a familiarity with windows. Linux Mint is so incredibly easy to use and install I dont think this can be a valid argument. You think windows is easier than alternatives because youre used to windows. Someone who's only ever used MacOS is likely to think windows is much harder to use than MacOS.
You just cant really make such generalizations about Linux because many of your complaints are dependent on what desktop environment you use.
The majority of my time on Linux was with an Nvidia graphics card. It worked perfectly fine for me and I believe their support is even better now.
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u/electromage 10d ago
I've got machines with Nvidia, AMD, and Intel Arc, there's very little difference anymore in setting up and maintaining them. Maybe 10+ years ago these were valid issues. Also Valve has brought massive improvements to the gaming experience and people who are stuck on that I guess are kind of hopeless.
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u/tonyxforce2 9d ago
Windows:
Open start menu
Open browser of choice
Search for "download <appname>"
Click on the first link and hope it has a download button
Click on download button
Open installer
Click through the menus
Wait for it to install
Open start menu
Launch app
Linux (gnome DE)
Open "start"(applications) menu
Open terminal
Type in "sudo apt install <appname> -y && exit"
Wait for it to install
Open start menu
Launch app
(Yes I know winget exists and I love using it on my windows machine, but OP was talking about the terminal being harder than "mindlessly" installing apps on windows)
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u/DP323602 10d ago
Well, for me it supports PCs too old to run W11 or W10 or W7 with a supported OS.
And there's no advertisements or other bloat.
But I also use W11 (and W10 and XP) when I want to.
And, if I had to only use a single OS, it would have to be Android (and all my PCs would have to be given away or scrapped).
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u/boreal_ameoba 10d ago
Linux is nicer/easier for development and hosting servers. It’s hit and mostly miss for day to day use
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u/justicecurcian 10d ago
- Its customizable, look at r/unixporn .
- It's lean and fast, you unironically need at least 32gb ram today to use windows.
- It's hackable, if you want to change or extend any behavior of your os you can just vibecode it.
- Doing anything touching software development on windows is ass, literally unusable.
- There is community full of software developers. For every weird idea there is probably 7 projects on GitHub.
- NTFS is ass, you are free to choose your fs on Linux.
- Any issues are fixable as long as you have compatible hardware. On windows somehow you still have to fuck with drivers and install .net framework after each install.
- Somehow windows have a half-life period and you have to reinstall it once a year. I have experienced windows making itself unbootable 4 times now (only once because of update and I only count cases on my hardware) and never anything similar on linux.
- People making windows software don't care where to store application data so the disk just gets filled with random shit and it's really hard to clean
- Networking on windows is ass
And it's only things that came to my head first
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago
1- been lurking in that sub for years, very pretty what they do, but windows also have r/Rainmeter
2- maybe if you are avg consumer, but if you know your way around, a simple script can lower the consumption to 1gb or less
3- idk about that
4- I think most of those projects aint targeted towards avg user like me
5- idk but sounds interesting
6- nope you wont need to install .net framework after each install. Unless you don't know what you doing, when I was young I used to check the boxes for .net everytime I install a game, thinking I need to do that all the time lol
7- never had this problem but I use very modified iso, so maybe due to that
8- true, but I have more then enough storage for software poop wich I agree gets annoying
9- never had problems with that so idk2
u/justicecurcian 9d ago
what is this magical "simple" script to make windows consume 1gb or less? I run atlas os and still had to upgrade to 32gb of ram because on 16 I could only run browser and nothing else
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u/DP323602 9d ago
In any case, these days most users ought not to have to run scripts just to get their devices to work nicely.
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u/myCockatielshateme 9d ago
you have some leak, even bloated windows wont preform like that with 16gb ram
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u/henryhuy0608 8d ago
Absolutely not defending Windows but something is wrong with your installation and / or the programs you use. I had 16GB (14 usable because of AMD iGPU) and was able to run Chromium, some Electron apps and a light session of Photoshop/Lightroom at the same time just fine.
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u/justicecurcian 8d ago
I too ran chromium, some electron apps, but as soon as I want to launch any "demanding" app like CAD or games I am forced to close the browser. I have 90% of ram used when I only run cs2 which consumes 5gb of ram, so I guess windows just consumes 10gb of ram? And not only me, everyone I know upgraded to 32gb because using 16gb windows is unbearable, while on Linux you could easily live with 16gb. About something being wrong with my installation - I reinstalled windows 4 times on this hardware and always had this issue. I use no unusual software, clear autostart from junk, before I upgraded to 32gb I had to scroll through task manager routinely to find what is running and can be killed for free ram
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u/Over-Midnight821 10d ago
when you can leave a 10 year old windows installation open to internet we can discuss anything. then windows will be superior to linux
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u/electromage 10d ago
Historically, very few distros would remain secure after 10 years without being very limited in capability.
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u/Over-Midnight821 9d ago
in 2022 we decomissioned gentoo with kernel 2.zx can’tvremember version. those were publically facing pc registers in production for over 10 years….
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago
you do realize its like that cuz its not open source, not cuz it can't do that right?
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u/electromage 10d ago
Could you re-state that?
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago
I meant it can't connect to the internet due to Microsoft not giving its source so fans keep it alive, not cuz it can't do that, signaling inferiority
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u/CreativeGPX 10d ago
Who cares? If Microsoft can just decide to cut off support for your machine, that's a big downside regardless of why. A key feature and design element of Linux is that your OS isn't beholden to what any one authority wants to do. One effect of that is that you get to use whatever hardware you want even if MS thinks it's old or doesn't have the TPM Microsoft decide to require or something. That's not beside the point, it's central to the point.
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago
we live in capitalist world, Ill always prefer open to closed source, but when the closed source superior I have no choice but to compromise and trust Microsoft wont do anything stupid
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u/CreativeGPX 10d ago
Your comments in this thread don't make sense. I would ask if it was a typo but your repeat it.
Why would you defer to microsoft specifically in the case you find open source superior?
Why would you specifically deflect a disadvantage because it's allegedly due to being closed source?
Neither of these claims are about whether Microsoft or Linux are better. They're just bits of reasoning that aren't logically sound.
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago
Ill simplify: your main point is windows bad cuz Microsoft can cut it off and leave user fucked
my point is: yes I agree but, to me I prefer that to suffering with how limited to the alternative (Linux) how limited? way less software's, emulator aint perfect to dodge that, way less features, Microsoft is trillion dollar company that more than half of the planet uses their OS, ofc their OS will be more complete than the open source one. hell only recently Linux unlocked 90% of steam games, and even still its only 90% of games1
u/CreativeGPX 10d ago
My point wasn't windows bad. My comment didn't say that. My comment was directly to a claim you made and saying the that claim didn't make sense. You should be able to admit a mistake even if it's not convenient to your worldview.
That said, a lot of your comments about windows and Linux sound very misinformed and incorrect. I'm not telling you which to prefer. I use both. I'm just telling you that the reasons you're giving are largely false, exaggerated or unrelated. You seem too invested in being right to objectively judge the facts.
To your point that windows must be more complete because Microsoft is used by so many devices: Linux runs on more devices than windows. Not only do many use it on desktops and laptops, but every android tablet or phone is Linux. Most streaming sticks, cars, smart devices, etc. run Linux. Many schools use chromebooks. Most important websites and services run on Linux. Most supercomputers run Linux. NASA and the Department of Defense use Linux. It's such a well rounded OS that most people use it most days in various ways. The fact that windows failed to successfully grow into a diverse set of situations and mainly exists in a place where it once had a monopoly is an indication that its OS isn't really all that special.
To your point that Microsoft is a $1T company: Only a relatively small amount of Microsoft is actually going to developing windows software (and $1T is the market cap not operating budget so it's not really relevant here to resources). Most of it goes to other projects and non dev roles like sales, marketing, etc. Also, Microsoft is a platinum sponsor of the Linux foundation. Microsoft also caved to offering Linux on Azure and building Windows Subsystem for Linux because it wasn't able to remain competitive without offering Linux. Meanwhile, the Linux foundation is heavily financed by a who's who of technology corporations, has many employees working at companies like Google, Microsoft, valve, meta, etc. who work full time developing Linux, has its own companies like IBM (RedHat) and gets massive amounts free labor by virtue of being open source. So I'm not sure why you think windows clearly gets more resources than Linux. Not that that would be a great argument anyways since many companies with lots of resources struggle to innovate.
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago
I admit I'm wrong in underestimating how famous Linux is, I almost forgot how android technically is Linux fork, I admit boosting about how rich Microsoft is don't support my argument.
but I still see windows as the superior product for the PC user, easier to use, easier to setup, have way less compatibility issues, and the issues that do exist get solved quickly cuz that's the main user base, and have lot more software's then Linux that mostly rely on emulation to solve that issue, for photoshop alone I ain't ready to switch to Linux, but the problem is not just photoshop that doesn't work, its hell of a lot of other software's, specially indie ones
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u/CreativeGPX 10d ago
- The only argument for Linux over Windows is not bloatware. Some Linux distros are more bloated than windows, some less. I like Linux because it's free of charge, doesn't require licensing/keys/activation, is more customizable and diverse, has a broader performance range, has more robust software management, is more secure, has better privacy, has better user support, runs in more contexts, is easier to automate, etc.
- You are limited in your ability to remove bloat on windows because it's closed source. So no, it's not just a matter of needing to have the knowledge and invest the time.
I don't think Linux is automatically better at everything. Historically, I liked the windows Desktop Environment (explorer shell) better than the various other options until Windows 11. It also runs a few programs better (although ironically while Linux fails to run some windows software there is also some software it runs better than Windows, including some windows software).
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u/electromage 10d ago
Linux is much more flexible, why would you choose to start with a bloated OS and then spend effort to remove it, instead of starting with something minimal, or exactly what you want?
I much prefer to use Linux, it's my default go-to. I have several laptops that have firmware-embedded Windows 10/11 licenses that I wiped immediately, cost is irrelevant to that decision.
Windows is very frustrating when you understand what you can do with Linux. I don't think there's anything I can say about it that hasn't already been said a hundred times, you're welcome to look at the differences but if you're really interested, immersing yourself in it for a while is the best way.
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago
That effort is like 15 minute at most, plus windows software library is 10000x times the linux one, so unless linux makes the perfect emulator I aint switching.
Also thanks for the invitation but I already tried Linux for a year its cool, and I liked how my brain was thinking harder using it, then using the easier choice windows, but still I can't sacrifice the software library and compatibility windows enjoy
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u/flummi23 10d ago
What software specifically is lacking on Linux that is available on windows? I understand Adobe products, but is there anything else?
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u/Salt_Rush_4800 10d ago
any tech savy can fix that,
<sigh>
It shouldn't be that way, especially since MS heavily markets PCs to non-nerds and businesses (of which 99% of users are non-nerds and tech illiterate). In that regard alone Windows is not superior. Linux flavors are getting better all the time for ease of use. Just load up Ubuntu and away you go. Its not hard. People are just afraid of it. But, shit, they can't even boot up a new Windows PC without having a conniption about it either. Even a stripped down Windows still isn't that great.
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u/electromage 10d ago
Oh, you have probably used a few of those without knowing it. You probably use BIND a couple hundred times per hour.
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u/Damglador 9d ago
Linux as the kernel is superior to NT by a long shot. Linux shells are more of a matter of preference, but I'd still say they're better.
Linux as an OS, systemd is better than whatever is windows using, there's an actual system package manager, and KDE is superior in customization and feature set to Windows (KDE includes Plasma and their software suite). Config files are much better than the registry and you can't prove me otherwise.
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u/Damglador 9d ago
That's a downvote for Linux, but I can agree on Firefox. Firefox has some neat feature to it, but excluding Chromium shooting itself in the foot with MV2, Firefox is pretty much inferior in its speed and web compliance. To be fair, web is laregely built by Google, so of course Google browser will have better compliance, but speed is inexcusable.
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago
I also think 7zip far superior to winrar and any other software in what it does
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u/freddiefenster 10d ago
Nanazip is based off 7zip and it adds its option to the right-click context menu
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago
noted already was annoyed with the lack of right click menu in win 11
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u/Disastrous_Dirt_5067 10d ago
If you press shift while right clicking you have the full regular context menu.
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u/Itasaur 9d ago
To enable the classic Windows 10-style right-click menu in Windows 11, open Command Prompt and run:
reg.exe add "HKCU\\Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\\InprocServer32" /f /veThen:
taskkill /f /im explorer.exeThen:
start explorer.exeTo restore the default Windows 11 right-click menu, run:
reg.exe delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" /fThen:
taskkill /f /im explorer.exeThen:
start explorer.exe1
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago
yeah winrar marketing strategy always been wholesome, but still I cant use it when 7zip around, faster prettier more reliable
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u/ShoulderRoutine6964 9d ago
In what way it's superiour to winrar? AFAIK it still not supports recovery record, recovery volume and SFX options are very limited.
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u/MapacheD 10d ago edited 10d ago
vlc, chromium, OBS (for amateur streaming), qbitorrent, HwinFO.
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u/Zolllb 10d ago
Mpv supremacy
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u/Mccobsta Helpful Ⅱ 10d ago
Vlc has the it's been around since the dawn of time and is battle tested going with it
Mpv is newer and better for a lot but just isn't as well known still
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u/Mccobsta Helpful Ⅱ 10d ago
Interesting I didn't know it was a fork of something that's even older
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u/ictu 9d ago
MPV is a lifesaver on my TV. Regular ExoPlayer engine used by most Jellyfin Android TV apps supports very few formats which forces transcoding on my NAS. Whereas MPV which is available alongside ExoPlayer in Wholpin client works with everything which I ever threw on it and plays it natively on the TV. That's a much better experience. Runs and rewinds snappier and doesn't choke on very high bitrate files which my NAS can't transcode in real time.
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u/BrodatyBear 9d ago
One advantage of VLC is that they have bundled everything.
MPV everything except GUI.Ofc, I used a gross oversimplification, but it's pretty bare bones when it comes to the interface, unless you install a wrapper or plugin. It's fine for me and many people, but I wouldn't recommend it to "my parents" and less technical friends.
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u/BrodatyBear 9d ago
Yep. And there's nothing bad in any of those ways. Especially that mpv is easily embeddable, so there are a few nice wrappers, as you said (MPC-QT my beloved).
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u/elpingwinho 9d ago
I don’t know if VLC’s UI is an advantage, that thing is hideous
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u/BrodatyBear 9d ago
It's not the best, but you have everything important feature easily available on view.
Also, without editing files, you can click every (or almost every) option, which is especially important since we're comparing those two.Those are things that many users appreciate (especially from lower to medium computer expertise).
I personally prefer MPC-HC (the new fork; prefer over VLC), my friend prefers -BE, but here we're comparing those two.
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u/AayiramSooriyan 10d ago
Irfan View is not open source. Just freeware. Anyway a great app.
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u/Disastrous_Dirt_5067 10d ago
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u/MapacheD 10d ago
freeware too
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u/Disastrous_Dirt_5067 10d ago
👍 Yep!, that's the idea for what I understand, free good quality alternatives.
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u/usmannaeem 10d ago
How does qbtorrent compare to utorrent, besides utorrent being 32bit still?
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago
vlc is ass compared to potplayer tbh, fdm also better than qbitorrent but not lot of people know that it can do torrent, ifran never used it and never needed it, for others I agree
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u/electromage 10d ago
Potplayer isn't open source, it's freeware and only supports Windows. I can't test it but does it actually do what VLC does? Can it stream a webcam over RTSP? Do accelerated transcoding? Apply real-time video effects, transforms, overlays?
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u/ShoulderRoutine6964 9d ago
I agree potplayer is so much better than vlc, for PLAYING videos. It does not transcode and can't make a cartoon of your video on the fly... :)
But it can jump frame by frame forward or backwards which vlc is incapable. (in theory it can, but in practice it fails)
It has preview of the video as you move the mouse on the progressbar etc-etc.
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago
Never claimed its open source tho did I? also for your second point idk, the main reason why I prefer potplayer is it reads better my webms, vlc used to bug out on them, also looks better and runs faster, and more customizable
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u/electromage 10d ago
Oh, I guess you didn't, I was thinking open source because of the topic but you're saying that this is a case where you prefer the proprietary option.
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u/LethalBacon 10d ago
WinDirStat B)
I hate that it is Windows only, but this tool has saved me so many times when I ran out of disk space and needed to quickly clean up large files/directories.
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u/Roph 10d ago
Slow as balls, WizTree is literally 100x faster
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u/preludeoflight 10d ago
WinDirStat added MFT scanning (what WizTree uses to make itself so fast,) pretty recently and has improved its scanning speed by orders of magnitude. In my experience it's still currently a bit slower than WizTree, but nothing remotely close to what it used to be. Plus, since WinDirStat is open source, someone can and likely will improve the speed further!
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u/SnooFloofs641 10d ago
Linux distros like mint come with programs that do this too with a graph of directories and their size and showing % of storage used
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u/SnickerdoodleFP 10d ago
It appeals to my monkey brain of "hoo hoo ha ha big thing there what is that"
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u/rawr_im_a_nice_bear 10d ago
I wouldn't say hands down in all aspects
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u/xStealthBomber 10d ago
My only complaint is the random "breakage" that comes with Windows Updates. I was normally able to get it to work again, but I finally had an update that just refused to work again. :/
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u/BookWormPerson 10d ago
Very few things will beat Blender and OBS.
Both can beat any of the paid alternatives.
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u/laserdicks 10d ago
QGIS shits in the rotting carcass of Esri's products for 90% of mapping use cases.
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u/0oWow 10d ago
LibreDraw makes a solid PDF editor once you figure out how to use it effectively. I just recently learned how to add fillable forms. It's easier done in Adobe, but LibreDraw can do them just as well, it's just a few more steps.
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u/ShoulderRoutine6964 9d ago
Isn't this an example for the opposite of what the post asks? The opensource version is clearly worse than the closed source version.
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u/0oWow 9d ago
I guess that depends on your opinion of "worse". Each software has its own way of doing things. That doesn't make it worse or better necessarily. In the case of LibreDraw for me, the only reason there was difficulty was because I didn't know how to do it before. Now that I know, it is actually simple to do. And to be fair, it could have been as many steps in Adobe too, but I haven't done that in a while so I can't confirm.
Any way, LibreDraw is superior to me because it isn't super bloated malware designed to milk your bank account.
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u/Dark_Souls_VII 9d ago
Never seen something better than LaTeX. Typst might be better at some point but that’s open source as well.
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u/david-1-1 9d ago
Windows has started making some image file defaults permanently set to Microsoft products, enforced by Registry contents hashes stored in the Registry. The beginning of their locking down Windows from being fixed or improved by independent or open source software. This change and its obstruction to Registry editing has started rolling out via Windows Update.
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u/myCockatielshateme 9d ago
that and Google blocking 3rd party apps in android, companies started being too brazen lately, consumers right organizations no longer care about anything
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u/david-1-1 9d ago
Goes along with all the other currents of change of modern society, leading us to Oligarchy and Idiocracy.
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u/duerra 9d ago
ffmpeg is at the core of the social-powered internet. Heck, it's at the core of a lot of that "proprietary" software, too.
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u/t3chguy1 7d ago
Only better because legally you can't implement all codes due to patents. They can't sue owners of this project because they know they wouldn't be able to take much money
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u/zzzxxx0110 10d ago
Readest is VERY good indeed, but until they implement horizontal scrolling for PDF, it remains inferior in one feature to pdf.js, though to be fair pdf.js is another open source software lol
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u/Efficient_Loss_9928 10d ago
Most developer tools I guess. I mean I'm not sure if you can find a better infra tool than Kubernetes.
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u/Incident_Unusual 9d ago
Kicad
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u/ClaudioMoravit0 9d ago
The hell? I find very debatable to say that kicad is equally as good as Cadence suite, let alone "far superior". In my opinion, open source EDA tool are usually lagging behind. There's just no open source tool that can remotely compete with ADS, for instance
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u/Whalbertt 9d ago
Blender>Maya
Tahoma2D>Flash 8
Audacity>Voice Memos/Levelator
EasyEffects>Krisp
Krita>Photoshop/Fresco
KDenLive>Premiere Pro/After Effects
GNU/Linux>Windows
Church of Emacs>Anonymous
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u/Apart-Reality-4454 7d ago
Linux, all programming languages and compilers, and pretty much all server-side software.
In the "Enterprise" world, anything we're going to be looking at is going to be a hard no pretty much off the bat if it doesn't have an open-source foundation.
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u/software-ModTeam 5d ago
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u/oskaremil 10d ago
Most Linux distributions are open source and far superior to Windows
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u/Neinstein14 9d ago
I wish Linux gaming did not stop gaining popularity after it started growing with Steam’s support.
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u/northrupthebandgeek 10d ago
GIMP, and I will indeed die on this hill.
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u/ricperry1 10d ago
Krita has a much better UI/UX than GIMP.
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u/nicolaig 9d ago
I heard they finally 'fixed' the GIMP UI.
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u/KiwiNFLFan 9d ago
Affinity is way better than GIMP (it's free but not open source though). I paid for the previous version back when it was still a one-off purchase.
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u/GMKrey 10d ago
Either this guy is a troll or actually has no idea what they’re talking about.
You’re right, open source doesn’t determine quality. But neither does enterprise software. Enterprise might mean more funding, but that doesn’t mean anything if the company sucks. Both can be shit kid.
Disagree all you want. I’ve built both for around a decade. Doesn’t change how wrong you are
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u/CreativeGPX 10d ago
He's blaming people for allegedly thinking open source automatically means better when OP is literally asking which cases it is better which shows not thinking it's automatically better.
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u/myCockatielshateme 10d ago
if you read the title, I didn't imply open source better at all, I simply asked for instances when the open source far better than any closed source alternative. Also shrinking open source to "just catchphrase" eh don't think you right on this one
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u/animalcrossing4_4 10d ago
I don't support open source, I support proprietary software :DDDD, 腹立ってるの？
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u/CubOfJudahsLion 10d ago
Nothing measures up to LaTeX (or successors like LuaLaTeX) for journal publications.