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What are some FOSS programs that you think are a far better user experience than their counterparts? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by cujo@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[–] JoeBidet@lemmy.ml 50 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Inkscape?

[–] cujo@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

Absolutely love Inkscape. It's one of the first pieces of software I add on any new install.

[–] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I use InkStitch for designing embroidery patterns on Inkscape and love it, especially because commercial embroidery design programs are so expensive. I won't lie, it's pretty clunky at the moment, but I hope to be able to contribute to it and really polish it up.

[–] InterSynth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately it's not so good on Windows, performance is sluggish.

[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

How does it compare to Affinity?

[–] sock@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago

inkscape (and gimp) is dog shit ass compared to an actual vector (and photoedit/raster) design program

im a graphic designer but im also not a huge adobe guy i think affinity products r fire.

im talking about inkscape and gimp 7-8 years ago but its not nearly as robust or user friendly as an actual design program if you desire to create more than one image trace. image tracing is the only thing inkscape is good for.