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In your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives? (feddit.dk)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by privsecfoss@feddit.dk to c/foss@beehaw.org
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I'll start:

  • RSS and blogs, news vs. social media
  • XMPP vs. WhatsApp/FB messenger/Snapchat
  • IRC vs. Matrix, Teams, Discord etc.
  • Forums vs. Social media, Reddit, Lemmy(?)
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[–] Lost_Wanderer@beehaw.org 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hard to do anything with GIMP.

Jk

Kinda.

[–] DrWeevilJammer@lm.rdbt.no 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've found that Krita is pretty easy to use and does most of the things I would otherwise have to use Photoshop for.

[–] alongwaysgone@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

My kid uses krita with a drawing tablet, something I'm honestly not sure is even possible with gimp.

[–] JeremyT@lemmy.teaisatfour.com 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Seriously considering paying $10/mo for Photoshop just so I can replace my gimp with being encombured with bloat.

[–] Thrashy@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean, In general I hate the rent-your-software trend, but 10 bucks a month for Photoshop isn't bad and the FOSS alternatives are just not up to snuff for anything other than the most basic of tasks. I'm saying this as somebody who struggled through learning The GIMP years before I ever got my hands on a copy of Photoshop.

[–] jaykay@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

As much as I want to love it, the UX oh the UX