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The 20 best open-source alternatives to popular software on Windows

www.xda-developers.com /best-open-source-alternatives-popular-software-windows/

Of course if Microsoft undermines standards' interoperability...

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Why would anyone use Apache open office over Libreoffice? Also where onlyoffice?
Super.

All are great. Except : Inkscape is decent, except that it's nowhere near illustrator. It's got issues. Issues that maybe casual users can tolerate. A more demanding user won't.

Gimp really isnt a substitute for photoshop. It's slow, unstable and ux is dogshit. Too bad.
- There are people saying Inkscape is better. I personally find it completely hard and unintuitive, just like GIMP. But I use both
- Gimp is all I know, I can’t compare to Photoshop, and I love it! ❤️
- Heard someone mentioned boxy, haven't tried but looks good.
If you are interested in audio engineering I would recommend Ardour.
- How does this compare to audacity?
  
  It's a lot more fully featured. It's allows for a lot more complex mixing and editing. It supports a lot more plugins including virtual instruments. Audacity is good for basic recording and mixing but Ardour takes it to the next level in terms of versatility and control.
- I've also heard good things about bitwig, though it's not FOSS, annoyingly.
And it's not just for Windows. That's pretty much a list of the default choices for my operating system.
In addition to Joplin, Logseq is really great too, though with more of a text-first, outline based, zettle approach.
I agree these are alternatives, although for the larger solutions, I would argue that none of them are comparable for professional users, besides maybe Blender. I know many animators that use it, but it's more like a tool for a specific purpose, while they also simultaneously use many other proprietary programs.

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