Ask Lemmy

Another mobile OS. Something that isn't built entirely to exploit me.

This might be controversial, but I want yet another code editor.

Hear me out, I write very little code, but when I do, they are usually in widely different programming languages, and many of them have a comparatively small user base, like Haskell, Ocaml, Lean, Agda, and Rocq. Most of the time I write LaTeX and/or Typst all day, so I need:

1. an editor that sandbox really well, there is no way I am trusting all my coding environment with my entire user space.
2. an editor that don't require much tinkering: if it can get to 80% there, I am willing to learn the rest, but I don't want an editor that get 20% there and force me to pull 80 different package just to do things.
3. preview LaTeX and Typst within the sandbox, ideally just in editor, so I don't need to configure synctex.
4. reasonable support for comparatively obscure languages
5. not controlled by a big tech like Microsoft.

So far, I am only able to find vscodium in flatpak that is close to my desire, but it is still mostly controlled by Microsoft.

Literally anything that you have to pay monthly for. I do not care what it is.

I have an old version of Sony Movie Studio Platinum that, legally, they still have to provide me a download for. But, holy absolute hell if they didn't make it nearly impossible to just download the version I paid for. Of course, the new one is subscription only. Costs so much I'd have paid more in 3 months than the single one time payment I did for the old version a decade ago.

Excel. There are other options, sure, but excel is really hard to beat.

Email. Gmail really does it well. However, I have switched mostly to Proton, so maybe that'll stick.

RCS messaging. The important bits are closed source so you have to use google services.

Paint.net. I so wish for something simple with a competent UI on Linux.

Pinta is the closest, but it's too far behind modern paint.net.

GIMP lacks a competent UI, and Krita is too advanced for basic photo editing.

When's the last time you tried FreeCAD? I also used to think it's trash, but version 1.0 really changed that and now 1.1 is freaking amazing.

Operating systems.

Windows is a collection of legacy code with trash strewn over top, but it is ubiquitous.

Apple’s offerings are typically decent and reliable, but the executives spent a lot of time lately kissing the ring.

Linux is simply not something I’m interested in supporting for my family.

I’d just like something that’s easy to use, common enough I don’t need to teach people to use it, secure by design, and not owned by an evil megacorp.

Social media app with circlejerk auto-hide would be Awesome. Would have to be politically agnostic.

Outlook

PDF or really just an alternative to Adobe that isn't even PDF but a completely different format that is open source by default so that nobody really needs a specific app to make edits. Maybd that's just ODT?

Also, maybe not an alt per say but just want games to work on Gnu/Linux. Like all the AAA titles should be able to run on, for example, Linux Mint natively without Wine. A pipe dream sadly since capitalism dictates what works where but I digress.

Going back to Adobe though, would love something other than Photoshop that isn't GIMP. Once upon a time, there was an open source project called Glimpse which basically did what Linux Mint does for Gnome and gave GIMP a much better interface. Sadly, they shut down their project. Lame.

Honestly, notes apps. All of the big tech options are fine, but they’re big tech, so fuck them. All of the open source options suck. The best I’ve found is just Nextcloud Notes, but it’s still shit. Basic Markdown syntax, no linking notes, adding attachments is… well idk, I haven’t figured out how to do that yet.