I Can't Use Free Software. Proprietary Software Is BETTER!

I often talk about the advantages of free and open source software (FOSS) versus proprietary software (aka "proprietary poo"). But many people have messaged me saying that they could never switch to FOSS because: (1) I have to use proprietary software, or (2) proprietary software is just inherently better than free/cheap software, or (3) there is no FOSS software for the stuff I do.
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[@alexandersemionov5790]

Blender is backed by Apple, Intel and many more. So it is quite a killer app on all the platforms

[@klittlet]

*BACKED!?* As in "backdoored"!?

[@shallex5744]

@@klittlet good heavens...!

[@CodingWithBen]

@@klittlet Wdym?

[@user-he4ef9br7z]

@@klittlet Dude, its open source.

[@EdwardSnowden125]

So is Linux

[@meatrodprime]

Steam is the only proprietary software on my PC that is irreplaceable. 8:12 Mindustry and Veloren are two great FOSS games! Hey DT, will you make a video about them sometime? 8:57 Remember XSplit? That got completely dominated by OBS! OBS is really the king of what it does now.

[@yttrium_32]

Eyyy I _love_ veloren and mindustry. Can I also add cataclysm-dda to that list?

[@malawisupasoldier7478]

I think we need more FOSS games and just native Linux games in general

[@anonymouscyborg5610]

@@malawisupasoldier7478 yes we do!

[@iutisteli4726]

I would also add "Megaglest" and "Neverball" on the list of awesome FOSS games.

[@anonymouscyborg5610]

@@trtrhr they never talked about web apps

[@submarinecatdraws1079]

As much as I hate Photoshop, it still has a few advantages over GIMP for production (I worked at a small studio for outsourced 2D game assets): Non-destructive editing, and vector shape tools. Having no vector shape tools means that one would have to constantly switch between GIMP and Inkscape to achieve the same results but would take almost twice as long to make. Anyways, I'm freelancing digital painting/illustration now so I don't need Photoshop anymore. I'm now on Manjaro using Krita for work.

[@pushqrdx]

Yeah PS is still better than GIMP, most people who say otherwise only used a very small subset of Photoshop that is easily available in GIMP. That being said GIMP keeps getting better

[@in8442]

@@pushqrdx Affinity suit (Designer/Photo/Publisher) is also way better for so many of designer's professional tasks vs Krita/Gimp/Inkscape/etc.

[@jonnypeace2810]

I always opted out of GIMP because of the 8-bit editing for RAW files (and tiff?). Now... that's been some time now, so maybe times have changed? :)

[@jasonfanclub4267]

I agree. Gimp needs to level up as Blender did. They have a lot of potential but just playing small.

[@kk-linux-rocks7269]

@@pushqrdx That's a fair statement. It goes to show that if FOSS has the features that you actually need, then go ahead and go with FOSS.

[@michaelplaczek9385]

I am a firm believer of using whatever works best

[@gustavouranga2001]

I remember a friend that hated, and I mean HATED FOSS and loved using GIMP (yeah, hahahaha). When I said that it was FOSS, he did not belive me and started to search about FOSS. Result, he uses Linux nowadays.

[@prateekpanwar646]

hahaha, He be like: My entire life was a lie

[@gustavouranga2001]

@@prateekpanwar646 Hahahaha. Exactly.

[@deusexaethera]

Your story became unbelievable the instant you said your friend loved using GIMP. The GIMP user interface is infuriating.

[@folksurvival]

He must have been really dumb.

[@alanwake5927]

@@deusexaethera indeed horrible

[@FilSapia]

Gaming is one of the few areas that I'm okay with being proprietary. I don't really care about modding games personally; yes you can still do that with some proprietary games (although harder it's still possible). What I do have an issue with is anti-cheat measures that require kernel level access which I will absolutely never touch. Still, Valve Proton is great because all of the games essentially run in their own Wine Sandbox/Bottle.

[@akibahmed1956]

Gaming is the only reason I still have a windows partition, some games with their own launcher and kernel level anti-cheat (Genshin impact fe) is just unplayable in linux. There is also the problems with proprietary drivers like nvidia and broadcom

[@semikolondev]

@Watcher EAC is coming soon.

[@ThylineTheGay]

in the current society FOSS games aren't really viable, because the devs need to make money

[@prateekpanwar646]

@@ThylineTheGay My only concern with Linux community is they oppose proprietary software way too much. Yes, open source software are better in every way but for creating a huge software like a game, video editor, sound design studio... which need millions of dollars invested and thousands of people working. I think it should be ok with money they charge. Yes, they can hide a data mining tech behind like in windows but we can instead add measures to distro itself. Like they'll need to show what data, logs, devices and services it'll access and it'll only run if users agree to that. And if they break promise it'll be removed from package manager until they change it.

[@youtubehandleeee]

@@akibahmed1956 you should switch to pure linux solely to get away from Genshin impact lol

[@FedoraRose]

Ayyy I wrote a script that shows your new videos in my status bar :3

[@bombdiggitydave3881]

Love your info and Linux rants. I have learned a metric ton from you and you were my catylst to convert to Linux mint and Zorin. I truly have to say thank YOU. I must finally also say it, you look like a dead ringer for Anton Szandor LaVey, and that is actually, a compliment, as you have converted me to the Church of Linux 🤪

[@paulvorderegger1522]

Here is the truth: People that work on open source software are most likely programmers. Not designers. Open source software often looks worse BUT often has better functionality. Chose what you thunk is more important...

[@Krypton2658]

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to throw up everytime I open my spreadsheet editor.

[@xathridtech727]

@@Krypton2658 libre office doesn't look that bad

[@extreme123dz]

@@xathridtech727 Its dosent, but you can lair, Appearance and organization are important, the cleaner, easier on the eyes, organized is better, even if you get used to those details, it makes one change things and even waste of time (although it is minimal) in the long run.

[@aleksandrm.4922]

I'm using MS Office 99% of my worktime. And it's really a problem to switch to anything else, 'cause MS Office is a standard defacto. It has a lot of functionality which is purely realized in Libre Office or is abscent in it at all. And that's a pity.

[@sethgrubb926]

Good thing office can be used in the browser

[@tf2368]

I have Microsoft Office 2013 working on Mint fine

[@aleksandrm.4922]

@@sethgrubb926 Yes, office online is good for basic tasks and small files. Although there is no alternative for complicated files, which use macros, power query requests and huge formulas.

[@paulvorderegger1522]

I switched from MS Office to Libre Office 1 month ago. The problem you have is it has a different workflow. In MS Office you make the textsize 16 and make it bold to make a headline, I LibreOffice you select it and mark it as a headline. Its different. What functionality exactly are you messing in Libreoffice?

[@pelataan69]

@@paulvorderegger1522 Also Libreoffice can break more complex files that are made in excel and only made to use in excel. Also the sizes are different for stuff in calc. So some files look really wierd in calc compared to excel like gym programs that have multiple choices for every exercise and those menus look wierd or break

[@norcal6181]

Even if your school requires using MS Office, you can still use Libre Office or others. They pretty much all offer export as .docx or whatever. That's typically what I did when I was in University. Edit: Work is tricky, because licensing and whatnot.

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

Until you have to do statistics in excel then libre office falls flat

[@deusexaethera]

It's not just users, it's also governments and large corporations. Why do they all prefer proprietary software? BECAUSE SOMEONE IS ACCOUNTABLE TO FIX BUGS. Open-source software makes it easier for people to identify the root cause of a bug, but if you _pay_ for software (whether it's open-source or not), then someone is actually _required_ to fix the bug if they want to keep earning a paycheck. Whereas with free software, bugs only get fixed if someone feels like it. That's why the most reliable Linux distros are the ones with corporate sponsors.

[@chaslinux]

Not sure I agree. Commercial programs are full of bugs that never get fixed. Just because software is paid for doesn't mean the developer is required to fix a bug, it's just an extra incentive. An example is the game Dungeon Rushers. The game depends on a server the developers lost control of. Rather than fix the issue (which has existed for over a year) they've just decided it isn't in their best financial interest, so all the customers who bought Dungeon Rushers are foo-barred. The code could be switched to work off another domain that isn't being held for $3k, but the company seems to have decided just to work on other projects. When something like this happens in open source the project often gets forked and others fix the issues/continue development. Yes, there's a financial incentive when software is paid for, but it doesn't guarantee bugs get fixed.

[@wicked_jackal]

In proprietary software, bugs are features

[@youtubehandleeee]

this may have been true 10 years ago but now most foss software is less buggy than proprietary alternatives now, at least in the windows and web spheres. Users, governments, and corporations use proprietary software because it’s what they know and they don’t want to take the time to learn something new

[@huistelefoon5375]

I highly disagree. People getting payed to work on software don't get payed to fix bugs, rather just to do their jobs and create a successful business. Proprietary codebases are extremely messy, and thus; buggy. With Open Source, the software is created for the user and user experience. Theres generally much better code, and fantastic bug tracking systems. Proprietary software is always much buggier and slower than their FOSS counterparts. Finally, these Linux distros arent good because of their sponsors. They got sponsors because they were good. And this only makes them more popular, not neccisarily better.

[@deusexaethera]

@@youtubehandleeee: Open-source software is not any less buggy than proprietary software. There are bugs in FreeBSD that have existed for over a decade and have never been fixed, and the only reason we know about them is because a security researcher has been keeping track of them the whole time.

[@TecnocraciaLTDA]

Adobe softwares and Microsoft Office are the main reasons why people didn't switch a lot to Linux yet. Both software suits are still better (with more resources and integrations) than the open source alternatives

[@matyasmarkkovacs8336]

There are very nice alternaives to these, which should satisfy 90% of the users. Of course there are some special, very professional use cases, but actually most people are not professional at using Photoshop for example. They don't know that they can do literally everything in Gimp what they are doing in general with Photoshop.

[@sbrazenor2]

The simple fact is, developers go where the money is, and unless they can find a way to get paid for free/open sourced projects, they won't do them.

[@TecnocraciaLTDA]

@@matyasmarkkovacs8336 I agree friend

[@liesdamnlies3372]

@@matyasmarkkovacs8336 "They don't know that they can do literally everything in Gimp what they are doing in general with Photoshop." Try creating a border around text in one step on GIMP.

[@MichaelJHathaway]

@@matyasmarkkovacs8336 You cannot do everything in Gimp that you can do in Adobe Photoshop. However there are several ways to use Photoshop in Linux, both just Photoshop and the entire suite.

[@abhilashsrivastava937]

Thank you for the video. I was having trouble explaining this to a coworker.

[@macinman]

I use software in both camps, and I agree there are some good free alternatives to paid. Then I've had situations where I've given the free alternatives a fair go and still found the commercial versions (better for me.) Most of which are accessibility features. Linux desktop environments have come a long way and if a full screen magnifier was all I needed, I'd be covered. However, I also use text to speech, while there are screen readers in Linux, I find them quite aggravating to listen to after a while because they aren't natural human sounding solutions like the Mac, or windows come with, or have available. So these are some legitimate reasons I stick with the Mac as my primary platform, and use Linux as a secondary solution. With that said I'm always willing to learn and try alternatives, I just haven't found them in every area of use yet, that would make me comfortable completely switching. The other point I would like to bring up that has been a somewhat annoyance to me when dealing with the Linux community is, I've rarely found someone to interact with that has the same needs as myself which would be more qualified to help me find solutions tailored to my needs over just someone promoting free and open source to the general public. Not saying the videos aren't good or helpful, because they are. They're just not specific enough for me that I would find them particularly helpful with things I haven't been able resolve on my own. Basically, at this point, I would be someone who enjoys Linux and can use it, but would also want commercial options available if the free stuff doesn't completely meet my needs. I am currently at 50/50 I'd say with my percentage of each camp usage.

[@Phydoux2112]

There's a great idea for DT. Find the best text to speech FOSS that doesn't sound like Stephen Hawking (who, BTW, was a brilliant man. Not trying to cut him down at all). But, I too would enjoy listening to a more human sounding voice that could read web sites, LibreOffice Writer documents, etc... I think Text to Speech is an ingenious idea. It should be definitely worked on if there isn't a great alternative for the Linux community. Festival doesn't sound... very festive...

[@godfather7339]

@@Phydoux2112 have you tried the SLT voice? its not as good, but usable.

[@pushqrdx]

@@godfather7339 that's the problem with people suggesting alternatives, it's always that "it's not as good but usable"

[@littlepeon]

@@godfather7339 seems like that is the whole slant of this video, "not as good, but usable." Honest question, "why would I give up something that is working great for me for something that is only good, or at most mediocre?". I use my computer as a tool, and as such, I want the best tool for the job, not the fifth best.

[@tollman132]

I use Linux exclusively myself, but I don't agree with your comments. I can expand your list of open source software with a list of annoying bugs in these same software products, some of which have not been fixed for years. And then the countless inconsistencies in the toolkits, the respected standards, etc ... I use Linux probably for completely different reasons than you. At least your argument would not convince me.

[@leonardchurch7675]

One annoyance of Libreoffice and other MSOffice alternatives in Linux is the inconsistency of formatting compliance. Even if all the same settings are achieved in the Linux version of the document created transporting it back and forth between real MSOffice will result in having to generally having to manually reformat the document.

[@tylerdean980]

@@leonardchurch7675 that should change soon, M$ Office is going to support the open office format, which means it should be comparable with most free alternatives

[@AdalbertoMaggioJunior]

@@tylerdean980 Microsoft Office has already been supporting open formats for years now. What happens is that the default when you save a document in Microsoft Office, say Word for example, is the proprietary format. Then when you handle a document you saved in a open format, to someone using Microsoft Office it opens perfectly on their screen. But after they do their work in that document and pass it back to you, they’ve saved it in proprietary format, because it’s the default option and they don’t scroll to save it in the open format. Then you receive it in docx and the program has to convert it to Open Office format.It’s this converting back and forward that messes tables and other things up and makes collaborative work and such a pain. To to eliminate all that, all that would have to happen is users saving in the open format on windows

[@_antoniocouto]

You forgot about one of the most popular pieces of software nowadays: OBS

[@godfather7339]

didnt OBS sign that petition to kick rms?

[@babyboomertwerkteam5662]

@@godfather7339 so what?

[@TarebossT]

OBS is Major Soyware...

[@prateekpanwar646]

@@TarebossT Open source, If it was soyware. People would have already noticed and complained years ago.

[@Someone-jf3mb]

The reason why games are not/rarely open source is because it's not a "tool", it's an "entertainment". It makes sense for a "tool" (i.e. software or library) to be open source because all people can be benefited from open source. This is more difficult when it comes to games/entertainment/creative stuff. Saying "open source game" is pretty much the same as saying "open source movie" or "open source art". The concept simply doesn't really mix well IMO. Though I would love to see a mainstream game to be open source but that simply is just difficult to happen I would imagine.

[@GoldSrc_]

Doom 3 is open source, and sadly the last id game to be open source til the heat death of the universe. Also, since most modern games use a lot of middleware, that stops them from being open source forever.

[@computernerd8157]

I disagree. The developer can release whatever they want and if something has vaule you normally pay for it. The problem with Foss is that it discourages you from paying so I see why people like balmer said Linux is a cancer once upon a time.

[@Ulzification]

​@@computernerd8157 ​I don’t see why FOSS would discourage anyone to pay. Because most of FOSS is free (gratis) doesn't mean that you cannot make money out of FOSS. I'm using quite a few paid FOSS professionally and it seems viable economically. If someone wants to use a paid software without paying it (illegally), it doesn't really matter that the software is free or proprietary. I've heard that it's still possible to find a cracked version of any recent proprietary games nearly as soon as they are officially released. Closed source and proprietary software doesn't solve stealing, and it doesn't make it hard enough because I can see unexperimented peoples using cracked proprietary softwares quite often.

[@Gabriel-mf7wh]

There are two parts of the game, the engine and the data (actually three if you also count the server, for online games). The engine is a software, so it should be open source. In fact, it would be great if companies would collaborate and create really good engines for specific types of games, and it would be great for business I believe, cutting the costs of development. The data, which is the creative part of the game and actually the major constituent of the game, should probably remain copyrighted, since it's the source of revenue for these companies. Data is just a bunch of binaries that are not executed, it never does anything mallicious

[@okaravan]

@@Ulzification Making software as a product is a risky business. Making software as a free product is not a business at all. It is charity. (Nothing wrong with charity unless you treat it as business and expect something back.) If you expect to get money from your customers indirectly, your product is actually not free, and you are fooling yourself and your customer. Even if it is donation. Because you rely on this donation to sustain your business. You expect this donation. But you can't control it or predict.

[@karimkader]

The color and lighting quality of your video is very good

[@sayidabyan5828]

I love foss but I won't sacrifice ease of use just to do so. I'll use it if it's better or atleast close enough to the proprietary one.

[@littlepeon]

exactly. I want the best tool for the job, not the fifth best tool!

[@realtechhacks]

This is exactly my philosophy. for my use case the only proprietary software I would absolutely need is games (and by extension steam) and davinci resolve. I'm currently a slowly migrating windows user.

[@JRCSalter]

I switched to Linux about five or six years ago and have used FOSS almost exclusively since then, including apps such as GIMP, Kdenlive, Inkscape, various web browsers, and Libre Office. However, I made the conscious decision to go back to Adobe. Yes, I can do everything I could on those apps by using the FOSS apps, but it often required workarounds whereas Adobe could achieve the same in a click or two. As such, I dual boot my computer, using Linux almost exclusively, unless I want to use Adobe or game, in which case I switch to Windows.

[@NateROCKS112]

> Adobe could achieve the same in a click or two. Don't we all just love software patents?

[@xnegra8054]

run a vm?

[@littlepeon]

Adobe just works. And works fast, yes I can do the same things in FOSS by taking more time and using more resources, but why settle for second or fifth best?

[@DorperSystems]

@@NateROCKS112 you do not understand what sw patents are

[@extreme123dz]

@Watcher Still far below what photoshop can do, atleast Krita for Digital Painting is better in a lot of areas. Wine/proton dosent work correctly is a lot of game and is 0 compatibility for others, and tell me about piracy or 0 Steam/Epic/etc...

[@ImAbouttaRaaage]

I agree that proprietary software can be better than open source IF AND ONLY IF there's no open source software and there's only proprietary. (Although that's rare) If a person made a program and a company made a similar program. That doesn't mean that the company did a better job. (This is my opinion and I'm open for any corrections from others, I like to keep an open mind)

[@mrkitty777]

Many times I noticed that DRM is the cause it runs at windows only. Some games even insert a kernel driver and AutoCAD is well known to do similar things.

[@littlepeon]

just because there is an open source alternative does not mean that it is "better". At work, we have teams that will use both proprietary and FOSS software- our motto is "Get the job done, quickly and efficiently using the best tools at your disposal". Time after time, a job will be completed using proprietary sources-- it just works faster. In business time is money, perhaps if you are just joking around as a hobby or have all the time in the world you can settle for second or fifth best-- in business we don't have that luxury.

[@xathridtech727]

Look at cad Autodesk locks away all there software behind a kernel check

[@ImAbouttaRaaage]

@@littlepeon well i don't think that i said that open source is always better but i do agree. Companies get paid for making software so they have to make it as good as possible.

[@vince6792]

Does anyone remember windows freeware? I'm willing to sacrifice the windows registry for proprietary web browser apps 😂

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

as for games its a stupid point. games are not just softwares, they are "art", giving up on playing something because its not floss is like giving up on reading all books that arent public domain, watching every movie that is not copyleft, or stop listening to every music that isnt copyleft. not only you will have to give up on a lot of things, it will be in vain because you gonna be the only crazy people to do that, and people will not see an martyr as an hero, but as an example of what not to do, people dont admire martyrs, they admire billionaires, "successful" people. open source works fine for things with common interest, but it dont work so well when individuality come into play. for example, a lot of people want to watch videos, that is why a lot of then cooperate into making vlc a thing. but how many of then want to make YOUR movie? a lot of people cooperate into making krita, and gimp, but how many of then can cooperate with making an montage or drawing ? a lot of people want to make games, that is why an open source game engine like godot can work. but how many want to make the same game? the more generic something is, the easier it is for people to cooperate in making it, that is why its easy to make open source clones for popular games, but as soon as you get anything niche, like an obscure original game, or your own original idea, you get less and less cooperation from volunteers, and proprietary software is just better at making money so you dont have to rely on volunteers. if there is something faster than light is the speed that open source enthusiasts disapear once an free software ask for donations.

[@folksurvival]

Most billionaires and other successful people are not sitting around playing video games.

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

@@folksurvival that is beyond the point

[@ygjt76v0-----]

Why you so serious? This man just make an adsense

[@21yarpen]

@@folksurvival Neither they use linux or free sofware.

[@aladdin8623]

One of the biggest obstacles for companies in porting their software to linux is the dependency hell. But this might be tackled by portable formats like appimage and flatpack.

[@geek-room]

This is not about porting. This is about license. Free open software is changed and driven by communtity. The first step for these companies is change the license and open the code.

[@aladdin8623]

A world exclusively with open source according to libre software principles was ideal, but it does not work like that. Read the many comments, confirming that many proprietary apps were stil better than other ones and my answer is a response to that. Full-time and paid employees usually have more resources and time to achieve goals. Even the linux foundation, red hat, Collabora Open Source Consulting and Mozilla etc. offer full-time jobs. So excluding companies and their margin aims is contra productive. They can lift the popularity of gnu linux. And their Apps do not necessarily have to be full closed. Proprietary Software can also be published open source but of course under a different license and not GPL etc. There can be a fruitful and beneficial coexistence between proprietary code and libre software as long as the basis beneath is controlled by the community, trusted foundations, non-profit-organisations and passionate idealists etc.

[@geek-room]

@@aladdin8623 I cannot agree. Times change very quickly. Many companies have realized that the development of basic frameworks (and not just basic FRM, but whole application components) is better to develop as open source. The change to open source concept is faster, more stable and brings evolutionary development. Which proprietary software will never have. The opposite approach against proprietary is exactly true, and many large companies are already switching to open source. He then builds his next solution on their basis. Finally, a lot of people, not just developers, have understood that they have to invest in additional packages, specific solutions and, most importantly to services! The main and big money is not in software development, but in its services, and serving the final specific solution for customers. Microsoft is a good example of this. Yes, the calculator is not good example of it. But gitlab, xwiki, taiga, etc. But not just web based solutions. Mainly the frameworks for sales, retail, resarch. Some segments are still waiting like graphical industry. It needs just time.

[@aladdin8623]

@@geek-room It doesn't matter, if your assumption is coming true one day or not. Right at the moment and after many discussions and experience, many companies wish to protect their proprietary code, and with portable formats getting more and more popular on linux as well, they got a means for that. Similar to Android Apps, flatpak offers sandbox mode and Permission Controls Toggles (GUI and CLI) on linux desktop to limit access of the Apps to the system. This is a good compromise for Apps, which aren't open source but are on the wish list, to be used by the people. How exactly for example do you want to enforce open source on game developers? Most of them are investing a lot of time and money. This is very likely not going to happen.

[@happyfeet4506]

Great video. 👍 Windows 11 inspired me to install Linux. Could some one point me in the direction of good books to me reading to learn Linux from please

[@mrkitty777]

Wait until Windows 13 comes out! 🤣🤣🤣

[@dsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsfsfddsdsfs7715]

Nice tux

[@heroe1486]

The Linux Bible if you want to learn about Gnu/Linux in a sysadmin/devops guy way

[@vince6792]

Congratulations, Gnu/Linux isn't that difficult. Choices and terminal commands can be somewhat confusing until you realize all distros are either Debian, Arch, or independent based with numerous desktop environments. Plenty of online help. Install timeahift, take a snapshot for a working restore point.

[@gogee8510]

You will learn a lot from this video channel.

[@thesphyrth]

The "old habits" is the strongest reason why most people can't move to FOSS alternatives. I use both MSWord and LibreWriter. I can generally accomplish tasks equally well, but I have to keep switching habits (like adapting to their UIs [I don't like LO's Notebook UI], and having different shortcut keys).

[@AFCAWorldBodybuildingArchive]

For every case where there is no FOSS alternative, one should add “YET“. Endless FOSS being devwloped and added on a daily basis ♥

[@deusexaethera]

There is no such thing as free software. There is only software that someone else is paying for and letting you use because they're feeling generous.

[@folksurvival]

@@deusexaethera "Free" in FOSS is not always referring to monetary price, in fact it is usually not referring to that.

[@johna3357]

@@deusexaethera free as in freedom. that doesn't mean it come's without a price.

[@John7No]

I try to use as much open source apps as I can. But, there are cases that is simply either not as good or just not compatible enough. 1. Office, yes LO and the rest can be used for personal or SMB, but on big businesses this is our of the question. The reason is compatibility. There are just things that are "broken" when not opened in MS Office. I am not saying this is LO (etc) fault, just saying why it is not possible. 2. Gimp cannot compete with PS. period. These 2 applications are on a different level. Let's stop comparing them and move on to the ones we can please.

[@norcal6181]

I don't think you mentioned it, but another area that used to be made up of proprietary, and is now largely open source, is software development tools. Things like Visual Studio Code, Docker, Kubernetes, almost all popular programming languages, and just about every other main stream dev tool. They're all open source.

[@DeNNiiiable]

I have 3 issues going to Linux and I tried 6 months ago with PopOS. 1. MS Outlook (no alternative works with 365 correctly and the browser version is useless) 2. OneDrive (needed for sharing data with customer's) 3. MSP (N-Able) software for remotely managing customers

[@PwrXenon]

I just run proprietary software in my windows vm when absolutely necessary. Glad i finally fully switched to Linux this year!

[@SwiatLinuksa]

Free or closed... Bad or good.. no. User should decide what he want to use. That's the real freedom.

[@sophustranquillitastv4468]

I think one space that proprietary dominated and open source alternative never come close to be a replacement. It's audio production. In that space, they've to use a lot of proprietary plugin that can only work in Windows without any good enough alternative and open source software didn't equip with any plugin at all.

[@mrkitty777]

That's going to change, VST for example has another problem and that is that it is CPU instruction set depending, Wine x64 is capable to do sequencer software fine, did that in 2009 already with Kubuntu Karmic.

[@afootballfan3882]

​@@mrkitty777 You need to talk about drivers for audio interface in the first place. Without drivers for your audio interface and other MIDI controllers you can't do any audio production. Unlike GPUs which is fine with a basic driver (unofficial) audio interfaces and other MIDI devices can't connect to each other without proper drivers. Currently there is no development from audio instrument manufacturers to expand thier support to Linux because all audio professionals work in Windows and Mac. currently professional audio production in Linux is impractical thus impossible.

[@mrkitty777]

@@afootballfan3882 than I was just lucky with my usb midi keyboard from Roland supported by Linux kernel. Since wine than can work with it. About audio devices a virtual machine with usb audio devices can easily get 5 millisecond latency but that's not really Linux anymore 😢 then only manufacturer can change, but I wonder how much more gamers exist compared to musicians, since there are enough gamers now to get games running at Linux, but I see so many musicians at Linux topic KZbin channels asking each other what is needed or why it can't work yet.

[@DarthCiliatus]

One thing I keep a windows installation around for is guitar amp simulation with Amplitube 4. I've tried Guitarix and Rackarrack but the sound quality is much worse and there's a lack of bass amp models for them.

[@mrkitty777]

Is DRM preventing it to run at Linux? I had a problem getting Reason to run at Linux too once.

[@Mathcartney]

Audio plug-ins and DAWs sucks hard on OSS/Linux land, this is the hell that I’m stuck as well. For job and day to day stuff I’ll have an arch box and for audio and gaming I’ll have a Windows.

[@Mathcartney]

@@mrkitty777 mostly it is access to the hardware itself and the addresses used by the low level code within the windows/mac domain if you’re using it through wine or other method

[@mrkitty777]

I have propellerhead reason 5 in a Wine container

[@mrkitty777]

The only bug in have with DAW is having to press alt key to get menu working and that's a nasty bug, the rest works fine.

[@sbrazenor2]

I just recently had to pay for some proprietary software, but that's because I chose to use a camera platform that kind of requires it. (Phase One, medium format.) The files that the camera back makes are just not usable on free software that I'm aware of. I can export them into another format that allows modification on free options, but that still requires something like CaptureOne. (Their proprietary software suite.) That being said, since they are the makers of the products from end to end (which means better calibration), the quality that you get is amazing. I also paid for the universal license, so I can also use it for all of my cameras. (I have a lot of different platforms.) Sure, it was like $300; but I bought the license so I don't have to pay for a monthly subscription. I've got it on a workstation I'll keep just for that photography workflow.

[@learningbird9940]

Some areas that don't have many good choices in FOSS ( free and open source software ) : to-do/GTD, calendar/agendas, task/project management, CAD, personal and enterprise finances/tax and, you touched on that, video editing and conferencing apps. Some of the most popular don't have a Linux version, and btw, some don't have also a Windows or Macos version, are pure cloud/SAAS apps. But since they are web apps and have a free tier, can be used in Linux.

[@LoesserOf2Evils]

The problem with free and open software in my situation is threefold. (1) It has to be inspected by the IT Department to make sure it isn’t laden with security vulnerabilities and holes. (2) The organ can’t already be subscribing to a proprietary package, suite, application, etc. (3) There is an unstated requirement: someone has to be a guru so the IT department does not. That’s how my worksite got permission to install and run its integrated library and information system. Proprietary ILISes are really expensive, and my worksite is too small to subscribe to one.

[@paulg3336]

regarding: "(1) It has to be inspected by the IT Department to make sure it isn’t laden with security vulnerabilities and holes. " How do they do this for propriety software? Or do they just accept security vulnerabilities and holes as a paid for benefit? Like Zoom had ,for example.

[@LoesserOf2Evils]

@@paulg3336, I wish I knew. I can only guess that IT follows the wisdom, as it were, that if the proposed application is in common use throughout a wide enough and diverse enough user group, it can’t be all bad, so to speak. Besides, the IT department’s job is to keep parity with other like sites so that the staff can readily communicate and exchange information quickly, efficiently, and effortlessly with as little cost as possible. Maintaining two or more application groups that is an unnecessary expense many IT departments cannot afford in matter, energy, time, and spaces or, perhaps, won’t afford.in same. Case in point: my old university almost lost all Its Macs in favor of WinOS PCs because of this belief. Then the staff threatened en masse to leave. Faced with a virtual shutdown of the institution for the next year while it recruited new staff, the administration intervened. The library’s IT department was handling on an ad hoc basis Mac application support for years and without the bureaucracy that the university IT had. The administration in essence assigned the library’s IT department the job of maintaining the university’s Macs but the university’s IT department the job of the WinOS PCs, IT security, network updates and upgrades, and so forth. It worked and as far I know, this arrangement is still in force to this day.

[@hansvandermeulen5515]

Free software is about freedom.

[@mrkitty777]

Bill G understood that too.

[@mrkitty777]

Je naam klinkt Nederlands. ( Your name sounds Dutch)

[@deusexaethera]

No, free software is about getting to use something without helping to pay for its maintenance and improvement. There is no such thing as free software. There is only software that someone else is paying for and letting you use because they're feeling generous.

[@mrkitty777]

There is an excellent website explaining over 90 % of Linux GNU software live in poverty, as in slavery. It's better that you don't get software developer at all!

[@hansvandermeulen5515]

@@deusexaethera it's free as in freedom, free speech. Of course, the word free is most often used to mean free of charge but that's not what free software is about.

[@UNS3CUR3D]

The actual problem with free software is they don't have big names like Google, Microsoft and Apple promoting them. Free software doesn't have a huge marketing budget.

[@deusexaethera]

There is no such thing as free software. There is only software that someone else is paying for and letting you use because they're feeling generous.

[@illanoizegaming4204]

I like you but I’m tired of you just saying it’s only because of MS office and Adobe. I post this comment so that the audio production and engineers are a recognized group that are stuck too and more so on Apple computers. If you don’t have pro tools digital audio workstation software and audio plugins and software suites that are on windows and sometimes there’s audio software that’s only availability on Mac leaves you stuck. You don’t have this software you’re not getting much work. Don’t forget the audio production/engineering world exists too.

[@mattolinallc8888]

As Video Game Developer I created free software games to enjoy the reason why is because I prefer free software and care about my freedom. This is why I love Arch Linux by the way for my small business never going back to windows.😊😊😊😊😊

[@leviticus8930]

Howdy from the beach ⛱

[@DistroTube]

Howdy from the swamp. :D

[@ARose47]

I think it's funny when people think a computer is only meant for video editing or gaming. Music production SUCKS in Linux, there's really no reliable FOSS alternatives to FL Studio or Ableton, on top of that you have to worry about audio interface/hardware compatibility and music libraries/VST is simply a pain in the ass to get them to work

[@extreme123dz]

Thats my problem, always gaming, but not other things live video editing, really good 3D, Special Effects, photo and art, etc.

[@Morokiane]

What about the freedom for a user to use the software that meets their needs? I've moved away from GIMP, Inkscape and Scribus to the Affinity suite of software, because it meets my needs far better than the open source alternatives. Blender is a great piece of software and it has gained a lot of traction and I love using it, but it's never going to overtake Maya, Max, Cinema4D, or Houdini. The bias shines through, you are just assuming that open source software is better simply because of the license it is released under. Unless you've actually used the both the proprietary and the open source equivalent, how can you say one is actually better from a non-user perspective?

[@liivansh]

I'd like to see someone swapping out Houdini for Blender.

[@littlepeon]

@@liivansh Houdini just rocks! It is miles ahead of Blender!

[@liivansh]

@@littlepeon yeah man, I'm a novice when it comes to these programs but just going through the features list and watching professionals use the software shows how far ahead houdini is.

[@BanduTheGreat]

Love your work. We don't always agree, but I respect your effort in the good fight.

[@patrickelliott2169]

For some things there are no "good" anything (at least that is a) affordable and b) doesn't have a nightmare learning curve). Good example of this is "electronics" applications, for design. They tend to have one of two problems - 1) they require you pay for libraries, at high cost, to actually be able to do anything, and this is worse if the application itself is already stupid expensive, and/or 2) they always seem to have the "engineer" mentality. What do I mean by the second? Well, I watched someone else on youtube spend 20 minutes in a video trying to work out how to automatically lay out the position of keys on a custom mechanical keyboard. In "any other program", this would be trivial. Because they recognize that this is something that someone may commonly want to do. So.. the "open source" equivalent he was trying to use is designed to work really similar to the "big name" expensive one. How do you do this "simple thing" in either of them? Well, short version, you can't. Longer version, each "element", i.e. electronic part you create, is "read only". So, your script can "see" the existing locations - which means you can't just tell it to make X number of Y things, and position them. You have to create them all first. Then, your script "reads" this data, you do some calculations on where they need to be moved to, and have your script generate *another script*. Why? Because the script you are using to make the calculations can't execute commands, but you can run a different sort of script, which is just a set of commands. It is "this" mess of commands which actually "position" your parts. And, how does it do this? Well, by literally executing menu commands, like you where typing them in manually, in the program, as though it where a user. So.. Instead of giving read/write access to items, or some means to lock ones you don't want moved, or unlock ones you do, etc., then letting the script system have access to components, and their attributes, like "position", thus using a single script, they use the "engineer's" solution - i.e., "Why provide a sensible, sane, way to do this, like literally any other development tool, like 3D applications, for example, when the program already has commands that do this? We will just make it so you can execute a mess of commands to solve the problem, and only allow the scripts look at things, and export a list of commands needed to make it happen!" Argh!! You see a fair bit of this in a lot of "engineer" developed application. Blender was, at one time, a nightmare to use, because it was written with a, "OK, it doesn't do this yet, so how do we make it do that?", and the solution was almost always, "Lets ignore integration with existing features, and just cram something else in, which does this one thing." Which is fine, if you are the developer, who uses it all the damn time, and thus understand why the F it works that way. For anyone "learning" to use it, or worse, someone that uses it all the time, but suddenly finds the need to, say, reposition 40 key switches on a circuit board, you end up spending 20 minutes going, "What the F? How the heck do you do this?", then giving up and spending an hour manually positioning all of them. Because, the "engineer's" solution, to anyone but the engineer, sometimes looks overcomplicated, unnecessarily obtuse, and utterly useless. Projects have died on the basis of the utter failure of someone to realize this is bad design. Except in cases like "electronics development", where they are all, literally, just as terrible, because the only people using them all learned to use the same nightmare design, since their "first" instance of such was probably the super expensive "proprietary" thing, and/or the other solution is an open source program, that "does the exact same insane things". But, yeah.. Lot of cases the "best" out is the open source now. And for good reason - because someone rethought how the F to do some things. There is a reason people went to Daz3D, instead of sticking with Poser, for example - Poser was a mess. But, sometimes, sadly, the concern seems to be more "compatibility", and, "functional similarity", over, "Why the heck does this thing work this way? Isn't there something better?" And then.. everything is a mess, no matter if it is open or not. This.. drives me nuts every time I run across it.

[@LevisRaju]

You could've added Natron too.. Olive is also coming 😃

[@bigboss6954]

i hate fps monitor software in windows like msi afterburner. i cant even get it to work right. in linux i use mangohud and its great

[@sethgrubb926]

I have the exact opposite problem, can’t get mangohud to work but on windows I just install riva turner

[@thecashewtrader3328]

I see

[@GabrielM01]

@@sethgrubb926 yeah, i think both are user issues, because i can get both to work just fine

[@pjpw2320]

Just curious, Derek. What's your position on donating to developers of FOSS ?

[@ygjt76v0-----]

Waiting the answer

[@justanotherpxrson]

My main thing right now is Ableton live. I'm switching to Linux, but I will use Ableton in a vm probably. Edit: yes, I'm not only scared to switch to an alternative, but I don't know if there is a truly good alternative. Then there is all of the vst plugins I use...

[@JamesMowery]

Bitwig. It's literally better than Ableton Live. Was using it on Windows before switching to Linux as well. The issue is that it's not FOSS, but it supports Linux, which is a step in the right direction.

[@kevingary7018]

For amateur radio, proprietary software seems to dominate the market. Most hams use windows, and most companies only offer Microsoft & Mac comparable programs. With all the discriminatory practices in place - it has not been an easy road for the Linux user.

[@tylerdean980]

Maybe ham radio deluxe, but the mandatory software is there like WSJTX and JS8call and CHIRP. The only thing I miss is that not much programming software is available on Linux. If it’s not on CHIRP, you’re kinda screwed.

[@xathridtech727]

That surprises me I thought a lot of ham guys were diy guys

[@hansdampf2284]

I program proprietary software for my company every day. Trust me it’s not better… 😅

[@lemming2040]

The windows api is literally bloatware, shit from 1985 still in there lol

[@prateekpanwar646]

@@lemming2040 Sometimes you summon that window 98 file dialog accidently. My Windows 11 (Oct 15, 2021) had so many memory leaks that my cpu was sitting at 70 deg C idle at 40% cpu usage by file explorer and dwm, Had reinstalled twice (fresh install by formatting C drive) and even changed cooler then I finally came back to win 10. Same on adobe, They are lazy af and if they want a function they call entire library only to save few mins of cleaning their code. That's why that shit needs 16gb ram. Corporates work for getting work done on time, It doesn't matter if it's done well.

[@alexey104]

@@lemming2040, how are memory leaks related to CPU temperature and usage?

[@TheUnkow]

Guess what manages the memory ... CPU (central processing unit).

[@alexey104]

@@TheUnkow, leaked memory has nothing to do with CPU utilization.

[@ralph4370]

Its funny, I tried several times to write down all of the software that works under windows and my issues with migrating with linux been removed. Spanish proverb states "Sometimes the cheaper alternatives means its the most expensive"

[@jonytube]

If you absolutely need to use proprietary software that only works on a single OS, then just use said OS and software.

[@danieleg8758]

I think what you are saying is just partially correct or at least you probably targeting the wrong people. Your explanation will definitely apply for common random users. I am one of them and like the other 70-80% of users don't need "professional" proprietary software. Why spend for Office subscription just to write simple documents? Why spend tons of money for Adobe just to adjust birthday photos of your kids or make a little video of some holidays? In this i certainly agree with you. I still probably agree with you if you talk about freelance workers. Switch to FOSS will save them potentially a lot of money that could be invest elsewhere. The real problem are big companies and schools (like you said). If you think they are coming from MS/MAC and proprietary software switching to FOSS could be an issue as most of the free alternatives are working differently than the "famous" counterpart. So if you are an employer or a school principle that means break the productivity in order to train workers. And even before that you have to find (or train) someone able to teach employees/students. That could have some consequences that probably most of the people would not take. Specially if money are involved. I know that in a long term switching to FOSS would have a beneficial from that point of view but i am pretty sure no one will take that shot easily. I think the best approach should be educate and promote linux distros and free software to normal users (most of the people watch youtube, check facebook, send email and write a bloody resume... don't need to spend money for something basic). Teach how to use FOSS from primary school before even think to start with high schools and universities. Once majority of the people are comfortable enough to use linux and FOSS without being "scared" then it will be automatic for professionals and companies to switch too. It is a long process i guess, but you can't start from the top.

[@BlazeingGoldReviews]

My main reason for sticking with windows is affinity photo. I don't care who you are, GIMP, is not good. It's hard to use and clunky.

[@japamax]

you missed something: semi pro printer drivers for a2 or a3 + printers. There is no driver (or the open source driver is very different from the proprietary driver) and there is no predefined color profile for the printer. You can print with a color profile but it is not easy and sometimes the profile is used twice (Linux colors seem imprecise) The only valid solution is virtualization

[@bina7513]

2:25 The other possibility is because the company and/or college/university has a deal, sponsorship, etc. with the proprietary software company and the employees and students have to use it because of that. I have had about two professors who didn't like the invasive nature of Microsoft and Google, but they still had to use the products and still had to instruct students to use the software despite this.

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

qt: actually, start as closed source and then open soucing it later is a thing, starting as open source is another. construct for example tried to start as open soutce and failed, later on they restarted as proprietary and were sucessful, i think its harder to survive as opensource if you are an small company, but once you get an certain size and have an comunity arround your product you can try to open source it.

[@bennybe1977]

The only thing there is completely unsolved in Linux is DAW, there is nothing that is even close to the big DAWs (PT, Cubase, Lofic, Studio One,...), I don't see anyone working on an alternative (or even better a Linux implementation) of ASIO, 99% of professional audio interfaces have no drivers (and even If you get them to work it has too much latency to be useful for production). That's why my strongest machine (the studio machine) is running windows, my day to day machine and work laptop are both Linux (after I returned the mac I got at the beginning, because IMO apple got the worse of both worlds). So as usual in Linux the problem is actually hardware not software. If the community could solve the HW issues, the DAW companies (at least some), could release for Linux as well.

[@ticris]

I am a professor at a Uni and I am constrained to use proprietary software., but not by my Uni. I am free to use FOSS. I use FOSS as many times as I can. Even my colleagues say about me I am crazy because I use FOSS as long as we have an agreement with Microsoft. The problem is the big software developers who have proprietary software for windows and for Mac, but not for linux - Autodesk Inventor, Dassault Catia. They don't want to compile the software for Linux.

[@Audiojack_]

Most automotive software is absolutely proprietary and more annoyingly almost always Windows-only.

[@berinloritsch]

Your point about a job requiring Microsoft Office is a bit off. The reason offices standardize on a suite of software is to ensure consistency. While there are good office packages for Linux, there tends to be issues when opening those documents in office. I.e. the conversion process is not exact and can corrupt the proper layout and style of the document. So it's more for interoperability than it is being all about MS Office. That same problem exists when dealing with other proprietary office software and MS Office. That said, if you don't have interoperability concerns then you can use whatever you like.

[@thatlinuxguy]

Just because there are good alternatives doesn't mean that the businesses, schools, etc are not going to have policies where the entire system is locked down. Where you can't do anything because all the software from the BIOS up is password protected by the admin. EDIT: I didn't get to the point where you explained that.

[@leonardchurch7675]

DT you really are sort of naive about how major corporations and universities operate. These entities do not care about personal privacy or freedoms it is about compliance and regency. The other side of the coin is that Corporations and Universities are economically entangled with these proprietary programs and have no intention to ever switch.

[@littlepeon]

it seems he's just trying to force his viewpoint onto others. The whole video has the "FOSS isn't quite as good as what your using now, but you should settle for fifth best because it is better in the long run" vibe.

[@extreme123dz]

@@littlepeon He always forces (ironic) his Point of View and not to analyse the situation, 0 arguments or real comparative of the software alternatives, the Pros/Conts, etc.

[@littlepeon]

@@extreme123dz yeah, as I've always said: My computer is a tool it's not a part of my religious beliefs... I want the best tool for the job. Period. Time=money and I want what will save me time.

[@eduardiliasenco2534]

I've just realized that you're like alternative to dr. Steel IRL. Since Windows is switching to Linux by integrating it in their OS and steam is working on their platform to make gaming be possible on Linux (It's already possible and it works just awesome from my point of view) I assume one day Linux should become more popular than Windows at least. I already swiched to Linux and I'm more than happy.

[@abriction]

It's hard to say that there is ALWAYS a better open source alternative. When it comes to music production, the open source alternatives are arguably worse than the proprietary ones. And while there are good pieces of music production software that will work on any Linux system like Reaper or Bitwig, they are not libre software. And then Adobe products. I don't like the Creative Cloud concept, but the actual functionality of the products themselves (AE, PS, AU, Premiere) are just WAY better than the libre alternatives. And I don't even need to talk about the nouvou or whatever drivers for Nvidia GPUs.

[@totallynotbluu]

Do the middle man: Pirate it.

[@ChitrakChattopadhyay]

Most people are too rich and too pussy to do that.

[@B5152g]

My favorites for leisure on Linux: for playing music "Lollypop",, for books "Foliate",,

[@TheNebo19]

DT, do You know alt for microsoft authenticator

[@abhabh6896]

I tried finding a good FOSS PDF reader for android. No luck. They seem to all have philosophy of "Annotation is for botches". Do you want to print a pdf from your phone, convert to EPUB, read in musicians mode, dark mode? You can. Do you want to annotate (something 90% of users would want to do)? Tough luck. The only one able to do so is "Mu PDF" and its interface is ancient and options are....none....it looks like it would be dope on PC but isnt really for android. What do I do in this situation?

[@phrtao]

It's not really about whether the software is any good or not. Most people don't know how to use the proprietary applications anyway, they just use some basic features. The problem is that people don't want to take a risk and try something different, especially where their livelihood is concerned.

[@IcoKirov]

yeah, i'm working in a big company, and i can't just ask them to f**k off the microsoft exchange accounts and switch to something else. i mean i still use libre office, but it's not word, excel and so on that are the problem, basically out whole SSO is connected to those microsoft accounts.

[@Katanski]

Is there an free and open source alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC for editing PDF:s and making it possible to copy text of secured PDF files?

[@johnstath9666]

Whilst I agree with you on the need to use proprietary software over open source/free, because realistically people only generally use a small percentage of the software, proprietary software polishes up better. And it should, they get paid to put bells and whistles on it and it’s their full time job. What I don’t agree with is that it’s your employers choice whether to choose one or the other. We worked with an informix system for 30 years absolutely nothing wrong with it. When we were transitioned to a new company then we were required to transition to their software packages. No freedom of choice available. I don’t know how the system works in making such choices but you get told this is what you’re using and that’s it.

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

15:17 its not so easy to "switch", some softwares take years to master, that is like saying some one to start learning how to draw... again, from scratch with their left-handed. we cant blame people for "being lazy" they already work hard enough to improve their skills and to work everyday, they get burnout all the time, then we demand that they "stop being lazy" and relearn everything from scratch? do you really think that c and c++ are the best programing languages ever relased and that is the reason why so many projects use then? no, programmers are just "too lazy to port" their code to something else, that include floss programmers.

[@musab3210]

2:46 but nobody is really going to do that and most people really don't care

[@extreme123dz]

And because boss are not the problem, in Business, time is money, you dont spend time to learn something new that are behind of what actually works and are reliable, no matter if is Close or Open.

[@reneramirez2951]

I'm with you man

[@call_me_stan5887]

I wish that teachers in schools and IT managers at workplaces put a little effort into showing people alternatives to proprietary software. It's beneficial in workplaces too. At least for general stuff, not everything has to be proprietary. Some security sensitive stuff - maybe.

[@derisis13]

Jitsi is not better than Zoom? Zoom still limits you to 40 minutes per session...

[@raphaelcardoso7927]

And then there's engineering software :/ I use only FOSS engineering tools but it's hard, even more if you want to be in the industry

[@JonathanScruggs]

Sorry, but nothing compares to MS Office. The biggest advantage is that Excel has Power Query. Access is just easier to use and you can bring in tables from multiple sources and manipulate them -- can't do this with Base. I recently ran into major compatibility issues with Excel and Calc. Word has better Mail Merge options. I use a Windows VM just to have Office, which is annoying.

[@scality4309]

Did blender really became on the level of Maya and others?

[@juryrigging]

It's getting a lot of funding these days from companies that benefit from Blender being good and accessible to the masses (Adobe selling add-ons and plugins, Intel because more people doing process intensive modelling will need better GPUs and so forth). I assume the Blender Foundation are putting that money to good use, because I watch a lot of Blender tutorials and I've seen a slew of them touting several new features and improvements lately. Even if it's not yet quite on the level as others, it's getting close enough that the price point trade-off may be worthwhile for an increasing number of people.

[@ex3c__dev]

In my opinion it is almost as good as Maya. The only things where blender is a bit behind are animation tools and performance on high poly meshes. For me it's good enough to use exclusively but animating a high poly character from zbrush can be a pain. Modeling however is faster once you master the shortcuts.

[@scality4309]

@@ex3c__dev Than they have come a very, very long way if they can compete with the expensive closed source commercial projects.

[@beef623]

I think it's better than both Maya and 3dStudio at least and has been for quite a while.

[@GregCavazos]

I am on a niche industry, but the tools I need to do my job are only available on Windows, CAD and software for industrial automation, I use linux on my personal devices, but hard on the work side.

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

12:00 blender dominates what? most hollywood movies still use maya or max, it has nothing to do with the tech of blender not being good enough, the issue is that most of their employees were trained to use those softwares, and they wont migrate over night. sometimes, blender lack some feature, or isnt the best to do an specific task, and in big companies, they use a lot of tools, each employee use the best tools for an specific task, so an general purpose tool like blender, that is a jack of all trades, master of nothing is useless for then. blender may have more users than max and maya and be used by a lot of big studios, but it still is not "industry standard".

[@tuesday13th]

What about DAWs? LMMS is a fckng joke. Biggest problem of FOSS is that in most of the cases - it's crippled clones of proprietary stuff so I'm not sure about this "proprietary is inferior" deal. "Ideologically" - maybe. Practically, at least from consumer/non-dev point - definitely not. Best case scenario is to become a FOSS developer and make something useful and original by yourself, or at least - contribute (that's kinda the point of open source) instead of just sitting and waiting decades for others to drag another half broken adobe-wannabe mutant to 1.0, while preaching about "bright open source future".

[@foss_sound]

ardour?

[@baldpolnareff7224]

@@foss_sound Ardour is pretty good as a traditional DAW for recording instruments. It's a bit tedious to use for electronic music and MIDI stuff in general. There's Bitwig, Reaper and Tracktion Waveform as proprietary DAWs on Linux. Bitwig is arguably the best DAW out there in general

[@tuesday13th]

@@foss_sound I do remember checking out Ardour, but don't remember why I ended up with Linux version of Reaper instead. Even though Reaper is "spooky-scary" proprietary software - delay from instruments was almost nonexistent and that was a deal-breaker for me. Ardour is solid, but not my cup of tea

[@tuesday13th]

My point is - with proprietary stuff you have a choice: Cubase, Ableton, FL, Mixcraft, Reaper, Logic, Studio One and a bunch more. Within FOSS field you have a couple of options and they are not THE BEST ones. But they are free so you really not in position to complain... sounds a bit desperate isn't it? Mindset that some FOSS zealots have is to use those "atleastitsfree" programs just because PROPRIETARY IS HARAM. I understand that closed-source stuff is spooky and my firewall is configured maximum anal for that case. But I don't really think that everyone who gits/apts a FOSS program, does an entire listing of sources and dependencies. It only takes a few lines to call home. I still mourn Audacity. Most of forks are dead too.

[@foss_sound]

​@@tuesday13th IMO it's not correct to just choose FOSS only, just because it's FOSS. Have a look at UNFA at KZbin. He "promotes" making music with FOSS stuff only. But I totally agree, that FOSS is the ethically correctest way to use and produce software and users just should start to pay or donate the devs, that they can make better software.

[@computernerd8157]

Libre can be uses instead of Microsoft becauee you can save the file in a microsoft format at school. Teacher push close source but you can always use free software if you knoe what yoh are doing.

[@abhabh6896]

computer use isnt centered arounducrosoft word. Some things font have alternatives.

[@shrobbyy]

"Rather not play instead of playing a game which isn't open source" is the most stupid statement I've ever heard. I also try to use as much FOSS as possible. Complain on the launchers like Steam, Origin etc. but there is NO reason to complain about games themselves being proprietary. If all games would be open source, then it would hurt the market a lot.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

Maybe he just doesn't like games that much. Since 2011, I've bought one AAA game and that was Fallout 4. Everything else since then has been buggy and derivative crap where you are not expected to pay an entry fee of $70 just for the privilege of being "scalped" for more money DLC in unfinished games. I still buy indie titles, but only those with a native Linux version (of which there are many). I had one final instance of Windows 7 kicking about for gaming until a few months ago - and then I discovered that I just didn't need it any more to play the games I want to play, and finally got rid of my Microsoft abuser for good. Modern day AAA gaming is utter crap, it has been for a decade.

[@shrobbyy]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 AAA games really got bad the time. That's very true and sad. On the Nintendo Switch you play an AAA first party title for 70€ with 20-30FPS.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

@@shrobbyy Yes, we agree on that.

[@martincampuzanoflores4983]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 This. I mainly buy Indie games because it's a more relatable industry for me (being "freelancer" is kind of hard). I still buy Nintendo games since I'm a fanboy tho :/

[@timmerk7363]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 I think there are many trends in modern gaming that need to be criticised, but saying that since 2011 no good AAA games have launched is just not true. I could probably name a bunch, despite being not a hard-core gamer and focusing only on very few genres.

[@amingholizad]

I get your point: people that have to use some software are rare. But añd this is a big but, most of these people are willing to switch and they can't. For example Gimp will remain inferior to Photoshop unless it starts none destructive adjustments. And there is a big problem for me and the research community the mighty MATLAB and Simulink softwares that are one of a kind, I know that they are available in Linux as well with some features and tools missing. However they are proprietary and their full power is in Windows

[@knife1406]

For any lovers of classic dungeon crawlers a great free and open source game is Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, most package managers have it too but usually you have to update it. I will say it takes a bit to get used to because it's pretty old school but I kid you not, as someone who plays all kinds of games (mostly proprietary), Stone Soup remains my favorite game of all time.

[@arionlove1212]

When I tell my friends about free/libre software, they straight up just make fun of me, calling me a wannabe, NERD etc, They say google, microsoft has already a ton of information about them and using proprietary software won't make anything better. If I mention about anything about freedom, they ask what is freedom anyway? I tried a lot to spread the message of free/libre software, but it seems people just don't care (in my community). They choose convenience over freedom.

[@Zephyrus0]

Maybe you need better friends lol, either way you tried. Have a good day. :]

[@arionlove1212]

@@Zephyrus0 what would you do if you tell someone like don't use this software because it doesn't respect your freedom, they don't allow distribution etc etc and the reply is " I DON'T CARE"

[@user-di5rm9ee1p]

You are doing it wrong bro. I just sit next to them and open my laptop. Than u let them ask questions, and they will ask. My favorite one is - Where are the adds...

[@Zephyrus0]

@@arionlove1212 I would say "fine" and move on to other things that interests me. Major of friends are like "why don't you use X?". I just say "because it doesn't respects my freedoms, if it did you wouldn't have to ask this question".

[@user-di5rm9ee1p]

@@Zephyrus0 My answer is - Would you buy a car that just turns on during the night and drives around the town while u sleep. I am not trying to be smart here nor joking, that is what I actualy say.

[@easyelectronics2563]

Yes. Bro. I was using Windows for nearly 7 years . Recently my laptop was getting old 🤣 .Not able to run windows 10 nicely . Wo i switched to Zorin OS 16 nearly two month ago . I loved it to use Linux . Only thing I try to overcome is to get using LibreOffice and Only office for Office suite . I need for my Engineering studies . Other than that I learning and making Apps using Flutter . And Make some KZbin Video for beginners on CAD 3D . In this Video , You made really said the most important stuffs for newbies switching from Windows to Linux Distros . Tbanks for that

[@hamonangann9850]

how about Digital Audio Workstation? nowadays most of the studios use propietary like ProTools or Logic... are there any good FOSS alternatives(?)

[@ifohancroft]

I find Ardour absolutely amazing.

[@danielcoffman1022]

The thing about proprietary vs free and open source is that proprietary software is just dead code. I mean dead as in, it’s inevitable that it’s going to die. The lengths a person has to go to revive that code is near next to impossible. But with FOSS, it might die, it might not. It could live on as a fork, under a different name. Problem is that, at least today, proprietary software is really starting to annoy people into subscriptions that it’s near impossible to get out of. The nice thing is that people are starting to wake up. I know people who left MS Office for LibreOffice.

[@FunBotan]

Any replacement for Nvidia Broadcast?

[@editstief]

FL Studio and Ableton Live are closed source and the alternative, LMMS, doesn't come close. Its possible to run it in Wine but there are many bugs with VSTs and connecting microphones etc. I WISHED it was possible to have support for these programs, even if they are proprietary.

[@Zephyrus0]

Tried Ardour?

[@editstief]

@@Zephyrus0 not yet, i will

[@littlepeon]

@@Zephyrus0 yes, not even close. But it fits the theme of this video, compromising for something that is ok or mediocre, when you already have a proprietary version that works great.

[@justsomeguy8385]

It's fine to have an appreciation or preference for free and open source software. It's not fair to hold contempt for paid software though. People worked hard on that and they deserve to be paid for their product and ongoing support. You can state an opinion without insulting the product of someone's labor. Maybe if you were a software developer you'd have a real appreciation for the hard work that goes into a lot of this paid software. The notion that some people create free software, therefore any paid software is garbage is just asinine. Imagine telling someone who spent 4 years creating a video game that their game is garbage because they charge for it and don't release the source code for everyone else to use. If you think that's acceptable, then you probably need to get out of your bubble.

[@ACodingWoof]

I'm forced to use Teams and zoom, I use Teams on my browser (brave because FOSS) and for Zoom, I'm looking to do something but I have to use virtual backgrounds. Anyways great video, I always try to move my friends to support FOSS but those guys are too much against it :/

[@bobcarn]

Yes, there's some good open source games. But large, polished, high-quality games take years of development, a team of programmers and artists with specialized skills, and leadership with a detailed vision to keep them all on track. You won't find games with the polish and professionalism of Mass Effect or Horizon or Final Fantasy from open source. You'll get some fun games, but MUCH less variety. If you don't play games, then it's no big deal. But you obviously don't understand gamers if you try to get them to move to open source.

[@TheUnkow]

In most cases I agree with you, but also sometimes open/free source takes them to the next level. Vcmi for heroes 3, rvgl for revolt, many fps games built on ID or other engines. And there are many more that are +80% done and just need polish to be really epic. 0ad and many rts games are a great example. And when one breaks the ice, all the others can follow as they won't need to reinvent the wheel.