And why do you use them?
R-Studio, the single most powerful forensics and disk diagnostics and recovery software for all OSes.
The one you know is called RStudio.
No. What I am saying is different. The hyphen is the difference.
I know, that message was for the people who was about to comment about how R-Studio is an IDE for R.
The IDE is called RStudio, not R-Studio. IDE is for R, and there is nothing inherently unique to that IDE. R-Studio on the other hand is a tool with absolutely no competition for over a decade, and is thus worth as a paid tool for all OSes.
So did you pay like $800 for that?
When I used it on Windows, I pirated it. But there exists no way to pirate it on Linux, and when I have enough funds, I will ensure to buy something as useful and irreplaceable as R-Studio, since I get the liberty to use it on any OS.
Also only the Network Technician license costs $800. Regular single user lifetime license costs around $70 and works offline.
That’s cool. I’ve been confused by their pricing. The cheaper licenses seem to be temporary ($1/day).
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+1 for Insync
rclone, but there’s no GUI
Actually it has two GUIs, it has its own web GUI or you can use rclone browser
Does Unraid count as paid Linux itself, not just a Linux utility?
Pycharm professional and Steam are pretty dope
I have some hobby projects in Python but I’ve never needed the pro features, I do pay for Clion though
It’s so odd how proprietary software is frowned upon so much in this community, but no one cares when it comes to gaming.
Even Stallman said games are an unfortunate, but reasonable exception. Of he can see it, anyone can.
It is a bit different. Have you invested thousands of hours developing skills with a piece of productivity software, and locked your data into their proprietary data format? Has that vendor looked at your investment, and found that they have plenty of leverage to turn the screws on you?
With a game, you invest tens of hours developing skills, lock your “master sword” in a proprietary save format, and then you save the princess. After that, you’re done. It is an ephemeral experience, give or take wanting to replay a few really good games. The game vendor doesn’t have that much hold over you, and their grip doesn’t get stronger the more you use it. I can replace your game with hundreds of other games, and I don’t really lose anything by doing so.
I absolutely agree with you, but look at launchers and such. Steam is very much proprietary and commercial. I find it a little odd that those who might do anything to avoid proprietary software, willingly use it for gaming.
Those are just my thoughts.
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I paid for Vuescan. There are a ton of Linux scanning apps, but pretty much all of them require editing all pictures to some extent after the scan. Vuescan applies a useful set of defaults that work for most pictures, speeding up the work flow. I had over 4,000 pictures to scan so anything to simplify that was worth it.
Vuescan is great, and near as I can tell it’s one guy. Totally worth it.
Yeah, I think you’re right. I forgot to add that there’s no mucking about with drivers and all of that, it really just works. Older scanners usually aren’t a problem with Linux, but Vuescan almost certainly supports them as well.
L Vue scan pro is a must if you’re into analog photography. The software that usually comes with scanners and printers generally doesn’t work on Linux and if it does it’s terrible.
WinRAR -s, honestly I haven’t paid for anything since I switched to Linux because everything is open source or freemium not that I paid for anything when I use windows anyway I quacked almost everything but I did bought Terraria and Half Life series
You joke, but I actually have a license key for WinRAR that I use with the native rar cli on my Linux machines.
I would never willingly use proprietary software. I don’t mind paying if I also have access to source code that is licensed foss.
I while I understand the sentiment, I have found that paid software is more polished than foss software… most of the time. And when I need to get work done, I want to ensure that my software is stable and I will pay to do so.
That said, I feel software is like a bell curve, and the older the type of software is, the more it should be FOSS. Like word processors, 3D modelling, or image manipulation should be foss, while video editing and 3D scanning software is OK to be paid.
What I feel everyone should agree with is not being forced to use a subscription service to use the software. I will boycott software if it forces that upon their customers, looking at you Adobe, Autodesk and Microsoft.
That’s nice. Some of us have work to get done though.
I’d love to see a complete CAD package that feels more in line with Inventor. Ondsel is definitely getting there, but it’s PDM (like git, but for parametric CAD) is still closed source and not self-hostable. Their git repo is also a bit confusing. Apparently part of their patchset on the “flavor” branch they ship isn’t open to the public? Still, nice to see a (partially) FOSS solution.
have you checked out freecad?
for the pricetag ($0) i’m pretty impressed
Use work machines for work. Compartmentalized when you can.
Yes, and what does it change for the purpose of this post? The question wasn’t what’s the best software you use in your leisure time for non-work purposes.
And use Linux for work, what’s your point? You seem to imply Linux is only for personal.
My point is that you should not be spending time trying to use Linux on a work device.
Am Linux Sysadmin, so I actually spend ALL of my work time trying to use Linux on work devices.
I wish that was possible, but it’s not feasible to get a lot done on a 15 year old ThinkPad or whatever, that doesn’t have any proprietary firmware.
You can at least use foss apps and keep the binaries to a minimum
Agree, I just wouldn’t call that “never willingly using proprietary software”.
Half-life: Alyx, Baldur’s Gate 3, Elden Ring, … you get the idea. It’s not so much those apps per se, and I’d prefer them to be FLOSS too, rather it’s the amazing content and in such rare cases, I’m happy to financially support the creators.
What aren’t you happy to financially support creators of open source software you like?
My formulation wasn’t clear, I meant to say I’m happy to support creators in general that make quality content, software or not, but I would always prefer to support open source, open hardware, remixable content, etc rather than closed and proprietary alternatives. I listed games as very rare examples where I’m still happy to support them even if I still wish that the software itself would be made open, even if delayed as Quake or Doom for examples have been. Does it make more sense now?
Dungeondraft, Wonderdraft, FoundryVTT. Battle map making, world map making, and virtual table top respectively
I know you can’t make battle maps with it but have you hear of azgaar ? It’s an awesome open source world map maping web app !
I’ll check it out, thanks!
Steam
vibeogames
Although I don’t use them, the Jetbrains products should be near the top of the list.
Was going to say this. Pycharm is probably the only paid software I use. With that being said, students don’t need to pay for it, so I don’t have to worry about that.
Reaper DAW, for (attempting) making music
MakeMKV. It’s better than anything else.
