Too many emojis. Just make a table and put the emojis in there.
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Hi! I agree that it is getting cluttered with emojis. I plan to revamp this today to clear it up a bit. Thanks for your feedback!
Edit: Decluttered in version 5.2024.09.15.1
Yeah a table with text instead of emojis would be easier to read, the problem with emojis is constantly scrolling back up to remember what they mean. And you can't really scan through quickly.
For platforms, they are clear enough that they can remain the same. As for the badges, there are very few that I tried to keep fairly intuitive. The goal is to use color and pictures to very easily recognize the value of software at a glance, rather than having to read each word (words all look the same at a glance). A better solution may be to add labels alongside the stamps to provide the best of both worlds.
use readme badges.
I will look into that today, thank you! Stay tuned for the next release :)
Edit: Partially fixed as of Version 7.2024.09.16.0
How about not hosting this list in Microsoft's GitHub?
Creating mirrors on other platforms such as GitLab and Codeberg is on my to-do list. Thank you!
lemmy hosts their source code on github and alot of floss sites uses github also i agree with you not to use github dont understand why people use github for markdown
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man i wish there was a more powerful alternative to gimp hope gimp 3.0 solves it and currently am using the affinity photo 6 month free trial
Not to disparage your effort, but I looked into music and I only see:
Audio & Music
Audacity Audire Audile
Aaaand I'm out.
This is so lopsided it should be titled "A random collection of free software that has caught my eye"
I'm sorry you weren't satisfied with some of the software on my list. Audire and Audile are not options I preferred to add, but there are simply no better music recognition apps out there that I could find. I would love to know if you have any! As for Audacity, I'm not sure what concerns you have over that. If you have any constructive feedback, I'd love to hear it!
The project is still in its early stages, so not everything is perfect :)
How about Music players, Sequencers, studio, DJ, Drum machines, Guitar software amps, software radios...
The fact that you simply ignored music players disqualifies your list. Also considering that Arch's AUR, for example has over 90.000 packages, the idea of one person compiling a useful general "best of" list is deluded and doomed from the start.
I don't write this acrimoniously, I simply state the fact that unless you enlist help (and a lot at that) your endeavor is useless.
The fact that you simply ignored music players disqualifies your list.
As I said, the list is still brand new. It doesn't have everything yet. The entire list should not be discounted because of this. If you have software you would like to see added, please post an issue on the repo with links and it likely will be added.
Also considering that Arch’s AUR, for example has over 90.000 packages, the idea of one person compiling a useful general “best of” list is deluded and doomed from the start.
If you don't like my list, I encourage you to make your own. These are simply my opinions, which won't always be for everyone. Arch/AUR is not a be-all-end-all either.
I simply state the fact that unless you enlist help (and a lot at that) your endeavor is useless.
It is fruitful to share my own list and experiences for those looking for it. Incompleteness is not useless.
Tenacity is a telemetry-free fork of Audacity for a start
My latest favourite is missing: Note Taking Apps:
Joplin is good for organising text-based notes, so I'm not surprised to see that on your list. But xournal is a for mixed drawing / hand-writing / text, etc. So it's a different use-case to Joplin. (It would be perfect if Joplin supported xournal notes; so that you could write with xournal and then organise with Joplin. ... But that hasn't yet come to pass.)
There's obviously a zillion open source games you could add, but I'm partial to pixel dungeon and its many variants
I'll certainly add it, thanks!
Love that you have Joplin on the list! I started using that recently to handle all of my notes and it’s been great.
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For instant messengers, I would also add Wire and Matrix/Element (Matrix is the protocol, Element is the messenger that uses the protocol).
https://matrix.org/ - https://element.io/
Both good open source secure messengers. Matrix is made by a type of non-profit foundation made to guide the development of the core protocol, and Wire is a Swiss company staking their future on how secure their messenger is for Enterprise applications. They both have different philosophies on how their operations are ran, but they're both open source and secure.
They're not as privacy respecting as Briar or SimpleX, but they're also more aimed at organizations and groups that plan on self-hosting and potentially not federating with the rest of the network to help silo their organizational data. Wire obviously aims towards Enterprise customers, but Matrix does as well, despite a different approach. Matrix has had growth with both German and French governments for various secure communications systems within their government bodies based on the matrix protocol. So good messengers, just aimed at a different group of people as Briar/SimpleX.
So maybe they could have their own "Enterprise Chat" section? I dunno, just my thoughts.
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Thanks! I’ll give it a gander. I was off hiking today, and used some crappy app to track my progress. I know there’s an open source ware that can do it, without invading my privacy; it’s time to start using that ‘ware.
Trail Sense mentioned in my list has options for tracking hiking progress. Unfortunately, open source health apps are few and far between.
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Thanks for the list! Sharing this with lazy friends.
Email : tutanota (mail.tutanota.com) Notes : quillpad (https://quillpad.github.io/) Distro : mint
Hi! I appreciate the suggestions! However, this list is not designed to be comprehensive. It is designed to present the best and nothing less. While those are great pieces of software, there are already better alternatives available on the list. The Linux Distros section will be overhauled soon though, so maybe Linux Mint will be added!
My bad, I saw multiple app store listed, so I assumed you listed at least a couple options.
Imo tutanota ils still better than proton since they've never been compromises by sharing user data with the authorities.
As for Quillpad, I never tried Joplin but Quillpad is pretty awesome, deserves more recognition. Also it's les than 5Mo whereas Joplin is nearly 100Mo and asking for permissions like geoloc. I get that it's open source but this sub is about privacy, and Quillpad seems more adequate on that matter.
Nice list. I chuckled at the fact that the bitcoin section does not recommend bitcoin :) We're also here on lemmy, if you ever need help or just want to say hi
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No rsync? No pass? I’d definitely have the xmpp and matrix protocols on that list with a few clients listed for desktop and mobile.
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Now plz do hardware
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