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What are some FOSS programs that you think are a far better user experience than their counterparts?
(sh.itjust.works)
I used Plex for my home media for almost a year, then it stopped playing nice for reasons I gave up on diagnosing. While looking at alternatives, I found Jellyfin which is much more responsive, IMO, and the UI is much nicer as well.
It gets relegated to playing Fraggle Rock and Bluey on repeat for my kiddo these days, but I am absolutely in love with the software.
What are some other FOSS gems that are a better experience UX/UI-wise than their proprietary counterparts?
EDIT: Autocorrect turned something into "smaller" instead of what I meant it to be when I wrote this post, and I can't remember what I meant for it to say so it got axed instead.
GNOME itself might work, but the GNOME suite of software can not compete with the one from KDE. After suffering for months I switched from Ubuntu to Kubuntu and never looked back. (I'm consindering a switch to KDE on Debian due to Canonicals shenanigans though.)
You might also like Fedora KDE.
Probably, but I'm already heavily invested mentally into the Ubuntu/Debian ecosystem, .deb packages and PPAs and know how to navigate launchpad, etc. I'm not really looking for something new, just something that doesn't force snaps down my throat.
I migrated my daily driver from Ubuntu > Kubuntu > Nobara (based on Fedora), and I understand that fear of switching away from Debian after investing years into its ecosystem. Even still, Nobara has been wonderful and you might end up enjoying it (or another Fedora distro) just as much as I do. Like with Ubuntu/Debian, most apps are pre-packaged for Fedora, and the switch from one to the other is often as simple as trading
sudo apt installforsudo dnf install.If your shoes, the thing I'd be more worried about is the transition from Kubuntu (with its built-in tweaks that smooth out the rough edges of Linux and offer an "it just works" experience) to bare-bones Debian. Love 'em or hate 'em, Canonical put a lot of work into their distro and it became the go-to for a reason. That's actually how I found myself on Nobara - the promise of pre-applied usability tweaks. I'm not a gamer, but I love that media players, graphics packages, OBS Studio (which I use for Zoom meetings at work), and my condenser microphone all work out of the box. And then there's the gaming stuff as a cherry on top.
Really? The app suite is the one reason I won't use KDE. There are hundreds of apps made perfectly for Gnome that fit perfectly with the theme.