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Software alternatives for Linux
Software alternatives for Linux

This is a sister community to !linux@lemmy.ml.

Many members there are computer users who recently moved to Linux from other OSs, Windows in particular. Having established their work and hobbies on a particular software base, they often encounter difficulties trying to find similar software on Linux.

Here you can ask, propose, comment about some software alternative you're looking for.

It's important to be broad-minded when speaking about software alternatives when switching to Linux:

  • Exactly the same software could be available for Linux.
  • Different software but with similar critical features could be available for Linux.
  • It could be possible to use emulators (such as Wine) of the old OS.
  • Finally, one can change one's perspective or workflow, in such a way that the old software is not needed any longer, but is replaced with other software of a different kind (this may actually lead to much improved workflows).

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  • Software alternatives for Linux @lemmy.ca
    lautan @lemmy.ca

    Blackbox is a new project in development that focuses on giving you a good-looking terminal emulator for your beautiful Linux setup.

  • Software alternatives for Linux @lemmy.ca
    kia @lemmy.ca

    Darktable (Lightroom alternative)

    I've been using Darktable for years and although it has a steep learning curve, I've found it to be quite a good replacement for Lightroom on Linux.

  • Software alternatives for Linux @lemmy.ca
    errorgap @lemmy.ca

    Cloning a drive from one machine to another

    You can clone a drive from one machine to another using "dd" and netcat (nc)

    Caveats:

    • The commands should be run a root
    • Data on the destination device will be overwritten, so double-check that you get the right one (maybe check with "lsblk" etc)
    • The drive on the destination machine must be at least as big as the source
    • The data on the source device should not changed while it is being cloned. Make sure it has no mounted partitions (it's a good idea to boot from USB). Ditto the destination drive
    • The source machine must be able to reach the destination on the port specific (not blocked by firewall etc)
    • Data is sent unencrypted over the network, so make sure you get the right destination and your network is trustworthy/secure (you could so this over the internet - firewall rules permitting - but I wouldn't recommend doing so with a drive containing sensitive data and it is going to eat up bandwidth/data-cap)

    The process....

    On the machine with the destination dr

  • Software alternatives for Linux @lemmy.ca
    stravanasu @lemmy.world

    Irfanview alternatives

    IrfanView is a great piece of software for Windows. One of those "jack of all trades, master of none". It works as a simple image & video viewer and browser, can do simple and not-so-simple image manipulation, and even batch jobs, like conversion, on selections of images in folders.

    For Linux (and other platforms) there's XnView MP that offers extremely similar functionalities.