It seems like the FOSS community is continuing to grow, and FOSS apps keep getting better (Immich reallh blew my mind recently), which is a big win 😎 but there are still many apps I use that I would kill for an open source alternative. I am curious what you guys think? Are there any apps you’d love alternatives for?

  • KillingTimeItself
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    23 months ago

    For example, GIMP is only now getting non-destructive editing through adjustment layers, which is such an indispensable feature for important projects

    it’s not like you could ever just copy layers or something. That’s never been a feature in gimp, not once.

    I understand your point, but to act like that is the sole thing stopping people from using, is kinda silly. (idk maybe i’m wrong and adjustment layers are this incredible feature, with never before discovered productivity benefits or something, i’m assuming not though)

    • Miss Brainfarts
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      3 months ago

      They make things so much easier, having to make copies of every layer every time just to keep the original in case you need to re-do something half an hour later is super annoying.

      Especially if you do multiple different things with a layer. Do you really have the patience to make backuo copies of a layer after every little edit you apply to it?

      And then let’s say step 2 of 5 didn’t turn out like you want. Backup copies or not, you still have to re-do everything from 2 to 5 because of GIMPs destructive nature as of right now

      • KillingTimeItself
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        13 months ago

        oh so it’s basically like a COW fs but for graphics editing? That’s pretty slick. I’m sure you could implement something fairly similar to that natively, though it would be a decent bit of work.

        • Miss Brainfarts
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          23 months ago

          It’s going to be part of the 3.0 release, after what feels like an eternity. The 2.99 dev release has it already, I might try that