My university actually hosts NextCloud for faculty and students to use. It’s nice to see!
Wow, really! That’s amazing! I love hearing things like that!
Which university?
Let me guess is a university in Europe?
Yup - Taltech
I want you all to hear about this actually good website: alternativeto.net
Type in the software that you want to replace.
Then toggle filters for your OS and if you want Properitery (paid or freemium) or FOSS.
Whole thing is based on community votings.
You can also vote down and describe with text a feedback, why a listed software doesnt really make a alternative to your software.
Or why it is a good alternative.
Sorry for bad formatting. I am writing this on mobile.
Nah, this is great! I had seen a little bit of it before but hadn’t ever investigated, I will do so now!
I always suggest FOSS options when they apply!
Me too! I’m in the process of switching my family over to things like Bitwarden
I wish I could do that, but they just don’t seem to really care
lol same. wanted to switch my mom over to ff and uninstall chrome, but she didn’t wanna lose all her open tabs. removed u don’t remember what the fuck is on tab #127, you don’t need it. it is what it is ig
You never know, she might have an index of what is on every tab in a hand-written diary
Then she can reopen those tabs in FF :)
lol maybe
The sneaky play is to copy over all her tabs when she’s sleeping, then see if she notices. Either that or just slowly start closing her oldest tabs and see if/when she notices, then get her to move over when it’s managable
If it’s like my grand ma: Oh no, there is an unfamiliar button I have never seen before and I am too scared because I may break the pc. calls me for advice, but listens not really (I am not mad about it)
If anything they are so far in their tracks they will notice it on mobile.
Maybe not so fast on desktop.oh yeah I close a few every time I use her phone
this is how Joker started probably
Why though? If she already knows how to use something, the hurdle of having to deal with her complaints when something is slightly different will make everyone lose.
Godot might with unity going nuts
Seriously considering starting a Godot User Group in my city. Very impressed with v4 (I last looked early in 3.x’s development cycle and moved on because vr/ar support didn’t really exist at the time) – everything from webxr to fbx animation support and more has blossomed nicely, this is an awesome open source project and I think we’re going to see amazing games coming from it soon.
Shame Unity had to shoot itself in the face for this to happen but honestly the writing was on the wall when Helgason appointed JR as CEO - it’s been in a downward spiral since.
I’ve been super interested in Godot for over a year now, and am really happy it’s getting all this attention
Blender moment
Based Blender
Sadly it will never. The average consumer does not care to do their own research, and will always fall for options with a marketing budget, even when FOSS options are similar or better quality. Now consider that often times (not always), FOSS is not up to the same quality.
Disclaimer: I always use FOSS when I can, even when lower quality.
But some foss like blender are actually mainstream though
I think you underestimate how upset Unity users are at the moment. I’ve been using Unity since 2009. It’s been responsible for a large part of my income for the past decade, especially AR/VR stuff. The crazy shit Unity pulled over the last week (including removing TOS from the internet as if the fucking wayback machine doesn’t exist) has poisoned any love I had. Coupled with the actors - John Riccitiello specifically - and the fact that unity has been wandering aimlessly in fractured development that leaves lifetime devs wondering what fucking versions they can ship a project with (before last week’s crazyness, dots, render pipelines, all kinds of other issues) - I strongly suspect we’re going to see a gigantic change in engines getting used.
As awesome as Unreal is, it’s a 500lb club for mobile and other lightweight projects, and a tremendous amount of overhead for VR/AR stuff that needs to run performant to avoid nausea and input lag. There’s amazing ar/vr stuff made with unreal, but it’s much harder and requires ruthless, fantastic optimization.
Anyway, that’s just my pov as a dev. YMMV
I’m sure Godot will become a lot more popular. There are exceptions to the rule. But in general, FOSS isn’t winning the software field. But I agree with you and sympathize.
Godot being FOSS is awesome, but I suspect if any project with Godot’s scope and goals came along and garnered as much support as Godot (not sure how you’d do that without being FOSS but let’s just posit they have FANTASTIC logo or ceo or something) would be the new hotness as unity continues to shoot itself in the face over and over again.
FOSS is real nice, but it’s frosting, the cake is knowing your game engine isn’t going to turn around and suddenly be an antagonist, a threat to your ability to plan projects… you do not what your game engine to be a wildcard.
And that’s unity these days.
Glad seeing Blender getting picked up more
It’s pretty heart warming when you see some organization you didn’t suspect already adopts FOSS alternatives of things. I think there’s value is explicitly popularizing when this happens: they will get more popular through emulation, as humans are social beings. If one piece of software is considered to be some edgy stuff that nobody uses and works poorly then few people will use it. Otherwise, the “if relevant organization / person I follow XYZ used this solution then I should give it a go” thought pattern takes place. Worked with Krita.
FOSS:
Ahaha, that’s kind of it eh? I love foss but I also love when things work…
Oof haha, you’re right though :(
I like FOSS not being mainstream because it takes a special type of personality to break with standard convention and make the extra effort to learn about FOSS. This weeds out a lot of people that would otherwise turn FOSS into Facebook or Instagram. Remember how Reddit used to be ~12 years ago? Look at it now. While it’s not entirely mainstream, the general population has at least heard about it, and it’s slowly become the crap it is today.
I’m happy Lemmy isn’t mainstream. We do miss out on some benefits of dependent on a large user base, such as specific niches, but at the same time, we have a respectful community that mostly adheres to solid values and ethical standards. People here are building a supportive community.
That wasn’t my experience with Reddit for about the last 5 years. It became an idea popularity contest, where the same repeated joke was the top comment and dissenting voices were buried under a sea of downvotes. Discussions were about who was right rather than what idea made better sense for the topic. While Lemmy still has remnants of that stemming from the recent migration, but it is nowhere near to Reddit’s level.
Coincidentally, I was already on my way out of Reddit when the API fiasco happened and got lucky enough to hear about Lemmy before I completely left. I’m never going back to Reddit, just like I’m never going back to FB and IG. Hopefully, if Lemmy starts becoming mainstream and the culture changes, the ability for instances to defederate will be helpful at maintaining the community-feel of this place.
Being good enough is hard work and slow going.
Being better than paid alternative is just a waiting game. At a moment’s notice, they can decide they’ll keep the money and give people nothing… and that’s when people realize they’d rather have the opposite.
Philosophy doesn’t move the needle. But it’s hard to compete with free. Especially if you expect people to pay serious money just to be told “no.”
The chemical process industry as well as undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum really needs to show that DWSIM exists as a FOSS alternative. ASPEN is a complete load of shit and is filled with tons of bloated features… It made it hard as hell to learn a software with a billion buttons on it whilst simultaneouslyadjusting to pedantic scientific vocabulary…
I didn’t even know vim existed or VScodium due to my undergraduate forcing anaconda on us. The instructors had no clue how to code and neither did the graduate students, so more FOSS options are definitely needed.
Do it already
Do what?
Mainstream
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