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[–] Wahaha 3 points 1 point (+4|-3) ago 

Whatever software it is, you can just write it yourself. Doing it the Linux way. \s

Personally, I have yet to encounter any software I need that doesn't have an equivalent for Linux. If all you're doing is browsing and reading email you don't even need a PC. Just get a tablet or something.

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[–] Lucretius 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Just because there are linux alternatives, does NOT mean they are adequate. I currently run Linux Mint 19.1 with XFCE, and yet I find I still need to VM a windows platform. The most notable issues with linux apps selection for me are:

  1. The linux graphical file managers (the best are: PCmanFM, 4pane, konqueror, dolphin) are down-right primitive by comparison to bottom of the barrel 3rd party equivalents available in Windows for the last 20 years. And best in class file managers from the Win world (xplorer^2 , directory opus, and Free Commander) are easily 3-4 decades ahead of their nearest equivalents in Linux. This is largely a function of developer's biases… they only build basic functions into gui file managers because they assume anyone doing anything sophisticated will be doing it on the command line.

  2. Libre Office or other equivalents suck if you need to collaborate with people using MS Office. Cloud apps like Office 365 and Google Docs are no solution as they require trusting those organizations with your documents. That's why many of us moved to Linux in the first place: to escape the cloud.

  3. GIMP is no substitute for a real image editor.

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[–] Wahaha ago 

I find GUI file managers lacking anyway and am using ranger instead. What type of functionality are you missing in Linux GUI file managers, btw? At work I'm only allowed Explorer and that one sucks.

That collaboration with Windows sucks is Microsofts fault for intentionally trying to lock out everyone else, but personally, I find that office applications suck. Both the Windows and the Linux ones. Take Word. Why can't a stupid text editor not start in less than half a second? Instead of looking at libre office, you might want to look at latex stuff instead if you're really into editing text documents. (I'm not, vim is all I need.) There's also stuff for replacing PowerPoint and Excel, but I'm not familiar with them, since I don't need that type of software anyway.

Gimp kind of sucks. These days I'm doing more and more image editing with ImageMagick, directly on the commandline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbXHbHrfrIs&hd=1

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[–] silverss ago 

I find Thunar to be quite adequate.

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[–] Belrick 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

access

visual studio

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[–] NarrativeControl 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Among hundreds of others pieces of software.

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[–] Master_Foo 2 points 1 point (+3|-2) ago 

access

There are Linux equivalents. The only excuse you have is that you vendor locked yourself. Good job fucknuts.

visual studio

Same story. ProTip: You don't need a fancy IDE to program something. A good ol' text editor will do fine.

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[–] Wahaha ago  (edited ago)

For access there's mariadb, for visual studio, there's vim and a bunch of other stuff working together. Linux uses a different paradigm from monolithic software that does everything. Your entire Desktop Environment is basically the equivalent to what Visual Studio tries to accomplish. If you manage to get the hang of it, it will be a smoother experience. But, yes sure, the initial learning curve will be tough. Especially figuring out that there is a completely different approach of doing things in Linux, which isn't obvious, since lots of effort was spend by people to make Linux look and feel somewhat like Windows to ease folks in.

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[–] Ghetto_Shitlord ago 

Multifunction copiers.

Many app based services.

No "touch mode" and associated apps for the fastest selling category of PC's.

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[–] Wahaha 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I live in a paperless world, so dunno about copiers. I don't know what app based services are. Linux supports touch screens if that is what you mean.