Switch to these open source apps if you're stuck on Windows or Mac OS!

hey everyone this is nick and not everyone can or wants to move to linux but this doesn't mean that you can't get from under the grasp of the big companies in terms of the software you run even if you stick to windows or mac os there's a huge number of open source applications that can replace or even sometimes exceed their proprietary counterparts and most of the time for free just like today's sponsors saving which makes tools dedicated to help you manage your internet connection there are open source and they're all free this video is sponsored by safing they make the port master which is an amazing tool that lets you control and monitor your internet connection with a simple graphical user interface you get block lists you get profiles depending on your current connection and you can even tweak settings per app it's also completely open source and free saving also makes the spn or saving privacy network it's a powerful vpn alternative which spreads your connections across the globe instead of rerouting all your connections to only one server with the spn you can be everywhere at once and no website can build a profile from your visits and your location of course you also get all the benefits from a traditional vpn that's something you'd like to try and if you want to help support savings open source work you can subscribe to the spn right now or download the master by heading in the link in the description below okay but why would you want to go the open source route if you're already familiar with a few tools that you use every day well there are multiple reasons the first one is of course to reduce costs most open source software is also free of charge and if you use a bunch of adobe tools or microsoft office the bill at the end of the month can be quite high compound that over a few years and you'll realize you're syncing thousands of dollars into software that could probably be replaced the second reason might be to prepare a smooth transition to linux taking the plunge and changing your habits for your os and your apps at the same time can be a big barrier to entry so you could start by replacing applications first and once you're comfortable move over to linux finally you could also just want to get out of the world garden that proprietary software locks you in with open source software you could use open formats that are interoperable you get better backwards compatibility and generally just more freedom to use other things and i know you can't always replace a proprietary piece of software with an open source one but most non-professionals could definitely switch to open source alternatives i've been running my day job as a product owner for the past five years on open source software exclusively and my channel almost runs on open source software exclusively as well apart from the video editor which i use davinci resolve for so if a dumbass like me can do it there's no reason why you couldn't so now let's begin with open source apps for graphics design 3d modeling or photo editing the most obvious one here is it's an amazing piece of software that i personally use for all my design needs for mockups at my freelance job for youtube thumbnails or for quick photo edits if you're not convinced check out davies media design they're using exclusively for photo editing and graphics design and what they're doing is pretty amazing if you're more used to photoshop and its shortcuts you can also extend using photogimp a plugin that makes game behave as closely to photoshop as humanly possible even adding a variety of tools to fill in the gaps there's also a huge library of plugins you can add to to make it even more powerful and it's very customizable with tool panels you can move anywhere you want and a ton of options to tailor it to your needs it takes a bit of time to learn the workflow but once you do it's amazing it's name might be dumb but it's free of charge it's open source and it runs on every major desktop operating system there is so it might be worth it to relearn a thing or two if you're more into digital painting krita is what you're looking for it's super flexible again with panels that you can move around to suit your workflow it has tons of brushes and you can further extend that by downloading new ones it supports vector graphics and text it can open psd files from photoshop and it's hardware accelerated with opengl so things stay fast and responsive of course it works with various tablets to draw freehand and it even supports hdr there are tons of examples of people painting masterpieces with krita and some even use it for 2d animation thanks to audio import support and exporting options to let you render a video krita is also completely free of charge and gets frequent updates adding some great new features the last major update brought for example a built-in recorder to record your painting sessions or a storyboard editor if someone pointed a gun to my head and told me to paint something amazing or die i would absolutely die but you don't have to try krita and stay alive for vector graphics the go to open source app is inkscape whether you want to mock up an application or a website or design an icon or just draw something inkscape can do it all it exports to virtually any image format you might want including svg of course but it also has great pdf export support you'll find all the usual tools you're used to including pencils calligraphy shape tools bezier curves z order operations transformations layers node editing for path and a lot more stuff i have no mastery of at all it's once again completely free of charge and available for every major desktop os it's also completely out of my skill range as i have zero talent for design and also i'm too lazy to learn but if you're not inkscape has tons of tutorials on their website for 3d modeling you probably already know about blender one might argue it's the best tool for the job used by animators vfx artists and modelers all around the world it's so powerful it can even be used as a video editor if you're so inclined it lets you model sculpt and texture anything you can rig models and animate them it supports simulations for particles water and a lot more but it also lets you color grade do camera tracking motion tracking and compositing can you guess what i'm going to say now that's right i have no idea how to use blender i'm no modeler i'm the vfx artist but i would like to try the video editing part of blender in the future this video is going to make me real humble before it's done let's finish this section with some photo editing dark table is probably your best option here it lets you edit your pictures non-destructively and your original images are of course preserved it supports raw files of course and uses the gpu to process most of its operations so stuff stays pretty fast throughout it supports display color profiles and lets you export to a variety of formats and platforms and can even generate a simple html image gallery to embed on your own website it also supports hdr it can be scripted using the lua language and it's very customizable in terms of keyboard shortcuts here again you can find a ton of tutorials on youtube to learn how to use it something i'm too lazy to do myself as i generally take an amazing photo using my smartphone and then never look at it again now let's move on to media related tools for video playback you can't find something as versatile as vlc it's not the prettiest but it will play virtually anything even badly damaged files that it can even repair it's probably the most powerful video player you can find with support for playing from disks from network streams or capture devices it also handles playlists chapters subtitles and it can change the playback speed or even add a delay between the video and the audio on top of that you can even use it to convert videos to another format or just get very detailed information about the codecs bitrates and formats of a specific file i probably don't need to go further everyone knows vlc another example of an app that doesn't look good at all but that lets you do a ton of stuff audacity it's a powerful audio recording and editing station it can digitize anything import and export virtually any format and even combine audio files it has a ton of effects to make your audio sound a lot better even with a low end microphone and it supports a big range of plugins i use audacity a lot to fix my recording mistakes but also to record and edit my patreon cast which i publish every monday for my patrons and youtube members and i even used it for some english dubbing work that i did as a freelance something i don't know what my title would be in this case it's just great it looks bad but it's really powerful on to productivity applications now first libreoffice if you've ever used openoffice forget all about it because libreoffice is where it's at it's faster it looks better it's more stable and it's extremely customizable to let you work with either a toolbar and menu bar or with a more modern ribbon it comes with all the tools you might need for spreadsheets presentations visual databases word processing math formulas it's basically a complete replacement for microsoft office unless you're an excel wizard and use macros all the time it's also very compatible with office file formats and the best thing is it doesn't cost to send it gets very frequent updates to bridge the few gaps that remain make the interface more polished and improve performance and compatibility it's a very very good program if you had bad memories of open office or early libreoffice versions do give it a shot it has evolved nicely and it's very very powerful another solution is only office its compatibility is better than libreoffice and i've been using it for a year or so now trading files back and forth with people using microsoft office without any issues whatsoever it offers less than libreoffice with only a word processing module a spreadsheet app and a presentation tool but it does all three very well the app mimics the microsoft office look with the ribbon and it can integrate with cloud services to edit files online and collaborate in real time you can even run it on a server and access it through web browser which is what i do most of the time full disclosure only office is a regular sponsor of the channel not for this video specifically but still it bears mentioning let's complete this video with video production for video editing kaden live will probably be your go-to it's a wonderful non-linear video editor with very powerful features to organize your media edit your project and render it in a format of your choosing it has tons of transitions to smoothly go from one clip to another it has a huge range of effects to stabilize footage color grade transform elements or do compositing you can completely rearrange the interface to suit your workflow and customize all the keyboard shortcuts you can also use proxy clips to edit to not tax your computer too much add titles download new effects and transitions from a built-in library and even access a clipart repository i have a few tutorials about getting live on the channel i left a link to the playlist in the card up top i use skater live to run the channel for at least 2 years and apart from the lack of gpu acceleration it's a fantastic program that basically does it all for converting video into other formats handbrake is what you need it can rip dvds into a single file convert any format to any other it can use any codec you might want for audio and for video and any container format you prefer it can even add filters to the resultant file embed subtitles or chapter markers and it has presets for a huge range of devices to quickly convert your stuff into a format your device can actually read if you'd like to automate this kind of conversion work handbrake also has a command line interface i know that at least one person has an automated ripping station pop the disk in rip and convert it before dropping it into a plex server i make use of it all the time to turn random video files into stuff that my video editor can actually work with definitely recommended of course the list doesn't stop here for male clients you can use thunderbird or mail spring for web browsers you have firefox chromium or brave you can replace slack with mattermost zoom with jitsi you have joplin for note taking natron to replace after effects freecad or brl cad to replace autocad and a ton more and yes as i said previously not anyone can replace their proprietary software with open source software but for people who want to learn a new skill and don't have any prior experience with a proprietary piece of software why would you go the proprietary expensive route when you can teach yourself to use an open source tool that costs zero i personally only use open source software to get my job done as a product owner but also as running this youtube channel the only piece of software i use that is proprietary is well the drivers i use for my nvidia graphics card and davinci resolve and that's only because i have outgrown caden live after a few years of using it exclusively just like i exclusively use slim books devices to get my work done slim book is a sponsor of the channel they make linux laptops and desktops they are based in valencia spain but they ship worldwide they've got a wide range of devices and as i said i only use their stuff nowadays to get work done i use their slim book pro x14 laptop i use their chimera desktop and i use their rgb keyboard as well they have devices for virtually any use case and if you're interested and you want one for yourself just head over to the link in the description below click it and see if they have something for you i'm sure you'll find something that suits your needs so thanks everyone for watching the video i hope you enjoyed it if you did don't hesitate to like to subscribe to turn on notifications to write a comment and if you didn't like it which can happen you can also dislike it and write a comment as well to tell me why if you want to help support the channel you can join my patreon subscribers and my youtube members both get access to a weekly patreon cast every monday where i discuss linux open source and some personal things and you also get the right to vote on the next topics i will cover on the channel so thanks everyone for watching i hope you enjoyed the video and i guess you'll see me in the next one bye [Music] you

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Length: 15min 34sec (934 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 19 2022