Note that these are not all FOSS.

  • Photo Editing:

  • Video Editing:

    • DaVinci Resolve
    • CapCut
    • Shotcut

  • Audio Editing:

    • Audacity
    • Cakewalk
    • GarageBand

  • 3D Graphics:

    • Blender
    • Spline
    • Rumba

  • Office Software:

    • LibreOffice
    • Microsoft 365 Free Apps
    • WPS Office

  • Antivirus Software:

    • Windows Security
    • Avast Free Antivirus
    • Malwarebytes

  • Productivity Tools:

    • Bitwarden
    • VSCodium
    • PDF-XChange Editor
    • 7-Zip
    • OBS Studio
    • LanguageTool
    • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Gonna share this, because I had no idea… I think the last time I updated Audacity was, like, 10 years ago…

      Here’s Tenacity, which I’ll be checking out shortly…

      • wagesj45@kbin.run
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        5 months ago

        Doesn’t that apply to every project hosted in America, too, though? Every project is subject to the jurisdiction in which it is hosted. And I know they’re not the only project that accepts error reports and in-app updates. Unless there is more telemetry involved or tracking of out-of-app activity, I’m not seeing cause for alarm here. Though I’m open to evidence that there is.

        • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          5 months ago

          From what I’ve seen on their site since is that they’re saying they are now GDPR compliant. And I suppose, since they are still open source, that anyone finding anything seriously malicious would have pointed it out by now. Maybe just a bit of bad press and people jumping to conclusions because “Russia bad.”

          I do still plan to check out Tenacity though and see if it’s a better project.

  • Lombaxter_Stockman@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Although not technically free, I would add Reaper to the list for audio editing. It gives you a pop-up asking if you want to buy the program, but it’s not required. I know people who have been using it for years without actually purchasing it. (I have since purchased a license because I use it professionally). No features are locked behind the paid license.

      • zarenki@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        5 months ago

        It is open source, but had some controversy. Most prominently the addition of telemetry a few years ago, which was never included in the builds managed by Debian or most other distro maintainers. They also added a Contributor License Agreement which lets the Audacity project change its own license (even to a non-foss one, though they promise they won’t) without needing to have the change approved by any individual developers.

        • Kess8a@lemy.lolEnglish
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          5 months ago

          Just to know, how do you disable telemetry, if it isn’t off by default?

          • zarenki@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            5 months ago

            I’m not completely sure but I think they removed it at some point after the public backlash (which was 3 years ago now). For the Windows version at least, there apparently used to be an option during the installation wizard for setting whether telemetry is enabled or not. Most Linux distros never had the telemetry at all. I don’t know about Mac.

  • BigPotato@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Take CapCut off because it’s more like TikTok editing than video editing.

    Divinci has a learning curve but any curve is better than learning solely on a ByteDance owned product.

    • 11111one11111@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Dafuq is freecad? It sounds waaaaaay too good to be true. Maybe above hot singles in your area want to fuck lol. I had a software I was using that let you use it free x amount of times but all you had to do was clear your cache/data each time it was triggered to expire and you had a fresh set of uses. Can’t remember the name I’ll jave to look it up.

  • net00@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I recommend Okular for PDF reading. No ads, no upsells, no BS. It also has native dark mode

  • masquenox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    You forgot vector-graphics stuff.

    I believe Inkscape is the current leader of the open-source pack in that department.

  • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Audio editing is still shit. GarageBsnd is on Mac, Audacity has a stupid interface, Cakewalk is the first time I hear that name. On Linux, video editing tools are probably the only way to edit audio, and it’s obviously lacking.

    edit: Now I have stuff to try, thank you guys.

  • Autonomous User@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

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