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For me, it’s CAD software. FreeCAD is trash (sorry, lovers). Fusion360 is honestly the best out there for free. The “almost there” app is Shapr3D, but fuck $40/m.

And yes I’ve tried all the others not listed here.

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[–] darthsundhaft@piefed.social 10 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

PDF or really just an alternative to Adobe that isn't even PDF but a completely different format that is open source by default so that nobody really needs a specific app to make edits. Maybd that's just ODT?

Also, maybe not an alt per say but just want games to work on Gnu/Linux. Like all the AAA titles should be able to run on, for example, Linux Mint natively without Wine. A pipe dream sadly since capitalism dictates what works where but I digress.

Going back to Adobe though, would love something other than Photoshop that isn't GIMP. Once upon a time, there was an open source project called Glimpse which basically did what Linux Mint does for Gnome and gave GIMP a much better interface. Sadly, they shut down their project. Lame.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Closest paid version I can think of is Bluebeam Revu.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Revu blows acrobat put of the water .. it is equivalently priced though so not much help for plebs ..

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 hours ago

Yeah Revu is great at work, not so friendly for home.

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It’s not for Linux, but Affinity is pretty good for a photoshop/illustrator alternative

Also, if vector is your speed and you want something kinda like Adobe XD, Lunacy is free, cross platform and has a web version

Icons8.com/lunacy-download

lunacyapp.com

affinity.studio

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

You can run Affinity in linux.

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 2 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Sure, and at some point they might want to curtail linux usage, but right now is an option, which Adobe is not, so it is worth having it in mind.

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 1 points 8 hours ago

Affinity Studio has no Linux binary. You would need WINE, etc.

That’s what I’m saying. It’s Mac and Windows only right now.

[–] Mercer@nord.pub 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Is it true that canva may be planning to port affinity to Linux in the future?

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 2 points 8 hours ago