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What non-FOSS software are you using that you wish you could replace? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by John_Coomsumer@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org
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For me its honestly a ton of my work software (digital forensics), shit is too niche to be replaced by good FOSS options. Cellebrite, Magnet Axiom, etc. Autopsy is great and free and has a linux version but it simply cannot get the same level of data without a pretty nutty level of custom code.

And the biggest side effect of this is FUCKING WINDOWS. God I would replace this nightmare OS in a heartbeat if the aforementioned work software would make linux compatible versions. We have legitimately wasted 10k hours dealing with windows bullshit that would not be a problem in linux. Though im sure linux would take a different 10k for its own problems.

What about you guys? Doesn't have to be work related, thats just the thorn in my side right now.

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[-] gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

About the Cpu being "too old", did you launch the update app in windows 10, or did you create a USB stick? I just installed Windows 11 on my first gen Ryzen using a USB, even though the Windows 10 updater told me it's too old

[-] jabib@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm running W11 on a first-gen i7-930, no TPM.

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