I used Plex for my home media for almost a year, then it stopped playing nice for reasons I gave up on diagnosing. While looking at alternatives, I found Jellyfin which is much more responsive, IMO, and the UI is much nicer as well.

It gets relegated to playing Fraggle Rock and Bluey on repeat for my kiddo these days, but I am absolutely in love with the software.

What are some other FOSS gems that are a better experience UX/UI-wise than their proprietary counterparts?

EDIT: Autocorrect turned something into “smaller” instead of what I meant it to be when I wrote this post, and I can’t remember what I meant for it to say so it got axed instead.

  • rem26_art@kbin.social
    23·
    9 months ago

    Im always amazed at the amount of stuff Blender can do. It’s just so nice to be able to have software that lets you learn a useful skill that isnt behind a paywall or crazy license

    • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
      7·
      9 months ago

      I like to mess around with architectural CAD as a hobby, with the likes of Revit and Chief Architect, but I ain’t about sink enterprise levels of money for something I play with.

      There’s always the open seas. That said, if you make money with something, pay for it, either via their revenue channels or donations to FOSS projects.

      • nooneescapesthelaw@lemmy.ml
        1·
        9 months ago

        Just a warning when it comes to this type of software, in some cases like solidworks they will catch you and sue you for every dime.

        • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
          2·
          9 months ago

          I’ve heard that too, Autodesk doesn’t fuck around either. I keep any no-no software firewalled to hell and looped on localhost as best I can.