Ask HN: Best open source/free software in their own category? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Best open source/free software in their own category?

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Post by lovelearning » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 12:13 PM UTC

Blender : for 3D modelling.

Re: Ask HN: Best open source/free software in their own category?

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Post by orkoden » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 12:16 PM UTC

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #2

iOS, take your pick: https://www.cocoacontrols.com

That's not finished software. It's UI components.

Re: Ask HN: Best open source/free software in their own category?

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Post by Gurkenmaster » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 12:23 PM UTC

LibreOffice: word processing

Re: Ask HN: Best open source/free software in their own category?

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Post by alexvoda » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 12:56 PM UTC

Natron: for cross-platform video compositing (Adobe After Effects alternative) at http://natron.inria.fr/

Synfig: for cross-platform 2D vector animation (Adobe Flash alternative) at http://www.synfig.org

Scribus: for desktop publishing (Adobe InDesign alternative) at http://www.scribus.net

FlashDevelop: for ActionScript development (Adobe Flash Builder alternative) at http://www.flashdevelop.org/

MyPaint: for intuitive full screen digital painting (Autodesk Sketchbook alternative) at http://mypaint.intilinux.com/

Re: Ask HN: Best open source/free software in their own category?

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Post by brudgers » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 1:39 PM UTC

Emacs.

Re: Ask HN: Best open source/free software in their own category?

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Post by paramk » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 3:10 PM UTC

Subtitle Edit: for creating/editing subtitles

Re: Ask HN: Best open source/free software in their own category?

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Post by idiotclock » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 3:12 PM UTC

Zotero is an excellent EndNote alternative

OpenShot is an imovie like video editor, I like it because it's easy to use

Rhythmbox is a featureful itunes-like music player.

Audacity isn't protools, but it's great for mixing audio

Re: Ask HN: Best open source/free software in their own category?

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Post by tokenrove » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 3:45 PM UTC

I am fond of ardour for mixing audio recordings.

Lilypond is my favorite music notation software, but I have a predilection for text-based formats.

Of course TeX and its descendents remain world-class for serious document production, even if XSL-FO-based systems have made a big dent there.

Re: Ask HN: Best open source/free software in their own category?

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Post by protoduction » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 4:17 PM UTC

OBS - Cross-platform broadcaster software (for recording and live streaming). Better than any of its competition in my opinion.

https://obsproject.com/

Re: Ask HN: Best open source/free software in their own category?

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Post by davismwfl » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 5:26 PM UTC

ramtatatam wrote: post #7

That may sound silly but humble Notepad++ should be a part of your list of great opensource software. Although at first glance it does not require spending time on learning its functionalities it offers a lot of plugins that allow to replace proprietary software (i.e. I'm using XML-plugin and that allows me to work with XMLs without using specialised software like Altova). Also TrueCrypt - I'm using it all the time (…

+1 Notepad++, I live in it when using a Windows machine. I wish it was available for OSX.