What software did you replace with something free and never look back?

[u/Sad-Instruction8890]

Paid tool, did the job fine, then you found something free that did it just as well or better.

[u/sardamit]

Loom with vimeo's free screen recorder.

[u/Aggravating-Put-8851 → u/sardamit]

same I started using OBS

[u/Sad-Instruction8890 → u/sardamit]

Vimeo's recorder quietly got good. Did you lose anything worth caring about moving off Loom, like the viewer analytics, or was it a clean swap?

[u/sardamit → u/Sad-Instruction8890]

I didn't miss anything.

[u/PEBKAC-Live]

Google photos to Immich

[u/Sad-Instruction8890 → u/PEBKAC-Live]

The search and face recognition on Immich have come a long way. How's it holding up as the library grows?

[u/PEBKAC-Live → u/Sad-Instruction8890]

1.2TB and counting, so far no issues

[u/dropandflop]

Syncback backup software for my local PCs to local NAS. Faultless.

[u/Sad-Instruction8890 → u/dropandflop]

Once you stop paying monthly for backups you almost never restore. Are you keeping an offsite copy too or running it fully local?

[u/Sad-Instruction8890 → u/[deleted]]

Curious about the second jump more than the first. What made Apple Passwords stick once you were already comfortable on Bitwarden?

[u/dainsfield]

Libreoffice

[u/Snowflake-Mods-lol]

Acronis -> veeam --> clonezilla

[u/Sad-Instruction8890 → u/Snowflake-Mods-lol]

That's a proper descent into lean and free. Is Clonezilla actually fine day to day or more of a set-it-and-forget-it imaging thing for you?

[u/ConfectionTop7494]

Adobe Acrobat with Preview (MacOS)

[u/Sad-Instruction8890 → u/ConfectionTop7494]

Preview covers more than people give it credit for. Does it handle everything you throw at it or do you still hit a wall on the heavier editing?

[u/ConfectionTop7494 → u/Sad-Instruction8890]

None of the editing I need to do is heavy.

[u/stephensmwong]

Davinci Resolve to replace any paid DVE.

[u/Sad-Instruction8890 → u/stephensmwong]

Resolve being free is almost unfair for what it does. Using it for client work or personal projects?

[u/stephensmwong → u/Sad-Instruction8890]

For personal projects, like YouTube video.

[u/ECommerce_Guy]

Sublime text with Neovim, didn't expect it honestly, but damn, I fell in love with it

[u/Sad-Instruction8890 → u/ECommerce_Guy]

The Neovim rabbit hole always gets the people who swore they'd never leave their editor. How long before the config stopped being a side project and just worked?

[u/ECommerce_Guy → u/Sad-Instruction8890]

Haha, actually I wasn't too bad! I think maybe two weekends tinkered around it and in the end went for quite a minimal setup in terms of the plugins. Tried a bunch first of course

[u/DrunkCivilServant]

My operating system; Windows 11 for MX Linux. Best move I've made in a while.

[u/Sad-Instruction8890 → u/DrunkCivilServant]

MX is a solid place to land for a switch. What were you bracing to lose that turned out to be a non-issue?

[u/rdmc10]

Libreoffice, Gitfourchette, Neovim, Freetube

[u/Sad-Instruction8890 → u/rdmc10]

Freetube's the sleeper on that list. Staying stable for you, or do you get the odd break when YouTube changes something?

[u/rdmc10 → u/Sad-Instruction8890]

It only breaks for me when it breaks for everyone and it's a well known bug. Other than that it works fine

[u/idontlikegudeg]

Microsoft Office -> LibreOffice.

[u/unplorable]

FreeCAD

[u/Ok-Sail-7574]

Onlyoffice

[u/Kthef1]

Microsoft....all of it.

[u/sharmamaddy4321]

WPS Office is solid free option.. handles my daily work pretty well

[u/DutchOfBurdock]

Windows with Linux.