What apps would you love to have open-source alternatives for?
It seems like the FOSS community is continuing to grow, and FOSS apps keep getting better (Immich reallh blew my mind recently), which is a big win 😎 but there are still many apps I use that I would kill for an open source alternative. I am curious what you guys think? Are there any apps you'd love alternatives for?
Michel
Als Antwort auf ClearCutCoconut • •Inhaltswarnung: What apps would you love to have open-source alternatives for?
Here a list of comments to the same subject on f-droid forum:
https://forum.f-droid.org/t/what-types-of-apps-are-you-missing-from-the-foss-ecosystem/183
What types of apps are you missing from the FOSS ecosystem?
F-Droid ForumOlgratin_Magmatoe
Als Antwort auf ClearCutCoconut • • •Fusion360
Tried out FreeCad/Ondsel, and just couldn't get it to cooperate. Trying to do even basic changes would constantly result in errors/crashes. I spent maybe two weeks trying to make a single model. Then I tried making the same model in Fusion360 and was done in an half an hour. Granted, there is a huge difference in experience level here between these pieces of software, but still.
So I think my best bet for now is a jailbroken copy of Fusion360.
Michel
Als Antwort auf Olgratin_Magmatoe • •@Olgratin_Magmatoe
There are currently some changes on the way. They fundamentally solve the Topo-Naming-Problem I propose to try again after the next release.
I don`t know the #Onsel fork. In what way does it differ from #Freecad or Freecad from #realthunder?
@ClearCutCoconut
M4x
Als Antwort auf Michel • • •Ondsel aims to contribute there changes upstream. This isn't a hard fork which evolves separately from the main branch. A unique feature is a cloud based collaboration solution (paid). I recommend this episode of the Open Hardware Manufacturing Podcast: Ep. 12 - Improving FreeCAD ft. Brad Collette from Ondsel
Episode webpage: http://opulo.io
Media file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64a3414fccdc64001192533c/e/65a6e93d4e0b4c0016f6db77/media.mp3
#FreeCAD #ondsel
Opulo's Open-Source Pick & Place Machine - LumenPnP
OpuloM4x
Als Antwort auf Michel • • •1/2
@Olgratin_Magmatoe @ClearCutCoconut I'm very sorry for your bad user experience! What you've described, sounds like some basic user errors which would've been easily solved by sticking to good modeling practices. To be honest, these aren't always easy to follow / learn in the first place. If you're interested, have a look at the wiki: https://wiki.freecad.org/Feature_editing#Advice_for_creating_stable_models
#FreeCAD #fc3d
Feature editing - FreeCAD Documentation
wiki.freecad.orgM4x
Als Antwort auf M4x • • •@michel is right. Every CAD suffers from it and the software may does a lot of heavy lifting to not let the user recognize it. It's not easy to solve but we're heavily (!!!) working on it. You can find updates regarding the toponaming project in every WIP Wednesday https://blog.freecad.org/2024/04/10/wip-wednesday-10-april-2024/
WIP Wednesday 10 April 2024
FreeCAD NewsM4x
Als Antwort auf M4x • • •I've another thing to add: Please ask for help before getting frustrated! The #FreeCAD community is awesome and they're willing to help you a lot! The forum is the best place to get high quality assistance: http://forum.freecad.org/
#fc3d
FreeCAD Forum - FreeCAD forum
forum.freecad.orgGorGor
Als Antwort auf Michel • • •Are they settled on an assembly workbench yet?
Michel
Als Antwort auf GorGor • •I don't know.