Concerns before trying to jump again in Linux (for the 4th time)

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Photopea Landing Page
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Photopea

Online photo editor, which can work with PSD, XCF and Sketch files (Photoshop, Gimp and Sketch App).
Pricing:
- Open Source
Photopea is the best Adobe Photoshop replacement I've ever find (please don't tell me about this horror that is Gimp...).

#Online Image Editor #Image Editing #Graphic Design Software 305 social mentions
Joplin Landing Page
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Joplin

Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, tagged and modified either from the applications directly or from your own text editor.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
- Official Pricing
Only Microsoft OneNote unfortunately is still unmatched. I've been starting to use Joplin, which feels painfully restrictive compared to the "click-anywhere/whiteboard feels" of OneNote... But eh! I can still use the web version of OneNote, so that's what I'll do.

#Note Taking #Notes #Todos 350 social mentions
espanso Landing Page
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espanso

An Open Source, Cross-platform Text Expander on steroids
Pricing:
- Open Source
Espanso is the text expander that was cruelly missing for me as I'm an intensive user of Fastfox Expander.

#Writing Tools #Personal Productivity #Automation 96 social mentions
AlternativeTo Landing Page

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AlternativeTo

AlternativeTo lets you find apps and software for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android, Android Tablets, Web Apps, Online, Windows Tablets and more by recommending alternatives to apps you already know.

Hi! I think if you want to move to Linux move completely, burn the bridges, otherwise you might find yourself choosing the easy way and go back to Windows more often every day. By using it as your only OS you force yourself to learn new things and skills and you'll be much better at problem solving in very short time (because you are forced to). alternativeto.net is a great site for alternatives. I hate GIMP too, but it has a terrific feature set, handling and looks are disasterous though. Inkscape is a very good alternative to Illustrator, I use that almost every day, so there are positive examples as well. A Surface device might not be the best choice for Linux since most models have some minor or major issues under Linux. Check the support matrix "Suspends, but only wakes up from external keyboard" would be a no go for me if we are talking about the AMD model. I have a Go 2 which works perfectly excluding cameras, but it's something I can live with, and I was aware of this shortcoming. That's all, keep up!

#Software Marketplace #Software Recommendations #Software Alternatives 423 social mentions