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?

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[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

An alternative to iTunes so that I don’t need a Windows VM to backup my company iPhone. But I know it’s never gonna happen because Apple is the devil.

[–] RayJW@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just so you know, libimobiledevice can backup iPhones with their idevicebackup utility. It's CLI only, so maybe not as easy to get into as iTunes but it has worked pretty well for years on my end.

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yeah thanks I’ve read about it but the terminal part is probably above my really modest Linux knowledge for now.

[–] RayJW@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

That's fair enough! I can tell you it's not that difficult but having a nice iDevice suite desktop application would certainly be a big improvement!

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

honestly terminal isn't that complicated, if you're surviving using a VM at the moment, you could probably manage to comprehend a terminal for long enough to figure out how that software works (and as a benefit, also figure out how basically every other CLI application works)

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the advice, but, for now, I can’t picture myself managing a professional phone backup without a GUI.

Had it been just a tinkering phone maybe, but not my professional one😇

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

honestly it's no different than using a GUI, unless your place of work mandates a specific piece of software or something. It's not like you can't fuck shit up, but you can also do that with GUI apps too. I've fucked up more shit using a GUI than using CLI. That could change some day, but that's what backups are for.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Good news, Apple has the solution for you. You don't need iTunes anymore.

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9np83lwlpz9k?hl=en-US&gl=US

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah but I’d still need an Apple program and a Windows VM, so it wouldn’t change a thing 😅