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What apps/programs do y'all recommend? (lemmy.world)

submitted 22 hours ago by Unknown1234_5@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I want to know what kind of apps/programs y'all recommend to people or just use personally. This is just in general, could be anything from a game to a media codec. I personally use Linux but stuff for other operating systems is welcome too.

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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

If you have a local transit agency that it works with, the Transit app is great. I wouldn’t feel nearly as comfortable taking the bus/subway without it; my city’s website is not great to try to navigate while changing plans on the fly. Transit will give you multiple options and show you on a map how to get there from where you are.

It also lets you gamify taking the bus by giving people a rank in exchange for providing location data while on the bus. I’m top 40 on my local line. 😎 And you can send other people a little generic thank you that makes hearts fly up on their screen if they’re providing location data for a bus on a line you’re viewing.

Overall 10/10, great balance of fun and utility.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

What do you think of Transit vs. Citymapper?

[–] sunflowercowboy@feddit.org 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I just gotta say Transit provided free permanent upgrades to people who rely on it and can't afford the subscription. This was before transit agencies started providing them to users.

Edit. As they had shifted to a premium service for some features.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 17 hours ago

I haven’t extensively tried or used Citymapper (I just downloaded it to compare now), so this is going to just be initial impressions:

I’d say I prefer Transit just because it shows how far the bus is down the line from you, while that info doesn’t seem to be shown on Citymapper. I also don’t like that Citymapper doesn’t make the subway line names reflect the local transit line colors (ex: A line is blue, B line is red, etc) the way Transit will.

I do like that Citymapper has the subway map built in, but my city also has a bus map available that they didn’t include.

That said this is probably completely regional, go for whichever one works best for you.

[–] cherrykraken@lemmy.ca 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

My city has fully integrated the Transit app into our bus system, so you can also buy and scan your tickets within the app, including monthly passes and 10-use "punch cards". Just activate the QR code as you're boarding. It's awesome.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 19 hours ago

That’s cool! My city doesn’t use Transit for ticketing sadly, but they do work with Apple/Google Wallet at least.

[–] Venicon@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Do you mean on phones? Windows? Macs? Watches?

I like Merlin on iOS cos it identifies birds by their calls.

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[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Newpipe, KDEconnect, Vlc, KeepassXC, Syncthing, convert (CLI program for converting files eg jpg to PNG ), Yakuake (a dropdown terminal)

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

A couple of years ago I made a table when switching from OSX to Linux, the table is still quite up to date: https://jeena.net/why-i-switchedfrom-osx-to-linux

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

I for one would like to recommend Bitwig - I like that better than Ardour.

[–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 6 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Any more of a clue? What is your focus right now?

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[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 4 points 21 hours ago

I like the Arduino framework. GrapheneOS and Portal 2.

[–] Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 18 hours ago

Dzr is a great accountless player for deezer with a CLI version and GUI version that runs in Visual Studio Code

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago

GameMaker is awesome for... making games, but also automation and simple apps as well. Excel can be used for automating things and be a useful calculator. I like doing digital art on Artrage as it has realistic tools and has a simpler interface without all that clutter. The Kustom apps (android) are awesome for making live wallpapers, lock screens, smart watch faces, and widgets. GraphicsGale is useful for pixel art. Offline Games (android) is a compilation of... offline games. They're well made and worth the no-ads purchase. I think that's about all my personal favorites unless I include Boost for lemmy

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

For drawing, definitely Paint Tool SAI! When I began drawing digitally, a friend gifted me two programs for me to use, Illustrator and Paint Tool SAI. I ended up settling on the latter. It is a very old program that got released in 2008, but it is lightweight, fast, stable, and has really good blending and pen stabilization options!

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I love Krita with the AI Diffusion plugin for image generation

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