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| Photos (iPhoto) || digiKam || Make sure you add the face recognition plugin and write the tags back to the files. | | Photos (iPhoto) || digiKam || Make sure you add the face recognition plugin and write the tags back to the files. | ||
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| Music (iTunes) || Lollypop, Rhythmbox, Audacious, || My favourite is Rhythmbox, the Interface is the most simple and iTunes-like. | | Music (iTunes) || Lollypop, Rhythmbox, Audacious, || My favourite is Rhythmbox, the Interface is the most simple and iTunes-like. | ||
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| Safari, Firefox, Chrome || Brave || Jean-Paul, what happened to [Cliqz](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliqz)? | | Safari, Firefox, Chrome || Brave || Jean-Paul, what happened to [Cliqz](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliqz)? | ||
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| QuickTime Player || VLC || Add h.264 codecs! | | QuickTime Player || VLC || Add h.264 codecs! | ||
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| Omnigraffle || LibreOffice Draw || Not as cool, but free and compatible with the rest of the world! | | Omnigraffle || LibreOffice Draw || Not as cool, but free and compatible with the rest of the world! | ||
| Pages, Numbers, Keynote, MS Office || LibreOffice || Even M365 supports LibreOffice-Documents - who would have known that MS is capable of that… Anyway. LibreOffice works with Pages and Numbers documents just fine! | |- | ||
| Pages, Numbers, Keynote, MS Office || LibreOffice || Even M365 supports LibreOffice-Documents - who would have known that MS is capable of that… Anyway. LibreOffice works with Pages and Numbers documents just |- | |||
fine! | |||
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| Mail, Thunderbird || KMail/Kontact PIM || No solution for M365-/Exchange accounts (w/o purchasable plugins)! | | Mail, Thunderbird || KMail/Kontact PIM || No solution for M365-/Exchange accounts (w/o purchasable plugins)! | ||
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| Keychain, Little Secrets | KeePass XC || Just store your KeePass XC-Database in Nextcloud-Files. If you're ambitious think about setting up a Bitwarden server. || | | Keychain, Little Secrets | KeePass XC || Just store your KeePass XC-Database in Nextcloud-Files. If you're ambitious think about setting up a Bitwarden server. || | ||
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| iCloud || NextCloud || Hint: Floccus is great tool for syncing bookmarks, and there's a great Outlook-Plugin to sync if you're forced to work with Windoof at work… | | iCloud || NextCloud || Hint: Floccus is great tool for syncing bookmarks, and there's a great Outlook-Plugin to sync if you're forced to work with Windoof at work… | ||
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| Finder || Dolphin || | | Finder || Dolphin || | ||
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| Merlin Project || ? || ? | | Merlin Project || ? || ? | ||
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| TextMate || Kate, Geanie || | | TextMate || Kate, Geanie || | ||
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| Books || || Why was there a dedicated app for the job? | | Books || || Why was there a dedicated app for the job? | ||
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| VMWare Fusion || Virtual Machine Manager, QEMU/KVM, libvirtio || Not as slick but works just as fine! | | VMWare Fusion || Virtual Machine Manager, QEMU/KVM, libvirtio || Not as slick but works just as fine! | ||
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| Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Photo || Gimp || I can't believe I paid for that functionality before! | | Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Photo || Gimp || I can't believe I paid for that functionality before! | ||
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| Cyberduck || FileZilla || Okay, FileZilla has a crappy UI, but it does the job; and we are techies, so using a CLI-based ftp-client should not be an issue… | | Cyberduck || FileZilla || Okay, FileZilla has a crappy UI, but it does the job; and we are techies, so using a CLI-based ftp-client should not be an issue… | ||
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| OpenSCAD || OpenSCAD || Just the same on Linux. | | OpenSCAD || OpenSCAD || Just the same on Linux. | ||
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| Cura || Cura || Just the same on Linux. | | Cura || Cura || Just the same on Linux. | ||
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| Fritzing || Fritzing || Just the same on Linux. | | Fritzing || Fritzing || Just the same on Linux. | ||
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| GraphicConverter || ImageMagick || | | GraphicConverter || ImageMagick || | ||
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| WireShark || WireShark || Just the same on Linux. | | WireShark || WireShark || Just the same on Linux. | ||
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| yEd || yEd || Just the same on Linux. | | yEd || yEd || Just the same on Linux. | ||
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| Sequel Pro, DBVisualizer || DBeaver || Yet another Eclipse-based Database Manager. | | Sequel Pro, DBVisualizer || DBeaver || Yet another Eclipse-based Database Manager. | ||
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| Linkinus || HexChat || IRC, for you WhatsApp-fools! | | Linkinus || HexChat || IRC, for you WhatsApp-fools! | ||
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| iMovie || Kdenlive? || <https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Videobearbeitung/> | | iMovie || Kdenlive? || <https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Videobearbeitung/> | ||
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Revision as of 12:52, 23 August 2023
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Apps and their replacements
| macOS | Linux | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Photos (iPhoto) | digiKam | Make sure you add the face recognition plugin and write the tags back to the files. |
| Music (iTunes) | Lollypop, Rhythmbox, Audacious, | My favourite is Rhythmbox, the Interface is the most simple and iTunes-like. |
| Safari, Firefox, Chrome | Brave | Jean-Paul, what happened to [Cliqz](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliqz)? |
| QuickTime Player | VLC | Add h.264 codecs! |
| Omnigraffle | LibreOffice Draw | Not as cool, but free and compatible with the rest of the world! |
| Pages, Numbers, Keynote, MS Office | LibreOffice | -
fine! |
| Mail, Thunderbird | KMail/Kontact PIM | No solution for M365-/Exchange accounts (w/o purchasable plugins)! |
| KeePass XC | Just store your KeePass XC-Database in Nextcloud-Files. If you're ambitious think about setting up a Bitwarden server. | |
| iCloud | NextCloud | Hint: Floccus is great tool for syncing bookmarks, and there's a great Outlook-Plugin to sync if you're forced to work with Windoof at work… |
| Finder | Dolphin | |
| Merlin Project | ? | ? |
| TextMate | Kate, Geanie | |
| Books | Why was there a dedicated app for the job? | |
| VMWare Fusion | Virtual Machine Manager, QEMU/KVM, libvirtio | Not as slick but works just as fine! |
| Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Photo | Gimp | I can't believe I paid for that functionality before! |
| Cyberduck | FileZilla | Okay, FileZilla has a crappy UI, but it does the job; and we are techies, so using a CLI-based ftp-client should not be an issue… |
| OpenSCAD | OpenSCAD | Just the same on Linux. |
| Cura | Cura | Just the same on Linux. |
| Fritzing | Fritzing | Just the same on Linux. |
| GraphicConverter | ImageMagick | |
| WireShark | WireShark | Just the same on Linux. |
| yEd | yEd | Just the same on Linux. |
| Sequel Pro, DBVisualizer | DBeaver | Yet another Eclipse-based Database Manager. |
| Linkinus | HexChat | IRC, for you WhatsApp-fools! |
| iMovie | Kdenlive? | <https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Videobearbeitung/> |
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Here is a comprehensive list of applications for various purposes: https://www.debian.org/blends/