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#Linux #OpenSource #apps

00:00 Introduction
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01:35 Replacing obsidian
03:49 Replace notion
06:40 Replace teams and slack
07:51 Replaced Trello
09:24 Replace Acrobat Pro
10:33 Replace Visual Studio code
11:47 Other alternatives
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Obsidian offers the ability to link notes together, it uses markdown and plain text to store your notes, it has a plugin ecosystem, and the visual knowledge graph that lets you explore topics and the relationships between your notes. BUT it is proprietary, so we have Logseq. It records notes in the form of markdown files, it has over 150 plugins and a ton of themes, it has mobile apps, it's private, and it has the same linking features and knowledge graph.

You can even create queries with it to generate tables with all the information you need, based on the links and data you entered in your notes. Logseq even offers their own sync solution if you want. It is available for Linux, as AppImage, and for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.

Another really powerful app is Notion. Although it is free, it is also proprietary and does not have an official Linux version.

AppFlowy is the closest to what you can find in the open source world, and while it is very close, it is still not as complete as the functionality. You can create your own structure, with pages and subpages, and you have a number of page types, such as calendars, boards, tables or documents. You can also combine these types on the same page, for example by having a board of cards, which you can also present in a table or on a calendar, but you don't get as many templates as what Notion offers.

If you want an app with more functionality, there's AnyType. It's also open source and has a Linux client and mobile apps, but the interface is a bit more complicated and less clear than AppFlowy at first.

Now, you may not have much control over this, generally a company or project will impose Slack or Microsoft Teams on you. But if you have all the power, you might want to check out Mattermost.

It is a completely open source Slack / MS Teams alternative, which you can host yourself. It allows you to create channels and chat, with side threads, file sharing, screen sharing and audio calls. It integrates with a bunch of developer tools to automate things, you can format posts with markdown or code snippets, and all posts can be archived, with full history search.

If you just need a board to organize yourself, you can use Trello. This is quite easy to replace: you can simply use Focalboard. You can host it yourself if you want to give multiple people access to the same board, or you can just use it as a personal app, with a macOS, Windows and Linux application.

If you need to create and edit PDF documents, you can use Acrobat Pro from Adobe. You can always open them in GIMP, Inkscape, or LibreOffice Draw, but these tend to either open a single page or break the formatting of the document. Libreoffice draw does a great job IF you have all the fonts used in the PDF installed on your system, but text editing is generally handled line by line, rather than recognizing things like paragraphs, which can be tricky to deal with to go.

Visual Studio Code's…code is licensed under the MIT License, so it IS an open source/free software project, but the binary you can get from Microsoft is not open source. So the alternative is simple: VSCodium. It is built on the open source components of VS Code, but removes all tracking, telemetry and proprietary components. It is compatible with VS Code plugins and extensions and has the exact same interface and features, but in a nice open source form.

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