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In your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives? (feddit.dk)
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I'll start:

  • RSS and blogs, news vs. social media
  • XMPP vs. WhatsApp/FB messenger/Snapchat
  • IRC vs. Matrix, Teams, Discord etc.
  • Forums vs. Social media, Reddit, Lemmy(?)
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[โ€“] DrWeevilJammer@lm.rdbt.no 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've found that Krita is pretty easy to use and does most of the things I would otherwise have to use Photoshop for.

[โ€“] alongwaysgone 2 points 1 year ago

My kid uses krita with a drawing tablet, something I'm honestly not sure is even possible with gimp.