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  • Jeena@piefed.jeena.nettoLinux@lemmy.mlMy move to Linux
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    10 hours ago

    Many many years ago I switched from OS X back to Linux and had to find alternatives: https://jeena.net/why-i-switchedfrom-osx-to-linux

    For the three software you point as a must have there are alternatives, even those you’d not think of:

    • Visual Studio - Stop writing .NET web applications, there are so many other web frameworks around you don’t really need .NET
    • Notepad++ - It’s a steep learning curve but Vim and Emacs give you all and more freedom than Notepad++
    • Excel - You can use the 365 version in the browser, that is what I do at work
    • OneDrive works through the browser again, but there are alternatives like Nextcloud, Syncthing, Seafile





  • I would suggest you have a look of immich.

    • Search filters ✓
    • Date ✓
    • Place ✓
    • Object/person recognition ✓
    • Text recognition ✗
    • Live Photo support ✓
    • Ease of importing ✓
    • Album support ✓, including smart albums ✗
    • Built-in touch ups ✗
    • General stability ✓

    It also has mobile apps to do the backup and as a frond end on the phone. And what I really like is you can mount in your existing external libraries without copying all the pictures in and they will just be integrated automatically.