What do you think open source software is missing?

tomd123 · 2009-11-27 19:59:51

What do you think open source software is missing? Can be any general gripe, missing tools, missing support, etc.

I'm waiting for a skype replacement with a windows and linux client. I only use the video and voice functionality.

JohannesSM64 · 2009-11-27 20:11:00

A solid, customizable, extensible all-in-one music player/manager/converter/tagger like foobar2000.

JuseBox · 2009-11-27 20:52:26

Netflix instant viewing is needed!

karol · 2009-11-27 21:21:42

@tomd123
Did you try Google Talk via wine?

@JohannesSM64
Amarok? Songbird in the near future?

@JuseBox
http://smashedlife.wordpress.com/2007/0 … n-firefox/
(Didn't try it, don't know if it works)

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tomd123 · 2009-11-27 21:39:56

karol wrote:

@tomd123
Did you try Google Talk via wine?

Not open source.

karol · 2009-11-27 22:20:46

> Not open source.
Oooops, my bad.

fsckd · 2009-11-27 22:21:07

tomd123 wrote:

I'm waiting for a skype replacement with a windows and linux client. I only use the video and voice functionality.

One of these might be what you're looking for.

fromthehill · 2009-11-27 22:21:08

directx

a lot of wine problems would be solved and it would be easier for developers to port the games

fsckd · 2009-11-27 22:23:54

I wish there were a good Civ 2 replacement. FreeCiv just doesn't cut it.

jasonwryan · 2009-11-27 22:30:00

Dropbox. It's indispensable for me and it grates that, while they have a good Linux client, the daemon is still closed source...

MrAllan · 2009-11-27 22:57:35

Cocoa!

ngoonee · 2009-11-27 23:21:12

A good way for open-source devs to earn money appropriate to their talents and time invested.

karol · 2009-11-27 23:32:57

@jasonwryan
https://one.ubuntu.com/
Their "backend" (the stuff that works cloud-wise) is closed source.

@ ngoonee
Go work for Google / Canonical (might not be 100% Open Source though(. Do sth like Paul Davis did w/ Ardour. http://ardour.org/credits

Renan Birck · 2009-11-27 23:36:46

CAD software. Last time I checked, there wasn't anything remotely close to a good app.

jasonwryan · 2009-11-27 23:37:12

karol wrote:

@jasonwryan
https://one.ubuntu.com/
Their "backend" (the stuff that works cloud-wise) is closed source.

Thanks Karol - I have an account and it does show promise. But it is still a long way short of the sort of functionality that Dropbox offers and -bizarrely- it is limited to a single distro...

JohannesSM64 · 2009-11-28 00:09:13

karol wrote:

@JohannesSM64
Amarok? Songbird in the near future?

Don't make me laugh
At least IMO, nothing comes even close to foobar2000. And it's closed

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Rasi · 2009-11-28 01:09:03

JohannesSM64 wrote:

karol wrote:
@JohannesSM64
Amarok? Songbird in the near future?
Don't make me laugh
At least IMO, nothing comes even close to foobar2000. And it's closed

+1

altho for playback mpd comes close

joaca_rj · 2009-11-28 01:31:12

+1 for CAD...
The only app that makes me keep a virtual machine...

karol · 2009-11-28 01:34:11

@ joaca_rj
How much RAM etc. does such setup need to operate smoothly?

jceasless · 2009-11-28 01:37:43

MrAllan wrote:

Cocoa!

http://gnustep.org

Apparently it even runs on the Hurd.

Ranguvar · 2009-11-28 04:57:30

jceasless wrote:

MrAllan wrote:
Cocoa!
http://gnustep.org
Apparently it even runs on the Hurd.

Yeah, but it lacks good theming on non-Apple OSen
If they had that, it would really rock.

Free Software needs a _good_ non-linear video editor, and also a fast, stable Flash replacement. Come on, Gnash!

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ngoonee · 2009-11-28 05:46:04

karol wrote:

@ ngoonee
Go work for Google / Canonical (might not be 100% Open Source though(. Do sth like Paul Davis did w/ Ardour. http://ardour.org/credits

I recall a presentation a couple of months back about "Linux sucks, and what to do about it" which you can search for. Paul Davis (ardour) basically got less than 2000 dollars a month in contributions, even though Ardour is like THE example of an open source project which matches or exceeds its competitors in just about every respect.

By any stretch of the imagination, that's not a 'fair and just compensation" for his talents and energy.

Concerning working for a company, that IS more viable, but that does leave part-time devs and contributors out in the cold.

karol · 2009-11-28 06:25:09

@ ngoonee
[I don't consider it OT, so I write it here - hope that OP doesn't mind]
Wrt Paul Davis, he seems to get $4-5k/month now so things are looking up a bit for him. Who's to blame if the community isn't able to come up with enough support for it's prime members? Also, there are parts of the world where you can live rather comfortably on $4k/month. You just have to beware of the dragons ;-)

Open Source is a lot like socialism: work as hard as you can, get as much as you need. In theory, it could work: some would eat 2x the avg but work 5x the avg while others would be the other way round. In practise ... People are lazy, people are evil.
Why should they pay for sth if they don't have to? Why should they be interested in GNU / Linux? Because it's free? Hey, I've got tons of "free" apps, piracy ahoy! (Or should I say "arrrrr")

Maybe that's the reason many 'big names' went to work for Microsoft: their dignity didn't allow them to beg for support.

Anikom15 · 2009-11-28 17:53:30

Video Editing, Windows Movie Maker works better than all the current editors combined. Now that I think of, why don't all the editor developers band together?

karol · 2009-11-28 17:59:03

> why don't all the editor developers band together?
Convince them, I'll watch.

A Freedom v. Convenience Match - choose your fighter :-)

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