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? privsecfoss ( @privsecfoss@feddit.dk ) Free and Open Source Software • edit-22 years ago message-square308fedilinkarrow-up1198
arrow-up1198message-squareIn 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? privsecfoss ( @privsecfoss@feddit.dk ) Free and Open Source Software • edit-22 years ago message-square308fedilink
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(?)
minus-square Litanys ( @chris@lem.cochrun.xyz ) linkfedilink4•2 years agoAbsolutely! I can’t believe when I stumbled across it in 2020 that it was as old as it is. And folks think it’s too old and decrepit to use, it’s inanely powerful.
minus-square WidowsFavoriteSon ( @WidowsFavoriteSon@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink5•2 years ago“inanely powerful” I’m dying
minus-square Litanys ( @chris@lem.cochrun.xyz ) linkfedilink2•2 years agoHmmm nah. I’m not editing. I’ll stand by it.
Absolutely! I can’t believe when I stumbled across it in 2020 that it was as old as it is. And folks think it’s too old and decrepit to use, it’s inanely powerful.
“inanely powerful” I’m dying
Hmmm nah. I’m not editing. I’ll stand by it.