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What apps would you love to have open-source alternatives for? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It seems like the FOSS community is continuing to grow, and FOSS apps keep getting better (Immich reallh blew my mind recently), which is a big win 😎 but there are still many apps I use that I would kill for an open source alternative. I am curious what you guys think? Are there any apps you'd love alternatives for?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Exchange and Outlook for business use.

No nothing else comes close.

It’s the last app in MS Office that does not have competition. LibreOffice fills ever other app well enough but nothing comes close to exchange and Outlook. Considering they are trying to kill it off with an always online website (OWA) we need foss competition asap.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nextcloud with OnlyOffice?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Not close, notice how i didnt say office but Outlook, we are talking apps here not services.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Openchange.

It's been out for a while. I think their client is tbird with a gaggle of add-ons to bring it close to outlook pain.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried Thunderbird after version 115? Also, what's so special about Exchange? It's just another (proprietary) email server, isn't it? Couldn't you just use Dovecot?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Ill respond to the loaded question with my own. If you have worked in an enterprise environment you would know the answer.

Calendaring is so far from capable. Room and resource management to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

The company I work at lets everyone choose between Roundcube (webmail) or Thunderbird as a native client. We don't have Outlook or Lotus Notes anymore (thankfully, because Notes is such a terrible piece of shit, it's unbelievable). I don't know what they use for their email server, but it's definitely not Exchange.