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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

What's a fun piece of free software I should learn to use this week?

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What's a fun piece of free software I should learn to use this week?

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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

I need to quench my thirst for knowledge and learn something new just for the sake of it.

I’ve already learned:

Equations and pivot tables in Excel
Vector graphics in Inkscape
Music mixing in rekordbox
Personal VPN on a raspberry pi 4 with OpenVPN
LAMP stack web hosting
Streaming & video capture with OBS
Manual & automatic backups with FreeFileSync

Things I’m open to:

FOSS (even beta) or free-as-in-beer software
A high or low learning curve
Tools for niche fields that I’d otherwise have no reason to learn

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Sketching 3D in FreeCAD.
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  or openscad, if you are more into code
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    Or the Openscad workbench in FreeCAD if you like both. FOSS is grande.
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      Or MatterControl if you are looking for more of an artistic side rather than the technical specifications.

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