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What non-FOSS software are you using that you wish you could replace? (beehaw.org)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For me its honestly a ton of my work software (digital forensics), shit is too niche to be replaced by good FOSS options. Cellebrite, Magnet Axiom, etc. Autopsy is great and free and has a linux version but it simply cannot get the same level of data without a pretty nutty level of custom code.

And the biggest side effect of this is FUCKING WINDOWS. God I would replace this nightmare OS in a heartbeat if the aforementioned work software would make linux compatible versions. We have legitimately wasted 10k hours dealing with windows bullshit that would not be a problem in linux. Though im sure linux would take a different 10k for its own problems.

What about you guys? Doesn't have to be work related, thats just the thorn in my side right now.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I use Blue Iris for capturing IP cameras. I've tried ZoneMinder, iSpy, and Motion (via MotionEyeOS) but just can't find something that works as dependably well. It could definitely be user error (and not getting the alternatives dialed in). But I always go back to Blue Iris. 😔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've been liking Shinobi, but I just ordered a Corel USB to try Frigate

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Blue Iris is terrific software. I'm curious though - what tended to go wrong with the alternatives?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Mostly too many false positives from shadows. Its definitely user error, as I know motion detection is completely configurable. What FOSS IP cam software do you guys run that I should commit to trying and sticking with?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

If it's mostly about motion detection and false positives, it's hard to avoid the object detection stuff if you aren't doing that already. I stopped using Blue Iris before it started integrating object detection and I can't speak to it at all. I liked the setup I had with ZoneMinder, Zoneminder Event Server, and the associated machine learning hooks, but the developer behind the event server and ML stuff left and it isn't particularly well integrated. I like how quickly and comprehensively Viseron (https://github.com/roflcoopter/viseron) has progressed. Very sleek software, engaged developer, uses YOLOv7, and even supports an openvino backend. Well worth a look.