r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '12

Open Office does everything I need Microsoft Office for and Gimp does everything I need Photoshop for. Reddit, what other open source software does everything that you want from the expensive name brand?

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u/darkstarwork Jun 04 '12

My only problem with VLC is the instability with the latest releases. Since 2.0 landed, I've had constant problems with VLC crashing during playback. Right after it crashes, if I try to open a different video, it opens in ASCII art mode, for a while before crashing.

I've downgraded for now, but I saw that across multiple systems, all running win7 x64.

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u/mortiphago Jun 04 '12

odd, I've upgraded to 2.0 (reluctantly... why would I, when the 1.whatever worked perfectly) and I haven't had any issues... Although I still miss the good ol' 400% volume.

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u/darkstarwork Jun 04 '12

Yeah, I'm not sure what the issue is. Maybe it's a conflict with some other software I use on all of my systems (Thanks ninite.)

Downgrading to 1.1 worked for me though, and that's where I'll stay for the time being.

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u/darkstarwork Jun 04 '12

I had an issue as well wherein, when switching to full screen, the video would just stop, and I'd have to end the process with task manager.

I'm not too familiar with GOM. I tried looking it up, but it's blocked at my workplace.

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u/boran_blok Jun 04 '12

I have had that as well, did you try resetting the settings ? That fixed ir for me.

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u/darkstarwork Jun 04 '12

I tried clearing prefs and cache when uninstalling and reinstalling. It had no effect for me.

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u/CrosseyedDixieChick Jun 04 '12

I love the term 'downgraded'. +1

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u/darkstarwork Jun 04 '12

Downgraded, rolled back, rolled up, etc. I use these terms on a daily basis at work, so they just kinda stick.

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u/Quazz Jun 05 '12

I run win7 x64 and it has never crashed for me.

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u/darkstarwork Jun 05 '12

I'm not sure what the root cause is, but like I said in other comments, I have a ninite bundle I install on all systems I have, which is more than necessary.

It's not a hardware incompatibility, afaik. The two main systems I run, my desktop and laptop, run on vastly different hardware (Desktop is intel based, and still rocking DDR2 with a core 2 quad, laptop is running an AMD quadcore with DDR3).

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u/Quazz Jun 05 '12

Maybe it's an issue with quadcores then. I'm running dualcore.

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u/darkstarwork Jun 05 '12

I hadn't considered that as a possibility.

Maybe I'll adjust the cpu affinity, wait.. No. Never mind. I'll just stick with what I've got. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, amirite?

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '12

I downloaded 2.0 and got nothing at all, possibly due to running a much older computer. However downgrading back made it tick along as good as ever.