▲ 286 ▼ What's a fun piece of free software I should learn to use this week? (lemmy.world) submitted 1 week ago* by NickwithaC@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 154 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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
[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (2 children) One thing I want to learn which seems important to me career wise is HEC-RAS, a hydrological River Analysis Software. I think it's free? From this you can build your own predictions of when flooding (or drought!) will occur in your local area permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylence@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago As a professional water engineer it seems unfathomable to me that someone would learn HEC for fun, but it's really cool that you want to! Yes, it is free and maintained by the US Army. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 week ago Just make your inputs are right. Garbage in, garbage out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sylence@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago As a professional water engineer it seems unfathomable to me that someone would learn HEC for fun, but it's really cool that you want to! Yes, it is free and maintained by the US Army. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 week ago Just make your inputs are right. Garbage in, garbage out. permalink fedilink source parent