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Affinity is a great Adobe alternative, but these underrated open-source apps are even better

Nolen Jonker Apr 4, 2026, 7:30 AM EDT Nolen began their writing career in 2019, with three years dedicated to editing the Creative section at MakeUseOf . Their expertise lies at the…

Apr 4, 2026 · Nolen Jonker

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I connected Claude to Canva, and my presentations have never been better

Nolen Jonker Apr 28, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT Nolen began their writing career in 2019, with three years dedicated to editing the Creative section at MakeUseOf . Their expertise lies at the…

Apr 28, 2026 · Nolen Jonker

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I replaced Lightroom with an open-source alternative, and Adobe's subscription suddenly felt pointless

…Prior to joining XDA in 2021, he worked at Neowin: https://www.neowin.net/news/poster/jo%C3%A3o-carrasqueira/ Sign in to your XDA account Adobe's Creative Cloud suite may…

Jul 31, 2026 · João Carrasqueira

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Your PC's reset button is dead, but your motherboard can give it a second life

…The Sound Blaster was made by Creative Technology, founded in Singapore. While AdLib and Roland produced competing sound cards that were popular with audiophiles, Creative's Sound Blaster dominated the gaming market…

Jun 19, 2026 · Rich Edmonds

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Your local LLM feels weak because you're treating it like a search engine

Nolen Jonker Apr 6, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT Nolen began their writing career in 2019, with three years dedicated to editing the Creative section at MakeUseOf . Their expertise lies at the…

Apr 6, 2026 · Nolen Jonker

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I paid for Perplexity, Claude, and NotebookLM, and only one was worth keeping

Nolen Jonker May 26, 2026, 7:30 AM EDT Nolen began their writing career in 2019, with three years dedicated to editing the Creative section at MakeUseOf . Their expertise lies at the…

May 26, 2026 · Nolen Jonker

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I replaced Adobe, Affinity, and Canva with this 30-year-old graphics tool, and nobody has heard of it

Nolen Jonker Jun 27, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT Nolen began their writing career in 2019, with three years dedicated to editing the Creative section at MakeUseOf . Their expertise lies at the…

Jun 27, 2026 · Nolen Jonker

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I replaced Figma with Claude Design, Replit, and Google Stitch for a week — and only one kept up with the workflow

Nolen Jonker May 29, 2026, 7:30 AM EDT Nolen began their writing career in 2019, with three years dedicated to editing the Creative section at MakeUseOf . Their expertise lies at the…

May 29, 2026 · Nolen Jonker

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AMD's X3D CPUs only help with two things, and most gamers have neither

…The Sound Blaster was made by Creative Technology, founded in Singapore. While AdLib and Roland produced competing sound cards that were popular with audiophiles, Creative's Sound Blaster dominated the gaming market…

May 1, 2026 · Hamlin Rozario

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I tried this underrated Google Labs tool to vibe-code my UI designs, and now I regret not using it sooner

Nolen Jonker May 25, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT Nolen began their writing career in 2019, with three years dedicated to editing the Creative section at MakeUseOf . Their expertise lies at the…

May 25, 2026 · Nolen Jonker