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I am and all my life have been a Linux user, I have nothing against Windows or MacOS, I just like Linux, and lately I have been experimenting with Windows in a virtual machine and I don't really know much open source software there apart from the one that is cross-platform like Firefox or Joplin.

At the moment I know:

Flow Launcher: It's a typical rofi style launcher, although I'm not a TWM user I like to just press super and type the first letters of the program I'm looking for to open it.

Lively Wallpaper: A program to have animated wallpapers, in the style of Wallpaper Engine.

Edit: I want to clarify that I read all the comments, I only respond to some because many times I have nothing to contribute to many of them because I don't know what to comment. Thanks to all of you for providing your lists of programs, I will be sure to try as many as I can because they are great, at least I know what to install if I use Windows one day!

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[–] Crozekiel@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wild, you are like from the alternate universe where Linux is dominant and nerds play around in windows. Are things better where you are from? :P

[–] Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course! In this universe everybody uses linux phones and they are actually usable (and repairable)!

[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Well Android is Linux based.. so maybe this is a similar universe.

[–] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Being around the Steam Deck forums when it initially launched felt otherworldly. A super popular device launched with Linux as a first class citizen, and Windows users were desperate for drivers that improved unstable usability. It was surreal.