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Well !foss@beehaw.org and !linux@programming.dev for more, but off the top of my head:
Linux, VLC, FFMPEG, HandBrake, KDE (everything KDE), qBittorrent, Momentum (Flipper0 firmware), CHIRP, Vim, and more!
Had to scroll THIS far to see FFMPEG? Shame, shame.
Ah yes, gotta download "Linux" for myself.
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!
How do you know they don't refer to Alpine Linux?
Why are you interjecting to me?
Itβs a copypasta
Sure, but why are they pasting it to me?
If you must know, it's because I listed "Linux" rather than listing every distro by name, and your comment "oh I'll just download linux" as if you can't download a linux distro which is foss and based on the foss linux kernel, seemed just as pedantic to me as the copypasta, and so my immediate reaction, which I'd argue was natural and hilarious, was "haha copypasta time."
But why male models?
I assume they hire them to advertise men's clothing mostly but I'm not sure how that relates to this.
You're so right about KDE, I didn't realize just how much great stuff KDE makes until I was looking for a markdown editor this week at work, and KDE ghostwriter nails everything I ever wanted. Cross platform too so I can use it on my personal Linux machine too