I want to know what kind of apps/programs y’all recommend to people or just use personally. This is just in general, could be anything from a game to a media codec. I personally use Linux but stuff for other operating systems is welcome too.

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    I have a few to recommend…

    Firefox - Stop giving an ad network all of your data on a silver platter.

    Affinity Photo - Good photo editing software with perpetual licensing.

    digiKam - FOSS photo organizing software

    Strawberry Music Player - A fork of a fork of amaroK, good music player!

    VLC - Watch any video file.

    Kodi - Consume your media library, in style!

    OpenRA - Play the original Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert as well as Dune 2000 on modern hardware/software for free.

    Unreal Tournament 2004 - I have bought this game three times, the original CD release on 6 discs, Steam and GOG. This is to my mind the best arcade shooter ever, the original CD release even came with an official Linux installer.

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      OpenRA - Play the original Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert as well as Dune 2000

      OMG I’m gonna unlock some really deep memories right now

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        What is wrong with stock Firefox?

        I hope you are not calling it worse than Chrome, because that would be insane.

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          Hmm yeah. Not as bad as chrome but not that better. At this point, I use Librewolf because it allows uBo and has mozilla spyware removed. Mozilla pretends to be privacy-friendly. They aren’t your friend.

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            Well yeah, they are a company, I have never thought of them as a friend.

            I would like it if they released an annual “Firefox Pro” version, the only difference would be that Pro version would be branded as “Firefox Pro” and a badge in the about dialog.

            You would pay €20 for it, and Mozilla could rely less on ads, and focus more on privacy.

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            telemetry is not spyware.

            Google collects data because their business model depends on them knowing as much about you as possible. Mozilla collects the data they need to fix bugs.

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              Mozilla collects the data they need to fix bugs

              Funny

              You should look at their privacy policy. You’ll be shocked at how privacy invasive they really are.

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                you posted asking for software, and now just arguing about Firefox?

                go find your own software then, jesus christ. did you just come looking for a fight? you don’t ask for people’s opinions then shit on them.

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                  Well then, you should know that they aren’t any better. They track and spy on users, and also put ads into the browser itself.