Re: Best freeware list website for Linux software?

From	Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Best freeware list website for Linux software?
Date	2025-11-09 08:41 -0800
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On 11/9/25 03:42, John C. wrote:
> For Windows, I use Snapfiles and a few other groups that I trust to
> always provide safe-to-use freeware.
> 
> What then, is the most popular and safest website for Linux freeware
> programs?
> 
> TIA.
> 

	I use the repositories of my particular distribution which has mirrors 
arond
the world.  Most Users do that I believe.  In my Mandriva days I would 
sometimes
have to go out on the net and search for particular libraries but our 
packager does
pretty well.  You might have to go to various hardware makers for 
specific drivers
and use "alien" for conversion to your packaging format.

	I find tools like Snap and Flatpack extraneous to my needs.
	I only used Windows XP* for a brief interval and added a variety
of tools to it from the makers of those tools Firefox and Thunderbird
mainly and Irfanview a specific general graphic image viewing program
to read manga which name I just recalled.  I have used Gwenview on
  Linux and always add VLC for video because when I got into watching
anime in .mkv files it was the only reliable tool.  What happened was I
  learned the name of a tool then in those days 20 years back I just
  googled to find the download site then installed the program and began
  using it.


bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2025.10 Linux 6.12.57-pclos1- KDE 
Plasma 6.5.2

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