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From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject: Re: Best freeware list website for Linux software?
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John C. <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> 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?

"Safest" on Linux usually means sticking to the software in your
distro's package repo. Although I agree it can be difficult to
browse and compare software in package repos directly if you don't
know exactly what you're looking for, so these other websites are
still useful:

https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page
https://www.linuxlinks.com (Look under "Best Free Software")

There are lots of very old programs here. I usually prefer simple
older Linux software designs, so looking for things here then
Web searching for currently maintained versions/derivatives
sometimes works better for me than wading through all the bloatware
people make these days. That's probably just me though.

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/

Browse the database here (Javascript required):
https://xteddy.org/lsm

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