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Comment on LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs | The free open-source Microsoft Office alternative is being downloaded by nearly 1 million users a week

MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I’m glad to see foss Software taking off. In the past, we had to be a tech enthusiast to Realize it with an option. Now it’s pretty well known.

The large tech companies didn’t get greedy and try to be so gross with privacy settings. People wouldn’t make the move. They only have themselves to blame.

If you’re into music, there’s a great open source synthesizer.

surge-synthesizer.github.io

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orcrist@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
My friend, FOSS has been readily available for more than a decade. Whether it’s LibreOffice or the GIMP or VLC or whatever, these are very old pieces of software.

It’s not taking off now. It already did. But now you personally are noticing. :-)

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- chilicheeselies@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Been available for close to 40 years
  
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- MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Well, I’ve been using this software forever, I’m saying now, normal folks, I see in the light.
  
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01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’ve been using lmms, but this looks amazing

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