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Too Much Free Software

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the uniting-behind dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The plethora of Free Software applications available today, none working perfectly, is a problem which stands in the way of major adoption of Linux on the desktop. In order to conquer the desktop, we have to stand united. Read the article on Freshmeat."

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  1. No we do not need ANOTHER mp3 player... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    or ANOTHER window manager, or ANOTHER text editor, etc etc. What we DO need is for the ones that exist to be working properly and have all those useless developers (who are wasting time forking new projects and reinventing the wheel) adding their features to existing projects. It's not about fame and having your name as the author. It's about the world!

  2. not to nitpick but... by garcia · · Score: 1, Redundant

    explain to be how mplayer isn't a "decent" movie player? I haven't had a single problem with it and it plays all the stuff I have thrown at it.

    I actually prefer its UI over WMP (although I use WMP only because of the TV-out being easier with Windows)