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Ask HN: Your favorite open source applications/softwares?

• dholowiski 15y ago
  How about Apache? I use it every day!
• bmelton 15y ago
  Python. Nginx. Ubuntu. Android. Eclipse. TrueCrypt. Gzip. OpenSSH. PuTTY.
• thiagofm 15y ago
  windows
  • pestaa 15y ago
    How does "windows" qualify as an open source application? Certainly not as Microsoft(R) Windows(TM) I suppose.
    • bmelton 15y ago
      I suppose it depends on how you define 'open source', but Windows has released the source to those willing to sign an NDA and all that. I know a few people with copies.
      • dholowiski 15y ago
        No matter how you define open source, windows isn't it. At the best, it's been called 'shared source' in the cases you mentioned, but that is a long way from open source.
        • bmelton 15y ago
          I agree, I was just trying to give the OP the benefit of the doubt.
• gary__ 15y ago
  Chromium and XMind.
• LarryMade 15y ago
  Ubuntu, Inkscape, LibreOffice, GIMP, Thunderbird, Rhythmbox, Scribus, PHP, MySQL, K3b, Audacity, Phoenix Firestorm (SecondLife/OpenSim Client), Dokuwiki Also - switching IDEs, was Quanta Plus, but am leaning toward Aptana - which is based on Eclipse