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Is the best OSS software Blender, Ghidra or Linux?

by brcmthrowaway 2y ago

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appleaday1 2y ago
to answer your question its probably git.
- adgjlsfhk1 2y ago
  I think Git is probably the most "useful" but given how bad it is (despite how good it is), I have a hard time calling it the "best"
- g-b-r 2y ago
  his question wasn't "what's the worst software ever created" ;)
- bawolff 2y ago
  If we are going to go infrastructure, i would say sqlite or curl.
kadoban 2y ago
Probably Linux if I had to pick one, partly because of how many tools were written for or on it and the ecosystem it's built up.
- whoknowsidont 2y ago
  You mean GNU plus Linux?
  - kadoban 2y ago
    Yes, and more. It's a whole related world.
ants_everywhere 2y ago
as wonderful as Linux is, it started as a Unix clone and a lot of its initial popularity can be attributed to providing a free version of something that used to cost money. Blender and Ghidra were started from scratch and are considered top tier in their niches. So I feel a sense of community pride for them more than I do for Linux. The question is flawed, though, because the best OSS software is obviously Emacs ;)
- MBCook 2y ago
  Blender was open source software that was freed after the original developer couldn’t make money and, IIRC, was purchased by the community. It did not start from scratch as OSS.
  - ants_everywhere 2y ago
    Yes I'm aware of this. I don't feel that detracts from it. The author wanted to open source it and got it done with the help of the community. It's not uncommon that someone champions the release of a project as open source and I think that is something we should encourage.
- emkoemko 2y ago
  wait ain't Ghidra a NSA software? and Blender a clone of other 3d software that cost money?
  - dagw 2y ago
    Blender a clone of other 3d software that cost money? Blender was commercial software that cost money. After the company went bankrupt, the former CEO and a bunch of Blender users got together and raised enough money to buy out the source code and made it open source. I don't think Blender can really be called a clone of anything other than in the most superficial sense. Certainly when Blender was first being release it looked and worked like nothing else in the industry, often much to its detriment.
- DonHopkins 2y ago
pjc50 2y ago
This is a real "daddy or chips" question, because they all do completely different things. Blender possibly best in terms of "compared to an expensive commercial product". Ghidra is incredibly powerful but has a weird look and feel. Linux is undoubtedly the most influential of those three, but if it had never been invented perhaps we'd be using a BSD instead? "Best" in terms of "achievement by a single programmer (almost)" is Fabrice Bellard's ffmpeg and QEMU.
- fragmede 2y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6URGh61iKs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6URGh61iKs

Is the best OSS software Blender, Ghidra or Linux?

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appleaday1 2y ago

to answer your question its probably git.

adgjlsfhk1 2y ago
I think Git is probably the most "useful" but given how bad it is (despite how good it is), I have a hard time calling it the "best"
g-b-r 2y ago
his question wasn't "what's the worst software ever created" ;)
bawolff 2y ago
If we are going to go infrastructure, i would say sqlite or curl.

kadoban 2y ago

Probably Linux if I had to pick one, partly because of how many tools were written for or on it and the ecosystem it's built up.

whoknowsidont 2y ago
You mean GNU plus Linux?
- kadoban 2y ago
  Yes, and more. It's a whole related world.

ants_everywhere 2y ago

as wonderful as Linux is, it started as a Unix clone and a lot of its initial popularity can be attributed to providing a free version of something that used to cost money. Blender and Ghidra were started from scratch and are considered top tier in their niches. So I feel a sense of community pride for them more than I do for Linux. The question is flawed, though, because the best OSS software is obviously Emacs ;)

MBCook 2y ago
Blender was open source software that was freed after the original developer couldn’t make money and, IIRC, was purchased by the community. It did not start from scratch as OSS.
- ants_everywhere 2y ago
  Yes I'm aware of this. I don't feel that detracts from it. The author wanted to open source it and got it done with the help of the community. It's not uncommon that someone champions the release of a project as open source and I think that is something we should encourage.
emkoemko 2y ago
wait ain't Ghidra a NSA software? and Blender a clone of other 3d software that cost money?
- dagw 2y ago
  Blender a clone of other 3d software that cost money? Blender was commercial software that cost money. After the company went bankrupt, the former CEO and a bunch of Blender users got together and raised enough money to buy out the source code and made it open source. I don't think Blender can really be called a clone of anything other than in the most superficial sense. Certainly when Blender was first being release it looked and worked like nothing else in the industry, often much to its detriment.
DonHopkins 2y ago

pjc50 2y ago

This is a real "daddy or chips" question, because they all do completely different things. Blender possibly best in terms of "compared to an expensive commercial product". Ghidra is incredibly powerful but has a weird look and feel. Linux is undoubtedly the most influential of those three, but if it had never been invented perhaps we'd be using a BSD instead? "Best" in terms of "achievement by a single programmer (almost)" is Fabrice Bellard's ffmpeg and QEMU.

fragmede 2y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6URGh61iKs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6URGh61iKs