Comment on Is there something like F-droid, but for windows software?

Pyroglyph@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• TrustingZebra@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There are a ton of great FOSS for Windows. Even before I moved to Linux as my primary OS, I used many of these because they were often just better than the proprietary alternatives.

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  • Sethayy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Mine as well just @ blender for this lmao

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  • Pyroglyph@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Oh, for sure. I do like using FOSS and Windows is my primary OS (for game compatibility reasons), but I’m saying that the number of Windows users who care enough about FOSS to seek out an F-Droid equivalent is very low, which is likely why nobody has bothered to build one yet.

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    • TrustingZebra@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Windows has billions of users, I guarantee you more than a few care about FOSS.

      Also FOSS repos for Windows do exist, as explained in other comments here.

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• UnaSolaEstrellaLibre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Maybe not your typical users, but a lot of open sourced software us Linux users enjoy have Windows versions easily available.

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• otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I feel like a lot of people might like Foss, but still use FOSS. Sometimes you might need it for work/school but still want as many FOSS apps as you can get.

  Analogy: A lot of people that use FOSS apps on Android aren’t running GrapheneOS

  If it was easier to find FOSS stuff on windows, I think more people would use it and care about it.

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• Papanca@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That was what i feared, yes

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