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Firefox, VLC, Gimp, KeePass, LibreOffice among open source software endorsed by French Government (jlai.lu)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://code.gouv.fr/sill/list

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

The full list: https://code.gouv.fr/sill/list

Hold on. That page does not list VLC or KeePass. Is there more info about this other than the list? Or is the info in the title of this post incorrect?

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I see now. The page does not list VLC or KeePass, but those two both do come up if you put them into the search box. The software listed on the page is a very long list, but it is apparently on the 'most popular' stuff - not the entire list. (Although it is strange to see a heap of niche stuff, and stuff I've never heard of on the 'most popular' list while VLC doesn't make the cut.)

I'm not sure this list is a very strong endorsement by the French Government. It seems to just be listing free software options, and then asking other people to sign up to say which ones they use.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Using the find function on my phone browser doesn't find it but it does come up when manually scrolling and as long as you don't move too far the find works. I'm thinking there is some sort of rendering magic going on, would explain why scrolling is so fast.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Probably due to it being a media player vs a list of productivity apps?
I feel like most would forget about VLC until they notice the traffic cone is missing.