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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Which program is the one that surprised you most that it is available on Linux? (feddit.org)

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For me, it was perhaps simple-scan, a very simple and efficient GUI to scan documents. I used it with my Brother printer / scanner and it works like a charm. Especially since I do not scan stuff often, so a program with more complex UI would have the effect that I forget how to use it until the next time.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

MagicQ

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Tux racer was neat.

There was also a weird space game that started with a Q. I never progressed and it gave me existential crisis as it felt like nothing was out there. I'd get lost in space every time.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago

For me it was blender. I absolutely loved using blender as a teen for making silly games and animations (I wasn't good at that). Now as an adult I re-discovered it and I use it for making DnD minifigs

[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (12 children)

KDEConnect, probably the best (only?) to do what it does in such a magnificent way

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

It’s wonderful.

I do miss being able to send stuff from my PC to my iPhone though, but that’s Apple’s fault.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's so good that it absolutely killed my will to maintain a project I had that does something like this once I discovered it. They even support Windows too.

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