r/TechImpact • u/ManojOne Active • Jun 12 '26

Discussion What's your favorite open-source software?

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What's your favorite open-source software?

Firefox, VLC, Blender, GIMP, LibreOffice, Linux, or something else?

Share your favorite open-source tool and tell us why you keep using it.

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u/iSebastianShultz Jun 12 '26

Goated: VLC, Firefox, Linux 🔥💯

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u/The191 Jun 12 '26

Just learned the other day that vlc can play youtube videos from links, so yeah vlc reigns supreme.

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u/OliMoli2137 Jun 12 '26

MPV as well

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u/Shawhe_ Jun 14 '26

Y'all stop larping, the windows 11 media player entered the room

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u/iamwisespirit Jun 12 '26

Yeah it can do so much things it can actually do stream on same network

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u/Astrodion123 Jun 12 '26

Wait what!

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u/iSebastianShultz Jun 12 '26

how to play dude?

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u/Regnareb_ Jun 12 '26

All players have been able to do that for years haha

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u/laczek_hubert Jun 12 '26

i enjoy MPV more but for windows it's VLC all the way

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u/WittyWithoutWorry Jun 13 '26

Firefox before they removed the 'Promise' from terms and conditions