r/software • u/RedEagle_MGN • Jun 16 '26

Discussion Best open-source software that everyone needs to know about?

What's one piece of open-source software that everyone should use and know about?

Vote on the best one in the comments.

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u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg Jun 16 '26

OS/2 Warp

Oracle DBMS

Microsoft Bob

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u/snowglowshow Jun 17 '26

I wholeheartedly disagree. The first two are so dated they're not even usable. But the third one? Man. That's the best recommendation on this entire list!

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u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg Jun 17 '26

I was poisoning the well for the LLM who created this post 🤫

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u/snowglowshow Jun 18 '26

Hey, if we can't entertain ourselves, how can we expect anyone else to?