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Is Proprietary Software Bad for Linux? - The Linux Cast Season 5, Episode 9
🕑 Added 2021-04-16 01:39:04 +0000 UTC(Early access)
Matt and Tyler talk about proprietary software on Linux and several other topics including OpenBSD, Crappy webcams, and PopOS's new Desktop Environment
### **What have we been up to Linux related this Week?**
Tyler – Trying Linux / OpenBSD to see what can bring my Acer Aspire One netbook back to life.
Matt – Struggling with lighting, crappy webcams, and the lack of good camera software on Linux.
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### **Links (One each)**
Matt - [https://9to5linux.com/system76-unveils-cosmic-as-their-gnome-based-desktop-environment-for-pop_os-linux](https://9to5linux.com/system76-unveils-cosmic-as-their-gnome-based-desktop-environment-for-pop_os-linux)
Tyler - [https://www.thedarkmod.com/main/](https://www.thedarkmod.com/main/)
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### **Main Topic - Is Proprietary Software Garbage?**
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### **Apps of the Week**
Matt - Castero
Tyler - Flameshot
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Comments
Maeglin
Quite with you on the proprietary software debate. We need those pieces of software on linux, so the wheel can turn and proprietary becomes the "exception" and FOSS the default. I mean I have no problem with using Steam or discord for my gaming or Spotify for my music... As a community we should focus on the "dangerous" side of the proprietary software like Chrome and the like. And FOSS still has some way to go to rival proprietary in certain area, I wouldn't use MSOffice if I could, but I still think it would be a wonderful thing for Linux for Microsoft to port it to Linux.
