A Look at Three Iconic Free Software Icons
This image features physical representations of three well-known entities in the digital world: the VLC Media Player traffic cone, the Brave browser shield logo, and Tux, the mascot for the Linux kernel. The post highlights these as notable examples of free software tools that have gained significant recognition among computer users. While the original post labels them as 'GOATed applications,' the selection has sparked online discussion regarding the technical distinction between software applications and operating system kernels, as well as debates over the specific merits of the browsers and software included in the list.
No no... Not Brave, they have the crypto BS
Never used Brave but I was a Mozilla user with Open Source Browsers like Firefox and Thunderbird and WaterDragon. Firefox has been constantly great for me to find Free Open Source Widgets and Add ons that got me so much ease of mind with Tools for browsers that blocked ads, loade
Still use brave because of ads
Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Audacity, Kodi ...
Linux is a kernel not an application.
Goated? are you 12?
FIrefox, Gimp, Blender
Firefox is the real MVP in the browser game. They actually build the whole thing, instead of depending on Chrome like Brave does, and fully support uBlock origin. Brave have also done some shady crypto stuff in the past, so they don't fit in this trio.
Uh....
I didn't even know Linux was an application