Re: [directory-discuss] Free Software Replacements

[David Hedlund]

On 2018-01-10 23:44, David Hedlund wrote:
> On 2018-01-10 21:59, John Sullivan wrote:
> > David Hedlund <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> > > On 2018-01-10 21:46, John Sullivan wrote:
> > > > David Hedlund <address@hidden> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > * https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html to
> > > > > https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows-only.html
> > > > Why? Several programs on that page are not Windows only.
> > > >
> > > > -john
> > > Exactly, only Rufus
> > > <https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html#Rufus> has to be listed
> > > on https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html, the rest of them can
> > > in theory be remove from that page because they are already listed at
> > > https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/User:David_Hedlund/Free_software_replacements 
> > >
> > > since they are available for GNU/Linux too.
> > I see. I'm not convinced that it's a good idea -- I think there are some
> > advantages to having a specific, simplified, neatly curated list of
> > Windows-compatible free software, at a URL that has existed for many
> > years. Even if it means presenting some of the same info in two places.
> >
> > -john
>
> https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/User:David_Hedlund/Free_software_for_macOS 
> is focused on a single OS like
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html. The main advantage with 
> the FSD is that anyone can edit it, more freedom to the people!
>
> RMS asked me to gather info about free software for macOS, so 
> https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/User:David_Hedlund/Free_software_for_macOS 
> should be merged to https://www.gnu.org/software/for-macos.html if we 
> later decide that we don't want a FSD page for it.
I forgot to mention; 1) the FSD page can of course be Protected from 
standard user accounts. 2) I think the FSD is better suited for this 
task than gnu.org because it's dedicated to free software pages.