4. Main open-source software

Once you've installed Debian, you're quickly overwhelmed by the sheer number of software packages available, and only experience can tell you which are the best. That's why this section lists the most popular software in each category.

For each piece of software listed in this section, you'll find the address of the corresponding website and the name of the Debian package(s) in a summary table in the "To find out more" section.

4.1 Free software directories

There is no longer a generic directory aiming to be exhaustive, but there are more specific ones such as the one managed by the FSF (Free Software Foundation ( https://directory.fsf.org/ )...

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