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Re:GNU Users Who Have Never Heard of GNU (2006) by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @08:25PM (#22755027)
> It would be fantastic for the GNU project's visibility if it expanded its focus on software that would potentially be more widely used directly by humans.

Agreed, but...

> Where's the GNU project's alternative to Zoom?

https://jami.net/ (formerly GNU Ring), I think

> Why is Savannah so far behind GitLab?

I'm inclined to agree with this, moreso as I hadn't even realized until now that it was even a thing outside being used for official GNU repos (much like how Canonical's Bazaar is technically open source but 100% only ever intended to run Canonical's ... canonical... instance).

> Where are the GNU apps for mobile?

While the sibling comment is probably correct that GNU isn't fond of supporting nonFree platforms, ex. IceCat is on F-Droid.

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Re:GNU Users Who Have Never Heard of GNU (2006) by timClicks on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @09:35PM (#22755427)
"Canonical's Bazaar" .. do you mean launchpad.net?
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Re:GNU Users Who Have Never Heard of GNU (2006) by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @10:18PM (#22755655)
Ah, darn it, yes you're correct. Bazzar is the vcs, not the site.
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