LibreLingo – FOSS Alternative to Duolingo

Re:LibreLingo – FOSS Alternative to Duolingo by adastra22 on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @12:49PM (#43835055)

My own experience mirrors yours. My first thought in seeing this was “…why?” Duolingo is a gamified app that feels like learning a language but actually teaches you next to nothing while driving engagement. I get why they got stuck on that path, but why copy it?

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Re:LibreLingo – FOSS Alternative to Duolingo by sieve on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @01:27PM (#43835527)

They might have found it useful enough to attempt their own spin on it, I guess.

I don't think that Duolino is absolutely useless. But my reason for learning languages might be different from those of others. Some people want to be able to say a few words in the language they are learning. I want to read novels, poetry and philosophical texts.

The approach you take and the kind of vocabulary you want to acquire will differ accordingly.

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Re:LibreLingo – FOSS Alternative to Duolingo by LorenPechtel on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @05:34PM (#43838279)

Yeah, I've seen my wife's time with the owl not translate into understanding much of the Spanish she sees around town.

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