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VLC media player (previously the VideoLAN Client and commonly known as simply VLC) is a free and open-source, portable, cross-platform media player software and streaming media server developed by the VideoLAN project. VLC is available for desktop operating systems and mobile platforms, such as Android, iOS and iPadOS.
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Rincewind — VLC Media Player 2.1; Ringo — Conner CFP2105E; Ringo — Seagate ST32430WC; Rio — TinySofa Classic Server Linux 1.1; Rio de Janeiro — SOT Linux 2000R3; Riviera — Apple Macintosh Portable; Road Warrior — Apple Macintosh PowerBook 170; Roadracer — Sun graphics card (GXi) for Sun386i; Roadrunner — Sun386i, RR150, RR250
"Free and open-source software" (FOSS) is an umbrella term for software that is considered free software and/or open-source software. [1] The precise definition of the terms "free software" and "open-source software" applies them to any software distributed under terms that allow users to use, modify, and redistribute said software in any manner they see fit, without requiring that they pay ...
A large amount of open-source software applications run natively on macOS, such as LibreOffice, VLC, and GIMP, [213] and command-line programs, which can be installed through Macports and Homebrew. [214] Many applications for Linux or BSD also run on macOS, often using X11. [215]
Linux Mint primarily uses free and open-source software. Before version 18, some proprietary software, such as device drivers, Adobe Flash Player and codecs for MP3 and DVD-Video playback, were bundled with the OS. [31] [32] [33] Starting with version 18, the installer provides an option to install third-party, proprietary software. [11]
Software reports hard disk drive or memory capacity in different forms using either decimal or binary prefixes. The Microsoft Windows family of operating systems uses the binary convention when reporting storage capacity, so an HDD offered by its manufacturer as a 1 TB drive is reported by these operating systems as a 931 GB HDD.
Both versions 1.0 and 1.1 are incompatible with the GPL, which led the Free Software Foundation to discourage using version 1.1. [6] For these reasons, earlier versions of Firefox were released under multiple licenses: the MPL 1.1, GPL 2.0, and LGPL 2.1. [26] Some old software, such as the Mozilla Application Suite, is still under the three ...