Fellow linux users, if you can have one thing from other operating systems in linux, what would it be?

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  • imessage

    A Matrix-iMessage puppeting bridge

    There's also a Matrix bridge or you can pay for Beeper.

  • rip

    A safe and ergonomic alternative to rm (by nivekuil)

    https://github.com/nivekuil/rip making people use things like that is scary, people really don't like change and i really don't like to preach anything for anyone. But i use it... i remember getting into arguments about CLI mp3 players and why they are stupid for my use case and i almost lost my mind, i don't want to be the person talking about RM lol.

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  • Autodesk-Fusion-360-for-Linux

    This is a project, where I give you a way to use Autodesk Fusion 360 on Linux!

  • files

    File browser designed for elementary OS (by elementary)

    ElementaryOS file browser has that https://github.com/elementary/files

  • waydroid

    Waydroid uses a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu.

    It already exists https://github.com/waydroid/waydroid

  • pydbus

    Pythonic DBus library

    You can hit dbus in a variety of ways, including just from the shell via the "dbus-send" command, or python bindings, etc.

  • Clippy

    A bunch of lints to catch common mistakes and improve your Rust code. Book: https://doc.rust-lang.org/clippy/

    Nah, as is usual in linux land, we actually have two clippy versions you can choose from. There's rust's clippy, and kakoune's clippy.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • Try my guide? https://github.com/Aman9das/Waydroid_Setup_Guide

  • strawberry

    :strawberry: Strawberry Music Player (by strawberrymusicplayer)

  • Clementine

    :tangerine: Clementine Music Player

  • cmus

    Small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems.

  • ostree

    Operating system and container binary deployment and upgrades

    But if you want to you can, under the hood silverblue uses https://ostreedev.github.io/ostree/

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