Editing Free software (section)

== Examples ==

{{Main|List of free and open-source software packages}}There are thousands of free applications and many operating systems available on the Internet. Users can easily download and install those applications via a [[package manager]] that comes included with most [[Linux distributions]].

The [[Free Software Directory]] maintains a large database of free-software packages. Some of the best-known examples include [[Linux-libre]], Linux-based operating systems, the [[GNU Compiler Collection]] and [[GNU C Library|C library]]; the [[MySQL]] relational database; the [[Apache HTTP Server|Apache]] web server; and the [[Sendmail]] mail transport agent. Other influential examples include the [[Emacs]] text editor; the [[GIMP]] raster drawing and image editor; the [[X Window System]] graphical-display system; the [[LibreOffice]] office suite; and the [[TeX]] and [[LaTeX]] typesetting systems.

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|File:Blender-telainicial.png|[[Blender (software)|Blender]], a 3D computer graphics software.
|File: Kscreen-krunner.png|[[KDE Plasma 5|KDE Plasma]] desktop on [[Debian]].
|File: Captura de pagina de manual de OpenSSL.png|[[OpenSSL]]'s manual page.
|File: BgeCarSc.jpg|Creating a 3D car racing game using the [[Blender Game Engine]].
|File: Replicant 4.0 on NexusS.png|[[Replicant (operating system)|Replicant]] smartphone OS, an Android-based system that is 100% free software.
|File: Libreoffice 5.3 writer MUFFIN interface.png|[[LibreOffice]] is a free multi-platform office suite.
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