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	Title	Score

Software reviews

Software	Score
virtualbox "Works fine but it's closed source and Oracle has a less-than-stellar security patching history. Will be moving to Qemu-KVM which is open source and tailored for Linux."	5
virtualbox-dkms "Works fine but it's closed source and Oracle has a less-than-stellar security patching history. Will be moving to Qemu-KVM which is open source and tailored for Linux."	5
org.signal.Signal "* Warning* Install the APK from signal.org instead! This flatpak will fill continuously fill your storage with unnecessarily data and when you run out, it'll be a pain trying to sign back in to Linux (especially if your drive is encrypted). This happened to me and I ended up needing to boot into Windows, set up a Linux Mint ISO file on a USB, boot from it and then delete enough items in my trash bin (which fortunately wasn't encrypted) to be able to free up space and boot back into Linux. Then on to delete this version of Signal and other data filling up the drive (mainly backups) and then download the Signal APK from their website. Besides that, Signal is a phenomenal service. If you can, please support them with donations and/or following their social media :)"	2
gnome-screenshot "Works great! Just wish it could crop screenshots or draw on them to block out any sensitive info. Having screenshots automatically copy to clipboard would also be useful."	4
pcscd "Phenomenal! Needed Pcscd to read the accounts on Yubico Authenticator and worked like a charm. "	5
com.yubico.yubioath "Works great! Just make sure to install Pcscd from the Software Manager so that your accounts can be read."	5
gtkhash "Works as it should, lightweight, and is intuitive. Couldn't ask for A a better hash checker!"	5
nvidia-prime "Works great and is actively maintained. Just wish Nvidia could have their software and firmware be open source like AMD does!"	5
gparted "Very useful for seeing what's taking up storage space on your drive(s) -- comparible to WizTree for Windows. Gparted is an absolute must-have!"	5
qemu-kvm "Works great and it's open source (unlike VirtualBox and other virtual machines). Qemu-KVM is a great privacy and security choice."	5
gnome-calculator "It works as it should and it's lightweight. Can't beat that!"	5
virtualbox-3.1 "Works as it should although I'm looking to switch to Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) though since it's open source and designed specifically for modern Linux operating systems."	5
chromium-chromedriver "Works fine. I installed it to open books in PDF format and use the Read Aloud extension to listen to them but it seemed to stop reading frequently. Ultimately I ended up going with Brave Browser for listening to PDFs and hardened Firefox for daily browsing. Chromium works as it should though and it's the default browser for CalyxOS so I can only assume it is a solid browser. :)"	5
io.freetubeapp.FreeTube "FreeTube is awesome! It provides all of the functionality of using YouTube minus your activity being monetized and stored indefinitely. I've used Invidious but it doesn't have all of the functionality that FreeTube does nor the aesthetics. Check it out and if you can, support its developer. He works on FreeTube in his free time and has made quite the impressive app free of charge. If you have any questions, he's very active in the FreeTube Matrix and subreddit, both of which are liked on the website."	5