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I would day Linux is probably the greatest piece of foss software tbh
It's an arguable point, but unless you get weird with what you quantify as Linux, I think VLC might honestly have more users.
Sure, I concede. I don't think of Linux because I don't use it often, but I understand.
I think the thing is u don't realise ur using Linux often. For u to send that message it probably went through multiple routers switches servers and other devices that run Linux in some capacity.
I'm reading this on my android phone, which is linux. Connected with wifi to a router router running linux. This lemmy server is most likely running on linux. Maybe even in a virtual machine, hosted by linux. And on the route, there are definitely multiple linux routers that the message passes through.
I would definitely say VLC because just about everyone and their grandma knows about and probably use VLC on their computers/laptop even if they're not tech savvy. It's easy to download and install on windows, making it more accessible than Linux to the average computer user. Linux is definitely more impressive, but is used by way less people and is still mostly used in servers.
Edit:
I'm not including Android in the Linux count because I'm talking straight computer/laptop and not mobile devices. Don't know how many people would bother with VLC on android. I know I don't because I don't need it on my phone.