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Read the Port25 article. I especially like the fact that only Microsoft Windows runs the top 10 downloads on Sourceforge: Well, GNU+Linux obviously sucks because it doesn't run popular applications such as "7-Zip" and "Gimp Installer for Windows". And that open source applications such as Firefox run under Windows as well clearly reflects Microsoft's increased engagement with Open Source Software.

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Very rarely a Linux user needs to download a package from sf.net. Usually they use the package management system of their distribution.

Yep, I'm very broken up about my inability to install Gimp on Linux using the Gimp Installer for Windows.

It strikes me as pretty disingenuous to say that only Windows can run the "top 10" downloads when your top 10 list includes vectors for installation of a target application that does run on other platforms, albeit with a different installation routine.

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