THE FREE DESKINDEPENDENT

An independent guide to free and open-source software. Not a vendor. No downloads.

The Free Desk / Contact

Write to the desk

Corrections first, questions second, suggestions third. All three are welcome.

One address

desk@thesoftdownload.com

If something here is wrong, tell us and we will fix it. A correction is the most useful message the desk receives.

Corrections

Point at the page and the sentence. If it is a factual error about a licence or a project, a link to the primary source — the licence text, the project's own documentation — settles it fastest.

Questions

We answer questions about categories, licences and how to judge software. We do not answer “which program should I install”, because that depends on the work in front of you and we would only be guessing.

What we cannot help with

  • Download links, mirrors or installers — we host none and link none.
  • Serials, activators or ways around a licence.
  • Support for a program. The project's own issue tracker is the right place.
  • Requests to be reviewed, ranked or featured.

Messages about advertising or sponsored placement in the guides are read, and declined.