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by petecooper 891 days ago
>Windows and OS X are not supported. Flowblade has focused on providing the best possible experience on Linux and other free platforms.

Perhaps "Flowblade: Open-Source Video Editor for Linux" would be a more appropriate title.

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I also see this happening often with Mac only tools here.

I wonder if we should just accept it or if we really want every tool to list supported operating systems already in headlines? (and nowadays mobile probably counts too)

As a desktop Mac user, I see exactly what you're saying.

For clarity, my comment was more along the lines of 'saved you a click' than expectations/aspirations for every tool to cover every popular-ish environment.

Someone who cares about open source will probably not be using a proprietary system.
I find that view rather uncharitable. Sometimes real life simply necessitates the use of proprietary tech.
I care about open source as a developer.

As a user I want the most polished program available and am not against using closed source if it meets my needs as is and I don't need to modify it beyond it's supported options.