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-# definitive-opensource
-A definitive list of the best open source applications.
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+<h1 align="center"> definitive-opensource </h1>
+<p align="center"> A definitive list of the best open source applications </p>
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+> [!CAUTION]  
+> A more efficient submission method is currently in development.
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+## Why another list?
+There's plenty of awesome lists on GitHub, many focusing on open source specifically. However I've found them to be either far too cluttered with long-deprecated apps or missing a lot of modern open source projects. 
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+This list aims to be highly curated including only the best open source projects. This is, to some extent guaged with popularity. The general criteria 
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