The Free Software Foundation's "High Priority" List: A Key Guidepost

"Every couple of years, someone compiles a list of programs that GNU/Linux needs to compete on the desktop. For example, in early 2006, Novell conducted a survey of the applications that people most wanted ported to the platform.

"However, if you really want to track the most pressing needs for a free desktop, the most useful indicator is probably the Free Software Foundation's (FSF'S) list of High Priority Free Software Projects. Projects make this list 'because there is no adequate free placement,' the list's home page explains, which means that 'users are continually being seduced into using non-free software...'"

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