It’s free to do, I think at one point it was $30 but now it’s free, so long as you’re updated to the most recent version. It’s worth a shot if it’s not in your means yet to switch over to a foss alterative.
It’s free to do, I think at one point it was $30 but now it’s free, so long as you’re updated to the most recent version. It’s worth a shot if it’s not in your means yet to switch over to a foss alterative.
Never said it was Linux fault for software and hardware not working.
Some of the friction is legacy systems that the developers no longer support for anyone, or can’t support Linux. Audio equipment and cnc equipment are just 2 of the notoriously difficult categories of hardware to support on anything besides Windows (and mac but thats not the convo), especially if it’s older.
Linux is great, but I’m so tired of hearing that the ONLY solution is to install it. It is not, and will not, be the solution for everyone.
The primary competitor to GNU/Linux is FreeBSD. So I will say that FreeBSD can be another solution. Besides that, every other freedom respecting OS is in beta.
The truth is that Microsoft Windows was NEVER a solution and will never be a solution. Microsoft was designed to not be a solution, ever since Bill Gates sold his first piece of software in 1976. Before 1976, software was not protected by copyright and written software was freely exchanged between computer users. After 1976, Microsoft and Apple invented the ways to restrict users from controlling their software. The software is intentionally designed to hurt you. Microsoft always intended to dominate the market, spy on their users, limit what their users can do, going back 50 years. The only difference then and now is that there is new technology that allows Microsoft to be even more exploitative.
GNU/Linux Distros are based around the GPL (GNU Public License), which is the complete opposite of Microsoft principles. The license says that software must allow the users to understand how the software works, run the software however they want, make changes to the software, and share changes to the software. On top of that, the GPL says that developers can’t use GPL code to make software which is non-GPL. This promotes the creates of more freedom-respecting software.
Also, older systems tend to be better supported by Linux than Windows. Windows 10 is no longer officially supported. Windows 11 doesn’t support computers made before 2015. New GNU/Linux works well on computers made before 2015 and even going back to the mid 2000s.
The closest OS to Windows that doesn’t try to exploit the users would be ReactOS, but it is still considered to be in Beta after 27 years of development.