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They would rather make it harder for people to access their content rather than making it easier to be a paying customer
They would rather make it harder for people to access their content rather than making it easier to be a paying customer
It means less freedom for developers but has proved that it provides more freedom for users. Does MacOS have an open source version? No but ChromeOS and Android do (ChromiumOS and ASOP respectively). Even when companies make a proprietary fork of Linux they still contribute massively in terms of code, not just money.
Because on Linux the vast majority of its users run a complete operating system under the GPL, meanwhile on FreeBSD the vast majority of people use a proprietary dirivitive. Also significantly more companies sponsor Linux and it’s not even comparable.
The closest FreeBSD has to users is its proprietary derivatives, at this point FreeBSD might as well be considered proprietary.
I’m saying that when code is open source it helps the open source ecosystem and when using open source code means contributing your modifications everyone benefits.
Personally I believe that the rights of users to privacy and freedom are more important then a corporations right to use open source software to make proprietary software. There’s a reason why nobody uses FreeBSD and why Linux is the dominant open source operating system.
I use a T440p and it works amazing for lightweight gaming (tested so far: Fallout NV, BTD6, Minecraft, and Enter the Gungeon)
Install Arch, it’s not that difficult if you use Archinstall. Even the “manual” method isn’t hard, just make the partitions and pacstrap all of the packages.
Graphic designers makes sense, also a PNG made in a proprietary program can be viewed with any photo viewer. Documents editors are completely different.
Why should there be? If someone wants more expensive software then they should pay for it.
That would genuinely make sense though, proprietary software (especially paid proprietary software) costs more money for any company then open source software. Windows needs more maintenance then an ultra stable Linux distro like Debian or even an LTS release of Ubuntu or Fedora. Meanwhile Microshaft ensures that any document made with office doesn’t look the same unless it’s viewed with office.
What? No genuinely which company is docking employees for using unfree software. If anything it’s the opposite.
You can exit vim but you can never quit
I’m glad people are starting to care about digital privacy even after three decades of people like me being annoying
I’m glad I don’t use Winbloat
Womp womp, that’s what happens when you shut down the global economy clownstrike
If you want true freedom, no spying, and you want to own your computer then I reccomend installing Linux. Sadly most people dont care which is why I gave my previous suggestion. I recommend installing Pop_OS as its going to make gaming the easiest and installs drivers out of the box.
Linux isn’t for the masses because it was never meant to be and still isn’t made to be. You have to install it rather then it being installed by default and most Linux software targets power users who were disappointed by Windows.
Then don’t install Linux, if Linux doesn’t work for you then don’t use it. Nothing Linux has to offer is worth the pain you’ve gone through. As for the system, Linux has to build itself around hardware rather then the other way around which is why problems occur.
Arch is extremely easy to install
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