For like a month or two I decided, screw it, I am going to use all the programs I cannot use on Linux. This was mostly games and music making software.
I guess it was fun for a bit, tries different DAWs, did not play a single game because no time.
Basically, it was not worth it. The only thing I enjoyed was OneDrive, because having your files available anywhere is dope, but I also hate it because it wants to delete your local files. I think that was on me.
Anyways, I am back. Looking at Nextcloud. Looking at Ardour. I am fine paying for software, but morally I got to support and learn the tools that are available to me and respect FOSS. (Also less expensive… spent a lot on my experiment).
Anyone done this? Abondoned their principles thinking the grass would be greener, but only to look at their feet coverered in crap (ads, intrusive news, just bad UI).
I don’t know. I don’t necesarily regret it, but I won’t be doing it again. What I spent is a sunk cost, but some has linux support, and VSTs for download. So, I shall see.
Yes, that’s part of the problem. Not only do I have to find a solution for whatever is being fucky at the time from some obscure forum where someone figured out a solution, but I have to find someone who has done so on the same distro as me. Otherwise all the commands people throw at them just return a generic error.
Then people tell you “don’t run these commands if you don’t know what they do!”. Okay well fuck me I guess because I have no clue what I’m doing at any given time and no one explains it.
I understand and that’s definitely a valid criticism of Linux. It’s not a drop in replacement for Windows and it’s definitely not as user friendly or targeted towards a general audience. Due to the flexibility of customisation, and the sheer amount of different distributions it is hard to provide individual support without knowing all the details of your system. It’s not like Windows where in general you’re probably running one of two versions.
And while being a criticism to some, it is also a strength to others.
If you ever get stuck on something feel free to shoot me a message and if I can I will try and provide advice.
I appreciate the offer. I just don’t have time to become a coder. I already have a job. I just want a computer that can complete some basic tasks without constantly having compatibility issues or becoming borked in some way.
Linux people are passionate about Linux and will tell you all the reasons to switch. I’m here to tell you to stick to what you already know. There’s no point changing your entire operating system if you don’t have the time to invest in a totally new way of using your computer.
It does make me curious why you even decided to install Linux though. Something must have made you take that step.
Because Windows is ass and constantly trying to force bullshit onto my computer. And the whole thing is basically spyware now.
You are speaking and acting like you can’t have an BSOD with an unknown .exe downloaded somewhere,
Lmao,
I haven’t had a BSOD in 10 years.