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  • kablez@lemmy.ml
    3·
    10 hours ago

    Linux has been a superior OS for a while, especially since Steam’s efforts to port games over to it.

    Only reason many people hang on, including some in my household, is platform exclusive tools like Adobe.

    • Ardens@lemmy.ml
      1·
      9 hours ago

      Well, Adobe is not “household” software. :-)

      But there are a lot of other software, that people have a hard time letting go of. Like Affinity, Scrivener, certain games, a lot of small programs/apps, like FastStone apps (Image viewer and more), AllMyNotes, ActionOutline, Duplicate cleaner 5, EZ CD Audio Converter and more…

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      i used to think this too; but seeing tech literacy rate drop since the widespread adoption of smartphones makes me wonder if people will go with whatever works well enough and for the least about of effort.

      and linux still takes effort.

  • imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    13 hours ago

    Great strategy to force users have a bad experience while your platform is in decline to a free and user friendly alternative. Very smart of MS, as per usual.

    • 1984@lemmy.today
      2·
      11 hours ago

      About the same for me. Genuinely happy and cant understand why more people dont just install it. Its soo easy these days.

  • Doublenut@lemmy.zip
    7·
    20 hours ago

    Ok fine Linux it is. As a person who mostly uses a computer for 3D modeling, drafting and invoicing… what are my options?

    • guismo@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      16 hours ago

      What software do you use?

      I worked with 3D for decades and Blender replaced almost everything. The performance is actually better on Linux. I personally use Linux mint, but regarding software it barely matters what distro you use nowadays.

      But support, compatibility, ease of use can vary a lot. I haven’t used another distro for many years so I can’t say much.

      If you rely on autodesk and adobe stuff you will probably suffer. But personally I would say it’s deserved because there are not a lot of companies more evil than them. The sooner you start trying alternatives the better.

      Invoicing I just used inkscape but it’s not great. Be prepared to make some sacrifices, but it’s all worthy to get rid of microsoft.

      • cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml
        1·
        11 hours ago

        Invoicing I just used inkscape but it’s not great. Be prepared to make some sacrifices, but it’s all worthy to get rid of microsoft.

        How is Inkscape used for invoicing? You cretate the invoice as vector graphic template and just replace the text?

        I don’t ever do any invoicing myself, so I am not clear on the requirements here. But a template in LibreOffice Draw could perhaps work for this purpose? There might be some way to programtically replace the fields, and if you store client and project details in a database it should eventually be a matter of choosing which client to bill for which project and click “Go!”. I would aim for such a self-made setup to be independent on any license-ridden software. But again, I don’t do this, so I might have missed some important part of the puzzle.

        • guismo@aussie.zoneEnglish
          1·
          10 hours ago

          Yeah, I don’t know. I know that there are softwares specific for invoicing but I’ve never used one, nor did I use to send too many invoices. Most of the time I was an employee, doing some other freelances, so it wasn’t too much to keep track.

          I used Inkscape because I was more used to it, working with graphics most of my life. LibreOffice is probably easier. But I don’t know how that’s supposed to be done with proprietary softwares either.

          Hopefully someone with more experience on this can help him.