@franktech By 2020 I hope most software is available to Linux. It’s been 20 years, and everyone thought Linux would die around the millennium.
The biggest issue with software devs is Linux piracy, and hacks. I don’t mind paying people a fair wage for their work. If it’s honest work, and an honest price.
Not everything in the Linux world has to be free. A lot of Linux based open source companies own high rise towers. Just ask Epic employees what that red billboard on top of that building is with the shadow guy thats wearing the hat. That free company does 2-5 billion a year.
I respect microsoft for their tech, advancement, and ease of access. That makes it easy for non tech people to be users, and enables a lot of people.
It’s gotten easier to build to linux. It’s gotten easier to install. flatpaks, and app images. We dont have audio glitches, and flash player crashes anymore.I like my boring quiet workstation.
I like control of my environment. I do not like being bothered by pushes, dings beeps, scans, adverts, and notifications.
If mac opens up the operating system to all x86. It would almost kill linux, but it would cut msft’s legs off.
Really though. Any software that requires any type of key is easily worked around in Linux. Whether it’s worth cracking. Now open source has gotten good working packages.