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Stuck or preferred choice?
Trapped using software they needed to buy once, vs rent?
I'm a bit depressed that I finally need to upgrade my last windows 7 machine. It looks like it's 10 for me now :-(
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There are many safe open source options. If you need help there are ample resources available. If you want to you can also DM me.
Yeah, I'm well aware. But how much of my time would it take to get a bunch of windows software running smoothly on Linux?
I do appreciate the offer of personal help, that's an extremely generous offer to an internet stranger. Sincerely, thank you!
Check if there's alternatives to what you use in Windows, or if there's a Linux version. Decide if you need to use the windows program, or if the Linux equivalent will work. There may be a learning curve to using a different program, but I haven't yet really found anything that doesn't have an equivalent that isn't a program paired with hardware that will only work with each other.
Depends on what software. Anything that happens in the browser works. A lot of other software can be run using Wine. There is some software which still has problems especially when using USB ports as serial ports etc. and a lot of subpar software (un)fortunately just doesn't work because of it being badly programmed.