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.

    • Eikichi [Any] ⏚ 🇵🇸@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I don’t know your situation. I’m not an graphsit.

      But what I’ve discovered,
      There is nothing better to apply an self strict boycott, to learn other tools like gimp or others.

      In the gaming, the boycott work as a filter though, which game I can or I can’t.
      And that’s fine, and more the time is going on, and more its better and I don’t feel my boycott hurting me so much. I’ve discovered (by my self, I knew it) apex legends last year to tell you XD

      • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        1 year ago

        to learn other tools like gimp or others.

        If you’re doing anything professionally (even freelancing) that’s not often an option. No matter how good you are with gimp if client demands that you deliver PSDs to them. Even if you could model the next Titanic at the most beautiful way on freecad it’s worth nothing if client demands solidworks files. And so on.

        Self imposed boycott is of course fine if it works for you. I’ve been using Linux since RedHat 5.2 as a daily driver, but since I make a living with computers as well I need to have Windows around for this and that. More often than not it’s of course paid by the company, but I’ve been doing freelance stuff as well and there I need to pay for my tools.

        • Eikichi [Any] ⏚ 🇵🇸@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          Yeah clearly, that’s why I did start by saying I don’t know the situation of OP.

          I’m speaking as an user/gamer, who do things just for myself mainly ^^

          I don’t have the same consideration and focus as an freelancer like you. Clearly.

    • DidacticDumbass@lemmy.oneOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I get that. I mean, WINE has gone a long way, but it is not perfect. I think I need to buy an SSD just for Windows, and that would be ideal.