#freedom is :
- using a multiple content capable clipboard; keeping ten or more clippings ready for reuse at a moment's notice (TY Microsoft.com Win10)
- using a browser that is not Google controlled and spied on. (TY https://Waterfox.net and https://Mozilla.org Foundation)
- using a free, powerful, easy to learn all around joy, Irfanview image editor. (TY https://www.irfanview.com )
- using a simple and easy to work with blog, #fediverse aware and integrated. (TY https://writefreely.org )
@design_RG not sure if you realize that 2 of the entities you're thanking are at war with the two other entities you are thanking... and it is a war for freedom...
@namark I have been using Microsoft op systems for a long time, and can work very comfortably in them. Windows 10 is their best version in recent times, although I do love NT 4 Workstation, now left as a memory.
I have tried and installed Linux in the past, the first time as a full night dial up download session. But never stuck to it, asa I felt uncomfortable and unproductive.
Will give it a try again, have free space reserved in various systems for that eventually happening.
@namark In a network where we see jokes about people running Ubuntu as being #lame and a guy replies saying he's on Android, PlemeLame, yeah. 😜
You could say there's some subtle peer pressure, lol...
j/k, I don't mind. I am a power user in Windows environment, with network and sys admin skill I don't have in other systems. Never used a Mac. Linux is something I tried, and should do again for the technical merits.
I enjoy performance, and good tools. whichever system you are on, if it makes you productive, I would say it's a good one.
Thanks for the suggestions though. I have seen some pointers to OpenSUSE recently, any thoughts on that one?
@namark That is good advice, thank you. 👍
@design_RG Those were more about providing general context on the freedom "war", rather than specific software recommendations.
If I have to recommend something I'll say start with the most popular one (which would be ubuntu I guess), since it would be easier to find support/guides for it. Once you're comfortable with the fundamentals, you can move to a more obscure one that suits you better like openSUSE.