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This guy has a good take on linux companies, agree or disagree? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Chalix@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Kent right here talks about how Linux related companies need to focus on putting their resources towards collaborating and helping big companies port their software and THEN introduce open source software to new users instead of remaking desktop environments, pushing companies away, and overall doing the same thing over and over.

I kind of agree with him just not completely, but my question is:

Do any of you agree?

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[–] tutus@links.hackliberty.org 25 points 11 months ago

I don't think he has. I disagree. I think he wants Linux to be Windows and that is a huge mistake.

I didn't move to Linux because the software is so much better than on Windows. I moved to Linux because it gets out of my way, doesn't spy on me and development is focused on making it better for me as a user and not to suit the next Skynet.

Linux allows me to be more productive and gives me functional software that does what I need it to. Sometimes it's not pretty but I don't care. It does the job.

If companies start taking on developing or porting their stuff to Linux, then Linux is going to end up like Windows - a shit show of corporate greed and an OS designed and focused for hoovering up users private information.

I don't want that.

It doesn't have to be like that. Much like the turtle and the scorpion story, companies do what is in their nature: they must keep making more and more and more to satisfy the shareholders greed and that does not align with me getting a better experience. It's just how things are.

I personally couldn't care less about Adobe's software. Kdenlive is not Premiere Pro, but it does what I need it for. GIMP isn't Photoshop, but does what I need it to. Krita or Inkscape isn't Illustrator but I don't use them. What astounds me is each of these are free and are incredible pieces of software.

As somebody else pointed out. If you want to use Adobe products, either use Windows as your primary OS or dual boot. It's not hard. At all. Same for AutoCAD. Just because Windows is an either / or, for me, doesn't mean it has to be for you. Use both.