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[–] Overzeetop@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Still cheaper than switching to Linux, even if the price were high.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, it's just you know how this has to go. "But komrade, surely you know many Unix and GNULinux operating systems are free"? and there's probably although not guaranteed to be a distro that suits your needs and has analogs for Windows apps. If you're opinionated about it, that's fine, but on first blush, it's confusing. Bring your own hardware and it's free, right?

[–] Overzeetop@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

lol- yup. It’s free in the same way that building your own house is free. Which is true if you already have the skills and free time. And even if you’re light on skills there’s tons of YouTube videos and forums where you can get any technical data you need. Right?