Warez: Do you pirate software or just use FOSS?
In the past, most software I used was paid and proprietary and would have some sort of limitation that I would try to get around by any means possible. Sometimes that would be resetting the clock on my computer, disabling the internet, and other times downloading a patch.
But in the past few years I've stopped using those things and have focused only on free and open source software (FOSS) to fulfill my needs. I hardly have to worry about privacy problems or trying to lock down a program that calls home. I might be missing out on some things that commercial software delivers, but I'm hardly aware of what they are anymore. It seems like the trend is for commercial software providers to migrate toward online or service models that have the company doing all the computing. I'm opposed to that, since they can take away your service at any time.
What do you do?
Other than Windows I guess everything I use is Foss with only few free stuff (like visual studio). And it's a lot. Many different Software.
Then why still use Windows?
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The Linux gaming world has changed immensely in the last two years or so. It's a great time for FOSS.
Windows is just a fancy environment wrapper, I run it like an application. It doesn't get bare-metal access anymore.
In my case, because there is no good way to connect a Quest 2 to Linux, especially not wired.