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.

  •  jcarax   ( @jcarax@beehaw.org ) 
    2•8 months ago

    Yeah, I got fed up with Google, so I got an iPhone and Macbook Air a couple years back. I decided to try to buy into the Apple ecosystem fully, and have been… less than thrilled. I switched back to a Pixel 5 running Lineage earlier this year, and just ordered a new Thinkpad to go back to Linux.

    I do like the passively cooled MBA, and I’m not sure if I’ll install Asahi or keep OSX for more mainstream needs. It’s pretty minimally specced, unfortunately, with 8GB/256GB. I initially got a MBP 14, but decided it didn’t fit a specific need, so got this MBA as a stopgap.

    I am seriously looking forward to the upcoming Qualcomm/Nvidia/AMD ARM competition.

    Unfortunately, I still have to use Windows at work. I could install Linux on my workstation, but I have a couple Windows apps I absolutely have to use, so I’d have to run a VM. I’d be restricted to Ubuntu LTS, so I might give it a go in May or June.