• ORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    14 hours ago

    Amazing how lemmings will find a way to jump off of any cliff.

    “Free OS that works great?”

    NO! I WANT TO PAY.

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      14 hours ago

      Free as in Freedom and not free as in beer. I donate to a lot of open-source projects such as KDE.

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      I’m mostly amazed that they discovered it. When I think of a good transition distro this is not what comes to mind. Must have been some kind of targeted ad campaign. Also there’s probably a ton of people that think no good software could possibly be free.

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        10 hours ago

        Zorin? Its a great transition distro. Clean aesthetic, with back end gnome tweaks so you can have it look like KDE/windows. Software store made easy. Everything seems to work OOTB.

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          with back end gnome tweaks so you can have it look like KDE

          you know what looks like KDE?

          KDE.

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          11 hours ago

          This was my guess. This shit doesn’t come from nowhere. My bet is that some big wig or VC backed it and is trying to get ROI.

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            Nah, y’all just young. Zorin’s designed to look extremely Windows-like, and they’ve always gotten a bump when Microsoft has a stroke. Last time they grew a lot was Windows 8.

            If anything, this is just a sign of how badly Microsoft has fucked up with Windows 11.

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              I’ve been running linux for decades and I only heard of it those past few months. But then I never used YouTube or social stuff much, maybe they communicate there.

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      I mean, I don’t mind monetization if it keeps the project alive and they’re actually doing work. I do mind free stuff that comes at the price of your data, or free stuff that is eventually bought up, or free stuff that can’t sustain itself and constantly splits off and churns through personal drama cycles.

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      13 hours ago

      It’s honestly like that with free mobile apps. You either find a paid version or you install free abandonware riddled with ads.