For me, it’s CAD software. FreeCAD is trash (sorry, lovers). Fusion360 is honestly the best out there for free. The “almost there” app is Shapr3D, but fuck $40/m.

And yes I’ve tried all the others not listed here.

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    Operating systems.

    Windows is a collection of legacy code with trash strewn over top, but it is ubiquitous.

    Apple’s offerings are typically decent and reliable, but the executives spent a lot of time lately kissing the ring.

    Linux is simply not something I’m interested in supporting for my family.

    I’d just like something that’s easy to use, common enough I don’t need to teach people to use it, secure by design, and not owned by an evil megacorp.

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      I’d just like something that’s easy to use, common enough I don’t need to teach people to use it, secure by design, and not owned by an evil megacorp.

      Hey I don’t want to preach but if many people were able to learn how to use Chrome OS over the last decade they will be able to learn how to use the latest Ubuntu (or whatever flavor of Linux is now considered the most intuitive and fully featured for new users).

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        I believe Mint is the current “beginner edition” of Linux. Ubuntu has been getting a lot of hate lately from what I’ve seen.

        My latest build is running Bazzite on an HTPC, but it’s still a project and not fully up and running quite yet.

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        Yeah no, one toe past extremely basic and you might end up in a quagmire of shit and googling usually makes things worse with misinformation.

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      Yeah that ring kissing rubs me.

      You could always use HaikuOS (kidding) there’s ZERO evil behind that one!