• Bruhman482@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    20 hours ago

    Would you mind sharing a couple of the names of the programs that only work on Windows for you? I’m a bit curious.

    • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      19 hours ago

      I’m not Tyler Bourbon, but it’s Fusion 360 for me. I sound like a broken record at this point, but it’s the only piece of software that keeps a windows install in my house

      Hey Autodesk you should put F360 on Linux

    • pancakes@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      19 hours ago

      I’m not the OP but I have a similar situation. I work in multimedia design and use a wide array of software from the full Adobe suite, to in-house command line apps, to the Articulate suite and everything in between.

      I’d love to be on Linux but that just isn’t a possibility for me.

      • the_q@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        18 hours ago

        I’m a professional graphic designer that dumped Adobe years back and I’ve been able to keep working using open source design applications.

        • Carrot@lemmy.today
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          11 hours ago

          I mean, sure you can do this, but you have to also sympathize with the folks that have years if not decades of experience in a program/suite, and that experience is what they use to market themselves. Like, in a perfect world, everyone could make the switch to FOSS alternatives, but it’s not so cut and dry for those who can’t spend up to years of their personal time to just get back to being as efficient as they were with the other, just to not support a scummy company. I’ve been moving pretty much entirely over to FOSS for everything I do, but it’s been years in the making, and substantial effort on my part. And I have it easy, since I work in software development. We in the FOSS community can’t expect all others to do the same.