Re: Before Dimdows 10 Goes EOL, I'm Testing Linux To Save My Laptop From The Landfill

On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:00:08 -0700, T wrote:

They usually have not idea what OS they are running.  They only care if
their exact software runs on it.
 
Yes Windows is s*** or so they have heard (and experienced).
But if Linux will not run their stuff, "Here is 25 cent and go tell some
one cares".
 
Figure a way around it and I will pitch in to build you a massive
statue!

How about going around customers that use some particular piece of
Windows-specific software, and getting a pool of funding from them to put
together the necessary testing and patches to get it running properly
under WINE? Which they all can benefit from? (And others as well?)

That’s got to be less than the cost of upgrading all their machines to
cope with Windows 11.

Free Software doesn’t write itself. Like with anything, you have to put in
an investment to get something out. It’s “free” as in “freedom” not “free”
as in “beer”.