Ubuntu Pro subscription – should you pay to use Linux?(optimizedbyotto.com) |
Ubuntu Pro subscription – should you pay to use Linux?(optimizedbyotto.com) |
Please don't try and make me give $0.05/week to dbus maintainers or whoever.
For some comparisons, Proxmox is €370/yr/socket. RHEL Workstation is $196.90/yr, while server is $383.90/yr, and Oracle Linux is reportedly $1,199/socketpair/yr.
Given the free distro, subscription support model that tends to prevail, a pay once price with either no free, or on top of the free option might be a hard sell.
Please someone create a linux laptop that:
1. Just works out of the box.
2. Has really good keychain management.
3. Comes with no bundled AI.
4. Good clipboard managment (like Handoff).
5. Excellent graphics APIs and an good UI framework.
Apple and Microsoft have lost the plot and there's a gaping wide space to fill here.
Source : I'm using at least 2 of these and use Linux on my desktop daily, for years. Spent maximum 15min total caring about drivers and yes I do also game.
There's already tons of power software for Linux (e.g. Blender) but it's not always easy to use.
I don't see why the App Store model wouldn't work on Linux too.
Sure, there are professions where that is not true (adobe, xcode, etc.), but I think most people on this forum could switch to linux without problems.
Did you read my post?
> Please someone create a linux laptop
That means the hardware is alreaty there. I'm talking about the macOS model for Linux.
What would be top of your 5000 bullet point list?
This is a nonstarter for me simply because I don't do software subscriptions, and especially not for operating systems. However, this appears to be aimed at enterprise usage rather than personal anyway.
Otherwise don't whine when projects die.
Also ubuntu is ugly and slow (In my experience, In my opinion).
That would be strange firing up Word from Steam though.
Companies seem completely dependent on the Word/Outlook ecosystem. I hope this will change in the future, and not just for some other US tech oligopoly.