Comments by "D. von N." (@D.von.N) on "Want To Save Money? Switch To Linux!" video.

I also need to correct you: Windoze does upgrade compatible OS free of charge too. My Win10 PC is compatible with Win11 and it has been offering me free upgrade repeatedly. No charge for it. On the side note: since I installed free Win11 iso on a usb as an OS I have been using it for a while, I have not been asked for a license key once. Whether it recognises that this laptop came with a Win11 originally, I don't know, it has LMDE installed on nvme. Maybe since the main income for Windoze comes from subscriptions, they aren't as heavy on OS license? I don't know. Another note: unless there is a widespread sale of new computers with Linux preinstalled, you cannot avoid paying for Windoze or Mac. It is included in the price. You paid for it when you got your machine for the first time.
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Some new update of Win11 24H2 is having BSOD issue these days. Oh my! 😂
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Just to say a lot of free software runs on Windoze, too. But yeah, a new Linuxer here and exactly for the corporate redundancy of millions still good to go machines, I decided to give Linux a go. And paradoxically, I started with it on a 2 or 3 year old Win11 laptop I bought second hand, for maybe third or quarter of the price of a new one. So I have the best of both worlds now, when the need comes. Win11 on a usb, Linux on nvme and another Linux on exVista laptop I myself refurbished and tried several distros, 32 and 64 bit, settling on Wilma. Microsoft has ditched that machine long ago, not sure it would run Win7 evven. But with Wilma it is a perfect machine, still with a dvd mechanics! It even burned its own Wilma installation dvd, as it won't boot from a usb, that old it is! Bios only recognises up to 3GB RAM.
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Every new version of Windoze comes with a learning curve. Adding this up over time, with a stable Linux distro you have minimum additional learning as they don't turn everything upside down with every new upgrade, taking away features you loved and adding those you don't want or need. And then change stuff mid way when people complain, like with Recall, then customisation, then installing .exe forbidden because the stupidly primitive system flags them as malware, despite being a reputable software you always used. And don't let me started on how Windoze makes millions still good to go computers redundant next year, incompatible with Win11.
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@kukla-mukla6000 Since I am not an IT, I go with stable distros like Debian. Haven't had an issue yet, on LMDE, which comes ready to work out of the box after a few simple initial set ups (turning on firewall and timeshift). I created clones of the entire hdds in my machines, so it shouldn't need a rocket scientist to restore if something went terribly wrong. Linux has limitations, certainly, but for a general use of computer like the vast majority of the population use it, it is more than sufficient. And faster, more responsive, less surveillance and bloatware. It was exactly the issues I got with Win10 earlier this year that I had to learn more, even extend the recovery partition for Win10 to be able to do certain updates, and I said to myself, if I need to do stuff in cmd and powershell in Windows, I can as well try Linux and terminal. And I must say that I love the terminal, me, a naive PC user. Since this issue earlier this year I have learned more than I ever dreamed of, and I am still a novice.
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@penguin2137 hm... if I understand it right, if I bought Mac, and installed Windows on it, then it would ask for a licence? Why did previously Windows demand licence key on computers?
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@Lucas-yh5zz OK so from my understanding, you can run any licenseless installation of Windows on any computer that came originally with Windows? Sounds quite convenient.
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@Lucas-yh5zz thanks, that explains a lot. I didn't give much thought to these details, just knowing OEM (or OED? lol) license was tied to a computer and was not transferable.
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