Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Linux Tips for MS Office Users" video.
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Very useful and relevant Cris, saving for reference, thanks!
This is a transition that it seems more and more likely that one day I'll do.
I've been staying on Win 10 because of inertia and because I still can't do some stuff on Linux, but I've been slowly researching and finding replacements for almost any possible thing I want on a PC for... around 5 years now more or less. Slow and steady so I don't give up.
The stuff I can switch before the OS I'm already doing. I already use Gimp, Audacity, VLC, 7-zip, LibreOffice, OBS, tested Blender, Kdenlive and others. It's not only about the OS, it's about migrating to as many open source software as possible I guess. Moving away from big corp.
I never really worked with any of those though, just surface knowledge, so I don't know how well it'd go. I know that there's still tons of thing that you cannot do in terms of video and photo editing unless you go for the major brands... Adobe mostly. But if work does not require advanced tools, Adobe is another brand that I'd very gladly let go forever. Yes, I've also been looking at Vegas and DaVinci Resolve, keeping an eye on other alternatives too.
But I do suspect that at some point the privacy invasions and just overall exploits and lack of security will make me switch.
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