Open Source and Free Software

LPBBEAR

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16. You're wrong and right.

Wed May 6, 2026, 10:04 AM

Wednesday

Its not that Linux is "just too limited", that's where you're wrong. "When major business software publishers like Autodesk begin porting their products to Linux" is where you're right. That is gradually happening as more software becomes cross platform. Maybe a user is currently dependent upon a specific software which keeps them using a copy of Windows. Run Windows in Virtualbox, run a dual boot, use a KVM switch. Plenty of methods to avoid being completely locked into Windows for one or two applications.
Most users don't need software like Autodesk and can quite easily migrate to Linux for everyday use. If software publishers like Autodesk don't currently have a Linux version its their fault, not the fault of Linux.

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