Lots of the most best tools for desktop Linux are free and open source, so you really don’t need to pirate desktop software. As far as multimedia goes, I generally find it much easier to sail the seas on Linux as opposed to Windows where everything felt hacky and difficult to isolate.
I like seeing these posts, non issue now that im on linux, need more ppl to swap to help the piracy ecosystem
pogmommy@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
3dmvr@lemm.ee 6 days ago
Oh you said multimedia, thats definitely easier if not using something like stremio which is the same level of ease
3dmvr@lemm.ee 6 days ago
Lmao if you find an open source tool that competes with houdini, let me know. I found it extremely easy to pirate on windows, it takes a long time to find a crack on linux, if I do, it is usually out of date.
I have only pirated davinci resolve studio on linux and some blender addons, like 25% dont work, while I had a ton of pirated software on windows. (marvelousdesigner, embergen, houdini, davinci openfx addons like redgiant, borisfx syntheyes, touchdesigner, etc.) A lot of stuff that adds up to 1000s of dollars a month for hobby stuff that I use sporadically.
pogmommy@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
Im not even gonna try to learn music creation again, just assuming ableton and flstudio would both be issues.
I understand that more conventional software is proprietary and not released natively for Linux, but it seems unfortunate yo me to let proprietary software stop you from making art. Ive got friends who produce music exclusively on Linux machines using qtractor, which is free and open source, so there’s no need to crack it. I can’t speak for the rest of the tools you mentioned but maybe it would just be worth exploring some of the Foss options to see what you can do with them? I haven’t bothered cracking software since I made the move over to Linux because I just haven’t found any piece of my workflows that actually depends on non-foss software. Turns out tools developed by the communities that use them rather than corporate entities typically turn out to be pretty good.
3dmvr@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Everything you’re saying is more a reason to swap back to windows than stick with linux, you ltierally have less options with linux all of the linux options still work on windows
Halliphax@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m waiting for things like HDR to work properly on Linux - once it’s as easy to mod and play games on Linux as it is Windows I’ll be making the jump.
cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
You might want to take a low at bazzite.gg
It’s what I’m using for my desktop and I’ve been happily gaming ever since.
Halliphax@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’ll check that out thanks!
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I started using Bazzite last year and it’s fantastic, but modding seems to be a bit of a headache on it right now. I think Nexus Mod Manager is going to really help that once its got more than Stardew working though.