My primary OS is Windows (I use it for work) and I have Linux as my second OS. If I upgrade my linux distro to the paid version so I can have more features, will Windows be okay? Thanks I’m a newb
Depends what you’re talking about. If it’s something like Zorin OS, then yes, it’s fine. If you’re talking about switching from Fedora to RHEL, it’s a bit more complex.
If you want to support a *nix distro, that’s awesome and I fully support you. What you shouldn’t support is distributions locking features behind a paywall.
This is how you get Microsoft Windows and Copilot.
To answer your question–Windows is destructive to *nix boot sectors. When you update Windows, it will bork your *nix install. Dual booting with Windows is a real PITA.
According to this comment
https://lemmy.world/post/29546682/17016426
it’s not absolutely proprietary. It’s just Free Software they are selling, which is approved by Root Mean Square.
I didn’t imply that Zorin was proprietary. I’m demeaning the actions of pay-walling a free OS as a proprietary action.
But you posted an image of Stallman with “absolutely proprietary” written inside said image. You can imply whatever you want but it’s weird to add that image when Stallman would be completely fine with “pay-walling a free OS”. Rather he would probably even encourage it.
Ahh yes, as evidenced by absolutely nothing whatsoever, I mean Jesus Christ, the GNU ideologue is completely antithetical in every possible way to your statement…
GNU’s goal is to give computer users freedom and control in their use of their computers and computing devices by collaboratively developing and publishing software that gives everyone the rights to freely run the software, copy and distribute it, study it, and modify it.
You have less than zero idea what you’re speaking about…
I actually do know what I’m talking about. See https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html
Many people believe that the spirit of the GNU Project is that you should not charge money for distributing copies of software, or that you should charge as little as possible—just enough to cover the cost. This is a misunderstanding.
Though I advise you to read the whole article. They for example explain why you should charge “substantial fee” for redistribution of Free Software.
I have never seen a paid consumer distro.
A paid linux version for personal use? Which distro are you using? Get a popular free distro like mint.
I’m pretty sure you should be fine. Seeing as you mentioned you’re running Zorin in another comment, there’s a page from their support site that tells how to update. From my reading of it, it shouldn’t risk messing up your dual-boot situation unless you’re doing a fresh install (in which case, even that should be fine assuming you make sure to overwrite the correct partitions). You’re miles more likely to experience issues dual-booting after a Windows update than any Linux updates.
Side-note, while I understand that people are trying to help by saying you can run some other Linux distro for free, that’s neither helpful nor answers the question. I paid for a copy of elementaryOS once because I wanted to support the project, and their very fair pay-what-you-want scheme allowed me to use what was my first Linux distro for free.
I get that some people might be turned off by Zorin keeping some cosmetic features “locked” behind a pawyall, but they really aren’t – you can make all those changes manually with other apps/editing config files manually, it just isn’t as easy or seamless. But that’s the point of their business model, they save non-essential features for the paid version as an extra incentive to support their work on a solid distro, knowing that some people might either value the convenience enough, or simply want to support the development monetarily.
A paid version of Linux (almost) isn’t a thing. You can buy the install media, you can donate to a foundation, or you can subscribe for support.
If you’re paying for the software,
it’s not Linux or your being cheated. That’s weird and I didn’t know that.You haven’t heard of red hat? Or Ubuntu pro?
i may be wrong, but arent you paying for support, not features?
That’s a lot of the reason you buy it, but RHEL is a paid product that you buy copies of.
https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/enterprise-linux/how-to-buy#online
Is there any real benefit for a Linux normie here?
No.
It’s a paid product, but for personal use you’re only paying for the support or for the number of licenses. The most corporate of all distros offers full functionality for free unlike what op is asking for.
https://developers.redhat.com/articles/faqs-no-cost-red-hat-enterprise-linux#general
RHEL binary distros are not available without a paid license (or a limited number of free personal licenses).
Ignoring Red Hat which according to the Software Freedom Conservancy organization they GPL violators.
But with Ubuntu it depends on whether you consider paid repositories features or support. Sure you can just compile it yourself but that’s kinda the same thing Zorin is doing: https://lemmy.world/post/29546682/17016426
Please name the distro you are using so that others can be saved from this scam you unfortunately fell into
Xandros?
Wait, are they still around?
If you’re already dual booting, your windows install should still be safe. I’m not saying it will be, just that going to a paid version of Linux shouldn’t change anything about either install.
Afaik, zorin just uses a key to “unlock” things, so you won’t be changing anything at all.
Holy shit I thought this was satire until I read the comments. There are distros that lock features behind a paywall??
they don’t
25 years ago I purchased Corel Linux. Do not recommend.
