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I legitimately don’t understand why people pay these prices. If no one buys, prices drop. Impatient rich people poisoning the well

Well now… TIL!

Fair – what I meant was more about the Teams binary kind of not being needed at all (you can use the web version without it). So having a Linux binary explicitly just seems a little weird, marketing aside.

I think MS assumes no one will use it. But having Linux builds of some of their software enhances their “MS loves Linux” marketing.

Teams is another example.

Kicad is up there with the paid options for electronic schematic drafting / PCB design. I don’t use a lot of KDE stuff since I also don’t use KDE, but Kicad is absolutely essential for me.

HL3 has been rumored to be on the way for longer than lots of people on the internet have been alive

It’s kind of fascinating: the Steam Deck is the only device I can think of with a “halo effect” that doesn’t involve giving a company more money: the ecosystem it pulls you into is an open one, and you don’t even have to have purchased a Deck to jump in based on the idea alone.

Mandrake. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. But I did get it installed.

Maybe tariffs were just a way to convert what could have been corporate greed into Trumpian incompetence

Free games are pure marketing. Don’t confuse it.

They can take them away at their whim.

Their sole purpose is to get you used to using Epic over other services.

Do it. You won’t look back.

The reason Linux gamers have a tendency to constantly talk about Linux gaming is because it is so, so much more ready and easier than most Windows folks even realize. It constantly feels like people sticking on Windows are just missing something.