XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   s|b  wrote:   
   [...]   
      
   > I've been playing with various Linux distributions for years now. Mostly   
   > live USB and on a rare occasion an old computer. Now I have a laptop   
   > with Linux Mint to experiment.   
   >   
   > The main thing that hold me back is the loss of the freeware that I use   
   > on W11. The only paid software I have is W11, Dashcam Viewer and Forté   
   > Agent and I definitely don't want to loose that. I know it runs under   
   > Wine (sort of), but it doesn't support SSL, so I would have to work with   
   > something like stunnel.   
      
     Exactly! "It's the apps, stupid!" No point changing to a 'better' OS   
   if it can't run your software.   
      
     That's why I, a Unix/UNIX veteran, still use Windows. For historical   
   (hysterical?) reasons, I'm using Windows.  Way, way too much effort to   
   switch to a 'better' OS. And *why*? To *lose* functionality/   
   compatibility? Yeah right!   
      
   > I could try and see which ones run under Wine or I could search for   
   > alternatives that run under Linux.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)