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Mr_H_Poirot · 03-15-2026, 06:56 AM

I agree with theducks here

Increasingly people are accessing most software via a browser.

For office software, you can actually access the 'free' version of MS office via a browser. Teams is accessible via a browser. And Google Docs is browser based. If you want an application on your machine, Libre Office is compatible with MS office (I actually use Libre Office on my windows PC as I find it just as good as MS office for my home uses and it's free).

I play chess and nearly all the tools I need for that are now available through websites and I don't need software on the pc itself.

Gaming is windows based for sure.

And I dabble in photography and, although there are open source alternatives, Adobe software is the standard and that's only on windows/Mac

I basically have one windows machine which is my 'main machine'. And then my second laptop which I have downstairs to use in the kitchen if I need to do something is a 10 year old machine which I moved to linux when W11 came out.

03-15-2026, 06:56 AM	#41
Mr_H_Poirot Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 100 Join Date: Mar 2025 Device: Kobo Clara BW	I agree with theducks here Increasingly people are accessing most software via a browser. For office software, you can actually access the 'free' version of MS office via a browser. Teams is accessible via a browser. And Google Docs is browser based. If you want an application on your machine, Libre Office is compatible with MS office (I actually use Libre Office on my windows PC as I find it just as good as MS office for my home uses and it's free). I play chess and nearly all the tools I need for that are now available through websites and I don't need software on the pc itself. Gaming is windows based for sure. And I dabble in photography and, although there are open source alternatives, Adobe software is the standard and that's only on windows/Mac I basically have one windows machine which is my 'main machine'. And then my second laptop which I have downstairs to use in the kitchen if I need to do something is a 10 year old machine which I moved to linux when W11 came out.