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I swear, if Microoft pulls a few more of these no-good shenanigans, I might start pondering on considering the possibility of perhąps trying out Linux
Try out librewolf or softmaker (there is somewhere a free version) and other alternatives of programs that you need that at best are foss and at worst also run on linux.
That way you get a smoother learning curve
I already use LibreWolf. Not sure what softmaker is, though.
I am not allowed to leave Windows, though
Softmaker is libreoffice in word look, also proprietary but a better licence model.
Its the next best thing to libreoffice for people who still wanna use word.
Its sad that you dont have the option because options are awesome but you still can try to use as much libre and software from better companies as possible
Not because of switching to linux but to take care of your data and getting resilient against enshittification
LibreOffice is good, I use it and, for my use cases, it works.
Yeah, it sucks. Can't go into much detail, cause of an NDA. All I can say is, read the Terms and Conditions of Use. You never know in what situation you might get yourself into
With Linux Mint it's so incredibly easy. Believe me.
Before migrating my desktop over (to arch btw) exactly a year ago I did a trial by fire during our end-of-summer get-away and installed Mint on a spare laptop with the aim of working one day remotely and also finishing a group project during a summer course which I had to do leading my team on teams (because lol universities).
The only thing that it failed on was getting the laptop's built in speaker audio working, which I've heard can happen with certain models. I just used a headset instead.
Oddly enough, I have three other similar laptops, running OpenSUSE and Fedora on them, and the audio works on them flawlessly.
You should try a live USB and/or a spare laptop to trial whatever distro people recommend. Distro hopping is child's play, once you figure out how to disable secure boot.
Eh, I can't really leave Windows