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Yo linux team, i would love some advice.

I’m pretty mad at windows, 11 keeps getting worse and worse and I pretty done with Bill’s fetishes about bing and ai. Who knows where’s cortana right now…

Anyway, I heard about this new company called Linux and I’m open to try new stuff. I’m a simple guy and just need some basic stuff:

  • graphic stuff: affinity, canva, corel, gimp etc.. (no adobe anymore, please don’t ask.)
  • 3d modelling and render: blender, rhino, cinema, keyshot
  • video editing: davinci
  • some little coding in Dart/flutter (i use VS code, I don’t know if this is good or bad)
  • a working file explorer (can’t believe i have to say this)
  • NO FUCKIN ADS
  • NO MF STUPID ASS DISGUSTING ADVERTISING

The tricky part is the laptop, a zenbook duo pro (i9-10/rtx2060), with double touch screens.

I tried ubuntu several years ago but since it wasn’t ready for my use i never went into different distros and their differences. Now unfortunately, ready or not, I need to switch.

Edit: the linux-company thing is just for triggering people, sorry I didn’t know it was this effective.

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[–] dan00@lemm.ee 60 points 6 months ago (5 children)

No sorry man, it’s my british humor coming out. I needed to bait some linux users :) I’m one of those evil people who works in marketing. But thank you for the tips, I do appreciate it!

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 34 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Don't be sorry, the joke was funny, it's just that you're talking to this kind of crowd

[–] Thassodar@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

This is so apt, I'm not a Linux user but I've seen so many on Lemmy this fits. One day I may join y'all... One day.

[–] sfera@beehaw.org 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I’m one of those evil people who works in marketing.

Yet here you are, complaining about the ads in Windows. Are you sure that you can go without them? :-D

[–] dan00@lemm.ee 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Ahah correct! But in all seriousness, i believe ads are drastically changing right now (ai is just fuel on the flame). Good advertising is great, fun and builds community, which is the end goal in my humble opinion.

If you force me to use/install a product without telling me why, just because “trust me bro I’m Microsoft”, you are just pathetically insecure about your product and deserve 0 users.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago

Unfortunately, I think you're a rare breed. I've met people in graphic design and marketing who will actually defend advertising practices in the face of the incontrovertible fact that: I don't like it.

We're past the point of "you just don't know what you want" and well into "we're going to hold you down and shove it down your gd throat" territory.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago

I think there is a correct and perfectly fine way to advertise but it certainly less effective.

[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 7 points 6 months ago

The poison brewer would never try his own product 🙃

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure you've seen it many times, but I love Bill Hick's take on marketing.

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[–] Johanno@feddit.de 8 points 6 months ago

I knew it was a troll post.

  1. Company called Linux

  2. Only mentioned programs that work in Linux

  3. The general way of writing

[–] Jean_le_Flambeur@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago

How much of the question was sincere and how many of my time was wasted? XD

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

I wasn't sure myself honestly, thought I'd check if someone else brought it up first

I think people get super excited to share the good news that it's not a company behind it and all the benefits that come with that