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AshamedCaptain · 2026-08-30T17:25:17.000Z

While I don't want to discuss the quality of any distro vs Windows, there is a big reason most of us use free software: because it is free. Whether for you it is because of free as in freedom or free as in beer specifically, quality may not have much to do with it.

normie3000 · 2026-08-30T17:40:29.000Z

Isn't Windows also basically free? Every laptop I buy has a Windows licence stuck to the bottom of it.

AshamedCaptain · 2026-08-30T17:41:41.000Z

No and you missed the "freedom" part of the adage.

itishappy · 2026-08-30T17:50:18.000Z

No, you've been charged for every one of those licenses.

fhn · 2026-08-30T18:03:09.000Z

which means you paid for it. just because it comes bundled doesn't mean always it's free. https://en.refund4freedom.org/

inigyou · 2026-08-30T18:26:16.000Z

You can also just pirate it.

dist-epoch · 2026-08-30T21:22:28.000Z

In EU at least you can almost get free as in beer Windows, you can buy a fully legal 2nd hand (resold) Windows license for about $10, the price of a fancy beer.

Brian_K_White · 2026-08-30T17:40:52.000Z

Windows is already free for ~everyone. Make less idiotic arguments.