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I’ve considered Windows a toy OS for decades because the only use case anyone can legitimately make for needing to use it is to play games.
Cries in professional CAD-Software-User-Noises
Ah, there's Adobe and maybe some 3D modelling software
Adobe is sadly huge for design professionals. Also fuck Adobe
Yes and also yes
I was looking at Ubuntu studio which can work with adobe filetype, but i wouldn't switch unless i had a backup machine with adobe software just in case.
Fact. I only still use it because of game compatibility.
Its the only os with functional cad as well. Freecad is a user hating joke.
I've used several CAD solutions as a toolmaker. And tested even more. All Windows only. I wear the sackcloth and ashes of FreeCAD at home because
1: It's free and I don't need to buy a subscription. Billed monthly or annually-- your choice. I can use FreeCAD as I see fit.
It does NOT require me to store my data in the cloud. I have worked on things that were trade secrets.
If my internet connection goes down I can't access my work with the full ability to manipulate it.
I absolutely detest the clown car UX that is Fusion 360. I don't want to click an icon and get a dropdown menu that's a dozen entries long, then click one of those and getting a submenu that's ANOTHER 6 entries deep. Ain't nobody got time for that shit.
Learning difficult things does not scare me.