7 Ways Using Linux Helps You in a Hard Economy

Make Use Of ^ | 12/3/22 | Bertel King

[ProgressingAmerica]

There are economic good times and economic bad times. When times get tough and money's tight, it's good to have Linux on your PC.

1. The OS and Apps Are Free

2. Your Current PC Will Run for Longer

Running Linux means you can expect to use the computer for as long as you want. Rather than running into the artificial limitation of a company declaring your machine end of life and unsupported, you know you will receive free updates until your computer physically falls apart or becomes too underpowered to do what you need it to do.

This makes each PC purchase a more dependable investment. And if times are hard, you can put off making hardware upgrades for longer.

3. You Can Revitalize an Old PC if You Need To

Linux's lower system requirements and lack of product license mean you can breathe new life into older machines.

4. Second-Hand PCs Become More Appealing

5. You Don't Need to Pay More for Features

6. Protection From Companies Going Bust

Linux offers a great deal of insulation from the market. Rarely does open-source software go away, since someone can fork the source code and continue the project even if the original developer steps away.

7. Linux Nudges You to Keep Your Data Local

Many apps have transitioned from living on your desktop to living on someone else's server. These web apps are easy to charge a subscription for.

Linux Makes Good Financial Sense

Linux is what we call a good investment. It's free to acquire and free to maintain. It provides you with access to other free programs that can help you make more money. And you keep access to all of this software, even when you don't have a dollar to spare.

[ProgressingAmerica]

There's also #8: No more of you funding woke companies. They ought to feel some economic hardship also.

[sauropod]

bkmk

[SecondAmendment]

> There's also #8: No more of you funding woke companies. They ought to feel some economic hardship also.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

The developers who work on Linux make Apple/Google/Microsoft/Facebook/Amazon look like ultra MAGA right wingers....

[ProgressingAmerica]

I missed the funding part. You didn’t state it. Where is it?

[Ken522]

#9: You can run old games you liked when you were young ....

[dayglored]

tech ping

[rellic]

I own about 6 Comupters.
4 are Linux/Windows dual boot.
One is windows only and one is Linux only.
I have a Computer science degree.
I’m fluent in Mac, but dislike the company and the expense
of their products.
I don’t like Windows because it is fundamentally
a piss poor operating system design. Plus the guy that stole DOS and made all that money is trying to kill off a good portion of Americans and the world. Name is Bill Gates
even his wife can’t trust him.
Linux is a challenge for most people because it can be complex.
But you CANNOT beat the price.
I’m a cheap guy.
SUDO.

[IYAS9YAS]

The developers who work on Linux make Apple/Google/Microsoft/Facebook/Amazon look like ultra MAGA right wingers....

Yeah, but you aren't funding them.

[bigbob]

And Open Source in just communism applied to software. Which explains why so much of it sucks.

[ProgressingAmerica]

“Yeah, but you aren’t funding them.”

^

[Blood of Tyrants]

I’ve been running Linux on my computers for 5 years. I retired the first one when it was physically broken, but it was 8 years old. It was a bit of a challenge to set this computer as a dual boot, but the instructions to do it were pretty clear.

[BullwinkleMoose]

I have four laptops running Linux. Two (Windows Vista originally) run Lubuntu, and two (Windows 7) run Ubuntu. Updates are easy and the Linux software comes packaged with Libre Office (like Microsoft Office), Thunderbird E-Mail, and Firefox for internet browsing. I installed Brave to replace Firefox. I have never had to drop to the command line to do anything.

If you have an old computer, install a version of Linux and play with it. It will breathe life into an old computer and cost you nothing.

[Openurmind]

Thank you for sharing that but one thing...

“Linux is a challenge for most people because it can be complex.”

While back, but not anymore... The average user will probably never need to touch the command line interface. Get the right Distro and it is all point an click GUI like windows.

[Openurmind]

Excellent article, thank you!

[ShadowAce]

[Openurmind]

“I have never had to drop to the command line to do anything.”

These words are very welcome to see. I have been screaming for several years now that the “it’s complicated, it’s too techy” is now a total myth and just not true.

[OKSooner]

Which distribution would that be?

[wally_bert]

I have mint on a few older boxes, zero complaints.

[Dr. Sivana]

The developers who work on Linux make Apple/Google/Microsoft/Facebook/Amazon look like ultra MAGA right wingers....

Some of them, yes. More have a fat libertarian streak in them. Hang out at SlashDot for examples.

The point is, regardless of how left they are, you using a copy of LibreOffice on CentOS gives them no money, not even advertising dollars.

[Dr. Sivana]

#9: You can run old games you liked when you were young ...

MAME on Linux is excellent. I have really honed my "Mr. Do!'s Castle" skills, though I am still having trouble with the arcade version of "Looping".