I had my own IT company for years. I’m obviously doing high end brainiac computer work even now. And I’m saving a ton of money. Yet despite the evidence, you call me a hobbyist.
Sorry, that does not pass the logic test.
I run Apache web server, MariaDB, Blender for video and 3D modeling, Java, Netbeans, LibreOffice, Firefox, FreeCad and other cad programs, on top of Linux Mint Cinnamon. What am I lacking besides useless games?
But feel free to pay the Redmond tax.
I had my own IT company for years. I’m obviously doing high end brainiac computer work even now. And I’m saving a ton of money. Yet despite the evidence, you call me a hobbyist.
What I’m saying is that anyone who DOESN’T do this as their occupation, but still does it for their everyday home computer, is a hobbyist. What I mean by that is that they are like the guy that hot-rods his car, gets the “performance chip” etc.
But for people that want to climb into their Camry, Focus, etc. probably don’t want to waste the time fiddling with the OS of their computer. It’s a commodity. It is a tool that lets them get work done and surf the web.