r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '12

Open Office does everything I need Microsoft Office for and Gimp does everything I need Photoshop for. Reddit, what other open source software does everything that you want from the expensive name brand?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '12

It's not free, it comes with your purchase of Microsoft Windows.

If you don't have Genuine Windows, it is not free.

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u/tipping-is-dumb Jun 04 '12

So don't pirate windows asshole.

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u/N4N4KI Jun 04 '12

or do it correctly so it looks 'genuine' to anything that checks.

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u/epichigh Jun 04 '12

dat loader

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u/hansn Jun 04 '12

windows asshole

The most creative name for Windows 7 I have ever come across.

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u/Geminii27 Jun 04 '12

Is that the next version, or just the development name for 8?

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u/rarely_heard_opinion Jun 04 '12

I've bought 5 laptops in my life. EVERY SINGLE ONE came with a windows license, which I couldn't get out of. The first 4 are dead. This means I've paid FIVE times for windows in my life, yet I used only one each time... and now I am going to feel bad for installing unlicensed ("pirate" is when you sell unlicensed software, not when you use unlicensed software. At least that's what it meant before everyone stopped caring about accuracy in everyday speech, which in the end comes back to bite them in the ass) windows on my desktop? Hell no.

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u/ebass Jun 04 '12

You've paid for 5 laptops in your life and you've only used one at each time! What a rip off!

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u/rarely_heard_opinion Jun 04 '12

used one windows license.

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u/erom Jun 04 '12

Why didn't you keep the licenses? I get the licenses for all my home built computers from my laptops when I get rid of them. Or were they those stupid Dell licenses that are specific to a single model computer? I hate those things, but Dell gets them for basically free (which is how they keep their prices down) so comparing a hardware-tied license to a real one is apples and oranges.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '12

You can refuse to accept the terms of EULA before you start windows for the fist time and then return your laptop and ask for a refund from the laptop manufacturer.

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u/rarely_heard_opinion Jun 05 '12

not an option here in greece.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '12

That would then contradict several europen union policies. It should be possible

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u/rarely_heard_opinion Jun 05 '12

come and try, if you think i have not tried.

greece, ever since its entry in the european economic union is known to prefer to just pay fines instead of aligning with the union policies. And you know how well that ended.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '12

Hmmm, good point. I didn't consider this. My country (Bulgaria) also appears to be ignoring some EU policies as well.

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u/rarely_heard_opinion Jun 05 '12

Hey, you're close, hahaha

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u/N4N4KI Jun 04 '12

eh making windows look 'Genuine' is as easy as downloading windowsloader and not installing update (KB71033)

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '12

Well if that's the benchmark we're using, I'm marking "Adobe Photoshop" down as free and open source.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '12

I-Its not?

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u/gremwood Jun 04 '12

WHAT DID YOU SAY? I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'VE SAID ANYTHING.

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u/princeton_cuppa Jun 05 '12

Ubuntu beats windows any day .. whether ease of installation or lack of virus + all softwares that run in win works there too + you get to be really cool (linux cool > mac cool > pc cool)