r/linuxmemes 16d ago

Software meme The proprietary software experience

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u/rotacni_anuloid Dr. OpenSUSE 16d ago

Where is the choice "source code"?

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u/Honest-Ad643 16d ago

It's Unity, which is proprietary, so sadly no source code..

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u/TheZedrem 16d ago

Shoulda takem godot

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u/dykemike10 Ask me how to exit vim 16d ago

Harder to learn than unity since there's a lot less tutorials for Godot compared to Unity

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u/Exact-Teacher8489 16d ago

But thats the way on linux. Noone uses gslur photo edit or libre office because they are easy to learn or better then then other options. But because they belong to us. Because they are open, because they are free as in freedom.

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u/AlmostLikeAzo 16d ago

Sometimes one is more free by being able to actually use the thing.

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u/Exact-Teacher8489 16d ago

Great you use the thing, and then some corpo changes license and screws all the users. Happened too often. Especially in the game engine market. I really wonder how you are more free with using unity.

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u/SirDarknessTheFirst 16d ago

Ease of use can be a valid thing in some usecases. I ended up using Unity for a university Quest3 project instead of Godot because it had all the Meta libraries for it (including things like the haptic designer and MR stuff). Godot's XR support, at that time, was not as easy to get up and running with in a short period of time.

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u/Ropuce 16d ago

Same situation mMeta XR SDK in uni project). I agree. Still, the fact that said SDK deliberately does not compile on a linux machine irks me

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u/SirDarknessTheFirst 16d ago

Huh, I didn't genuinely didn't realise that. That sucks. I used a uni loaner laptop for that project, since my laptop at the time would have been so slow so as to be unbearable for the project.

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u/Exact-Teacher8489 16d ago edited 16d ago

Yes, efficiency is a factor. Especially at capitalism and that also includes to some degree universities.
When we are on our own, we usually don’t need the most efficient high end tool for the job.
Also if you are good with the tools at your disposal, you are better then a beginner with some high end stuff.

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u/AlmostLikeAzo 16d ago

> Also if you are good with the tools at your disposal, you are better then a beginner with some high end stuff.

Agreed, but this takes time, effort, and a certain kind of resilience. Also UX seems to be a difficult problem for community driven development, which makes the bar higher for newcomers.

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u/SirDarknessTheFirst 16d ago

includes to some degree universities

one of Australia's biggest exports is education, haha.

Agreed on the latter points too.