Yeah, this would make sense. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a few “piracy repos” you could add to your package manager. I’ve never thought to look haha.
Just a spacefaring raccoon that’s eaten all the food onboard. Sorry.
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Yeah, this would make sense. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a few “piracy repos” you could add to your package manager. I’ve never thought to look haha.
I mean, you kind of just described two things that are specifically hard to get working properly on Linux in general - MS Office and the Adobe suite. You’re better off using FOSS alternatives, like LibreOffice and Krita or GIMP. Otherwise, you’ll need something like Lutris as a Wine frontend to install Windows apps - and at that point, you might as well just install stock Linux, get qBittorrent going, pirate what you want, and install as needed. Plus, I don’t think I’d trust the security of a modified version of Linux for piracy. That’s just asking to be exploited.
I read in another post a while ago that there was some issue with a Windows update that caused it not to register as Windows. It was then corrected in a subsequent update. So the Unknown bump is just Windows.
Edit for reference: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-202301-202307
I was on µTorrent for a long time on a really old build (like 2.2.1) because it got even more bloated and crappy with every new release, especially over 3.0. I realized, aside from missing new features and stuff, it was probably a security risk being that far behind. I made the switch to qBittorrent and never looked back. It basically took everything I liked about that old style build of µTorrent and brought it into modern times.
Around 2004, maybe 2005, I had to recover some files from an old laptop and landed on a live CD of Knoppix for the job. Dabbled in Linux a bit after, but not seriously, for the better part of the decade after - mostly distro hopping and having fun, especially with old hardware, back when Ubuntu was in better standing with the community.
Ended up using it more seriously in the last ~5 years. Hopped around Mint, Manjaro (actually lasted 2 years before I borked it), and OpenSUSE before finally landing on Fedora, which has been my daily for maybe 2 years now. With the Red Hat stuff, depending on how that pans out, I’m debating on just going to vanilla Debian at this point. But I’ve always had a soft spot for Mint, so we’ll just have to see.
As for Windows, I still have my main tower with Win 10 (no Linux) that I’ve upgraded throughout the years from Win 7. But Win 11 isn’t having it, so once Win 10 hits EOL, it’ll get Linux as well (assuming it doesn’t kick the bucket first).
Fedora is what finally got me to stop distro hopping 2-3 years ago. :(
Mostly FOSS these days. There’s just so many options now. There’s a few things I have from the old days as I’ve updated from Windows 7 through 10 over the years.
Plex or Jellyfin might be what you’re after.