@Inginsub @RustyCrab @sun who's pretending? on average i find free alternatives to be vastly superior to their proprietary counterparts, with the additional benefit that (since i can actually write code, so i'm speaking from a privileged position) if i run into minor issues, i don't have to wait around for a new binary release in order to patch my own software right away.

as i've said up-thread, i've been using primarily free software even on windows. by choice.