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Out of interest, what linux apps have you paid for?

by kevkav 8y ago

staticelf 8y ago
I'm also interested in this question. Because looking at myself, I have paid for several apps on both Windows and MacOS but never on Linux. Although to be fair I stopped using Linux as a desktop OS before I had the economic security needed to purchase apps in the first place.
majewsky 8y ago
Not OP, but: I have sunk a few hundred bucks into Steam after it added Linux support. I had a Steam account before that, but I never purchased anything that cost money.
swalsh 8y ago
I've paid for RubyMine, and PHP Storm. Not exclusively Linux, but that was the platform I was running it on.
simion314 8y ago
Intellij IDEA, also Steam or GOG games
pmontra 8y ago
A couple of months of Intellij because a customer wanted me to work on a Java project which used that IDE. I delivered in the first month and paid for the second one because I didn't realize it was autorenewing. That was a long time ago. I also received a Steam game from a friend as Christmas present. I didn't pay but he did. Probably nothing else.
SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
As with others here, various JetBrains tools and Linux-compatible Steam games (I have 75 and counting). Also a file comparison tool called Beyond Compare. If Adobe released their apps on Linux (more specifically Photoshop and Premiere) I'd buy them in a heartbeat. Unfortunately they seem more interested in supporting the iPad if recent news is to be believed. Edit: Just remembered I have a Sublime Text license too, although I stopped using it a while ago.
svanwaa 8y ago
CLion and SmartGit
hoistbypetard 8y ago
In current use: - 010editor - Jetbrains Toolbox - VMWare Workstation - Various steam purchases Years ago: - Corel Office - Crossover Office
somebodythere 8y ago
I pay for elementary OS and Godot Engine on Patreon.
pjmlp 8y ago
I used to get my distributions from Walnut Creek, then bought a few boxed editions of Mandrake and SuSE, for several years subscribed to Linux Journal since the yearly days, occasionally bought Linux magazines with CDs on them, did FSF donations a couple of times, nowadays every time I download Ubuntu I always donate donations. Likewise on Windows apps that I use regularly like Notepad++, jAlbum, Sublime Text, Paint.NET, Thunderbird, Firefox...

Out of interest, what linux apps have you paid for?

by kevkav 8y ago

Out of interest, what linux apps have you paid for?

I'm also interested in this question. Because looking at myself, I have paid for several apps on both Windows and MacOS but never on Linux. Although to be fair I stopped using Linux as a desktop OS before I had the economic security needed to purchase apps in the first place.

majewsky 8y ago

Not OP, but: I have sunk a few hundred bucks into Steam after it added Linux support. I had a Steam account before that, but I never purchased anything that cost money.

swalsh 8y ago

I've paid for RubyMine, and PHP Storm. Not exclusively Linux, but that was the platform I was running it on.

simion314 8y ago

Intellij IDEA, also Steam or GOG games

pmontra 8y ago

A couple of months of Intellij because a customer wanted me to work on a Java project which used that IDE. I delivered in the first month and paid for the second one because I didn't realize it was autorenewing. That was a long time ago. I also received a Steam game from a friend as Christmas present. I didn't pay but he did. Probably nothing else.

SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago

As with others here, various JetBrains tools and Linux-compatible Steam games (I have 75 and counting). Also a file comparison tool called Beyond Compare. If Adobe released their apps on Linux (more specifically Photoshop and Premiere) I'd buy them in a heartbeat. Unfortunately they seem more interested in supporting the iPad if recent news is to be believed. Edit: Just remembered I have a Sublime Text license too, although I stopped using it a while ago.

svanwaa 8y ago

CLion and SmartGit

hoistbypetard 8y ago

In current use: - 010editor - Jetbrains Toolbox - VMWare Workstation - Various steam purchases Years ago: - Corel Office - Crossover Office

somebodythere 8y ago

I pay for elementary OS and Godot Engine on Patreon.

pjmlp 8y ago

I used to get my distributions from Walnut Creek, then bought a few boxed editions of Mandrake and SuSE, for several years subscribed to Linux Journal since the yearly days, occasionally bought Linux magazines with CDs on them, did FSF donations a couple of times, nowadays every time I download Ubuntu I always donate donations. Likewise on Windows apps that I use regularly like Notepad++, jAlbum, Sublime Text, Paint.NET, Thunderbird, Firefox...