I have been using Windows and Windows software for years. My major was electricity, with an electronics orientation. Studying in this field when a student is equipped with a computer would change his world and provide him with tools to make his education and career more manageable. Of course, at that time, the computer in many homes was a luxury tool and part of home decoration, and the ultimate use of it was to play movies and more computer files! It is important to note that 99%, and perhaps more, of the software installed on our computers were all cracked and stolen!
Like many others, I have used different versions of Windows for years. I had installed a lot of software from the Office suite to version 3 onwards, 3DMax, circuit design software, and programming software on the system. It took me years to heal, and I gradually concluded that I wished I could get rid of the illegal use of unauthorized software. I thought that stealing was enough so far and should find a way to change this situation. For me, who lives in Iran, this change is fundamental. Why? Because it is enough to tell someone that I do not want to install cracked software or I do not want to watch a theft video to call you. Of course, some people find these things ugly, but well, their number is minimal. Accept this from me. It means that not using unauthorized and cracked tools has a more significant penalty, and that is that you are excluded from the profession. It is true that, for example, there is good open-source software in the field of electricity, but if you want to work professionally in Iran, you must use standard software. Otherwise, you have shot the arrow into your professional life. Fortunately, this issue has been waning in recent years, and I hope it gets better in the future.
In short, for me, who lives in Iran, there are two ways. The first way is to legally provide items such as Windows and the required software, which we will not go into because discussing this will turn this note into a thick book and mention misery. The second way is to resort to open source. I have chosen the second way, and I have been living in it for several years.
It’s hard work. You are alone in this way, especially in Iran, because many professionals have professional tools and play a leading role in the world. You have an unfair struggle in front of these people in your professional work, or they do not reach you. They have access to Unreal and 3dmax, and CinemaFord with one click and, of course, in most cases without paying even a single rial to Unity and all its accessories. In some cases, you will not get what you want with hundreds of clicks. It is where only your creativity comes into play, but you are usually in dire straits in terms of technical support.
Many people think that I am a computer addict who has installed Linux on my laptop and desktop, or I am personally hostile to TridiMax and its beauty when I use Blender. No dear ones! I have to, and the open-source hospital has not left me alone. Although Ubuntu looks a lot like Windows and will look even better if you take the time, my reasons for migrating to Linux are not to use cracked software and tools. Now with Linux, I can use software that allows me to install them on the system. However, sometimes they are out of my reach without the gear wheels.
Linux and OpenSource have allowed me to keep working with my computer. Because if it weren’t for them, I probably wouldn’t be behind the computer now, and I wouldn’t have written this text. The same disaster would have occurred in my interest in computers and electricity, electronics, and hardware design, and the same tragedy would have happened in my movie-eating. I have not seen foreign films for years because the copies available to me have been stolen. I have been away for years from designing pills and pups because either their paid software is cracked or they have been stripped of their sanction. For now, with my favorite Linux, I have taken on the difficulties of its command line, and I hope that one day, part of the budget will spend on building tools that will benefit us. We need the tools we need, and because we do not have them, our lives and motivations are dying.
