s1m0n4<p>My eldest son will enter middle school on September and we're actually discussing his software needs. On a personal level I'm using <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> distros since decades and I don't understand at all why public education doesn't work with free software by default.<br>If we install <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a> or <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a> on our son's PC he will be challenged when working on school computers running on <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> <br>Same goes for <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Offiice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Offiice</span></a> vs <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/libreoffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libreoffice</span></a> <br>I am compelled to pay for licenses 😒</p>