A different, yet very simple additional benefit of open source software dawned on me when I tried if I could use a chromebook for development tasks:
Astoundingly few text editors run on ARM CPUs.
Open source means you can compile them yourself if necessary (if they're written in a proper platform-independent fashion). That I couldn't use it on every device I own was the reason I left Sublime for good, although I quite liked it so far.
Astoundingly few text editors run on ARM CPUs.
Open source means you can compile them yourself if necessary (if they're written in a proper platform-independent fashion). That I couldn't use it on every device I own was the reason I left Sublime for good, although I quite liked it so far.