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Foss open source, or open source after Stallmans deffinition?
If the first one I'll go for the GNU/Linux OS
would you recommend me to switch from Windows 11, if I mainly watch series on my laptop from large streaming providers? Are all streaming providers supported?
I watch Netflix, HBO and Disney so yes, I'm guessing most are supported.
Don't you just need an internet browser?
Yes, but when HboMax launched here in Sweden there was a DRM issue in Firefox which prevented it from working. They fixed it eventually.
There's essentially an open standard for streaming video so it's not like the old days where you needed to download a platform-specific component to watch streaming video. I use Linux as my primary environment and I can't even remember the last time I had trouble with it; certainly not for several years at least. I've used Netflix, DisneyPlus, Amazon, Paramount+, and probably others.
Just as a heads up, though, if you are using Firefox then the first time you go to any of these sites it will prompt you as to whether you are fine with enable support for DRM video, and you need to click "Yes". This is a one-time thing, though. (It does this because if you are an open source purist then you might not want to do this so it likes to get your permission first; most browsers just assume that you don't care and enable it by default.)
I mean you can't do anything wrong with it, but you should be ready to troubleshoot and look into it.
I mean how are streaming sites suposed to not work? I don't know about desktop applications, but a browser does the job, so why use a desktop application that doesn't even support an adblocker.
TLDR: You'll be able to watch your shows, but if you want to use GNU/Linux you should look into it a bit.
EDIT: If you consider GNU/Linux I'd strongly recommend becoming familiar with the terminal (no matter which distro you choose). Also you should ask for some beginners guide on !linux@lemmy.world or !linux@lemmy.ml
Isn't FOSS Stallman's definition? Free open source as opposed to just open source
Nah, I was reffering to Stallman's definition of 'open source'. He gets very mad when you reffer to FOSS as just 'open source' instead of 'free and open source', even tho almost everyone means FOSS when they say open source. And just for clarification: FOSS is defined by the FSF not by Stallman direct.