Is it safe to upgrade to paid version of a distro if I'm dual booting? (sh.itjust.works)

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My primary OS is Windows (I use it for work) and I have Linux as my second OS. If I upgrade my linux distro to the paid version so I can have more features, will Windows be okay? Thanks I'm a newb

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[-] entwine413@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They're not really paywalling FOSS, though. You can absolutely install it all and configure it yourself. You're paying for them to do the work so you don't have to.

I think it's pretty benign to charge for that to support development.

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