Wondering if there any forums, irc chats, etc. dedicated to pirating software on Linux, not games.
Seems difficult to find most stuff. I’ve beeb able to find Davinici Resolve, which was suprisingly simple, just download officially than run a terminal command. Houdini was on vfxmed. (a slightly older version, but 20) But thats about the extent of what I’ve found, no autodesk programs or any other expensive software with monthly fees, like boris fx, maxon, etc.
Everything I’m looking for has linux versions, but the price altogether is too high for hobby stuff I use one month out of the year sporadically and will never make money off.
I think I am near your age. I learned spreadsheets on Lotus 123 on DOS and programming with Microsoft Qbasic.
I have now learned to use libre software, like Qgis, Inkscape,Gimp, etc. It is the way to go, for resilience and for the world we want to leave to our descendants. I thinkfreecasd can be harder, but librecad is pretty similar to classic AutoCAD, if I am not wrong.