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[Moltke]

why would you need a specific entire OS for professional translators? I mean, I do understand it comes with a suite of helpful tools, but is it not possible to install the same set of tools, say, on Linux Lite?

Choices ... Because I can, is as simple as that, besides it isn't as simple as "install the same set of tools on Linux Lite" since most of the tools are not available in the repos Take for example this one https://omegat.org/ you have to install it manually, then install language pairs, configure it and whatnot ... 2 years ago I installed apertium https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/sugge.../#msg37136 and it was quite arduous because of dependecies issues plus finding the language pair files but I did it, I use an entire OS for that becasue it's not worth the time and effort invested in installing those tools since they're already available at just one boot away