I made this post because I am really curious if Linux is used in offices and educational centres like schools.

While we all know Windows is the mac-daddy in the business space, are there any businesses you know or workplaces that actually Linux as a business replacement for Windows?

I.e. Mint or Ubuntu, I am not strictly talking about the server side of things.

  • bouh@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I’ve been a sysadmin for years and I worked longer on Linux than I did on Windows.

    Many of your points are management bullshit. The proof? In France the gendarmerie (country police) moved to Linux about a decade ago.

    The thing with windows is usually that management want a whole solution out of the box, from a renowned editor, so basically Microsoft. The key point is that they want a contract with a company so they can discard the responsability of failures on someone out of their own company. The second feature is that they are boomers or anti-nerds, so they are never going to be seen using something on a computer that’s not mainstream.

    The last problem is from Microsoft that worked hard these last years to remove any compatibility between office and other softwares of this kind. They also enshitified office365 very hard so that is doesn’t work well on Linux.

    The question of the price is a fraud. Large companies need an it service for Windows on top of the licences and infrastructure. It’s way cheaper with Linux. The biggest work with an enterprise Linux is to make it compatible with the shitty Windows environment, and the compliance with the useless security thought for windows.

    • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Many of your points are management bullshit.

      Yes, they are and I never said they weren’t management BS. Nevertheless management pays the bills, management makes the decision.

      The key point is that they want a contract with a company so they can discard the responsability of failures on someone out of their own company.

      You’re just saying what I said before…

      The last problem is from Microsoft that worked hard these last years to remove any compatibility between office and other softwares of this kind

      Yes, but the end result is that nobody sane would even risk not using MS Office and that’s what it is.

      Large companies need an it service for Windows on top of the licences and infrastructure. It’s way cheaper with Linux.

      It depends, integration between MS products and services usually comes out of the box or working with minimal setup while with open-source solutions / Linux that isn’t always the case. Also Windows sysadmins are usually cheaper because you can get more and they require less training to be “efficient” than Linux ones.

      The biggest work with an enterprise Linux is to make it compatible with the shitty Windows environment, and the compliance with the useless security thought for windows.

      Yes but you still have do it and it has a cost. Simply going full Windows is cheaper at that point.