Honestly, I agree with @StillNoLeftLeft@hexbear.net
Ok fair enough, but I wouldn’t have installed Linux if I had not seen it recommended.
I’m not a computer toucher, but I can follow written advice.
These sorts of posts always scold anyone giving out actual solutions just so being miserable can continue. This cultural thing almost has an end of history type vibe to it. It’s also pretty hostile to divergent and often solution focused neurotypes.
Linux evangelism kinda makes sense, no one is spending billions on marketing and ads for it. I think Linux evangelists should ask about use cases first, instead of just posting a generic “use Linux”.
Yeah but like what. What OS level stuff do you futz around with on a work computer unless you’re in some sort of rinkydink-operation where everybody has full admin rights.
Don’t mind me RDPing into my work machine to… open Outlook
how is this a windows fault. you could RDP into your work machine to open Thunderbird and that’d still suck?
Or use Outlook 365 or whatever the web version is called. So the bottleneck is really “will the IT dept allow it?”
What the fuck are you winning with using MS O365 on non-windows here. Like the web version especially is mostly OS-agnostic and if youre entire job is that I come back to my original question: What OS-Level bullshit is plaguing you
I don’t see it as “winning” or “losing”. Use what you want.
I think a ton of the friction behind switching is just fear of change. If your job is emails and Teams calls that can be handled on whatever Linux distribution you prefer. So it’s a question of training and support.
Large companies should be leaving Microsoft for most non-server & non-dev roles just to save money, but people have to be ok touching a computer that isn’t blessed with Microsoft or Apple OSs
Again I ask if your entire job exists in e-mail and teams what even is the OS part you interface with and as such would require training
A lot of people are just really bad with computers. There are people who will scream bloody murder if their icons on their desktop move or God forbid they deleted one by accident. Don’t ask how I know this 🙃
which is why whenever a lightbulb goes out I have half a panik attack and only then manage to call in a sparky, you know, like a normal person