ohshit604@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-27 days agoOffice workers - Has anyone here convinced their boss to let them install a Linux distro on their work desktop?message-squaremessage-square96linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareOffice workers - Has anyone here convinced their boss to let them install a Linux distro on their work desktop?ohshit604@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-27 days agomessage-square96linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelightnegative@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoWhere this doesn’t work is the entire Finance department. They need proper Excel, full of all the proper Excel shenanigans. Some of them will also have VBA macros and random plugins too that they rely on
minus-squareNora@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoIt’s definitely doable. There’s plenty of companies and governments in Europe that have made the switch to open source away from Microsoft.
minus-squarelinuxPIPEpower@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoThis is true, here is a brief list: https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/who-uses-libreoffice/ But I’m sure it is a massive project you would need to have sufficient motivation at all levels. Not at all a trivial project. I am curious how these changes feel on-the-ground to the affected workers who had no personal interest in linux or free software.
Where this doesn’t work is the entire Finance department.
They need proper Excel, full of all the proper Excel shenanigans. Some of them will also have VBA macros and random plugins too that they rely on
It’s definitely doable. There’s plenty of companies and governments in Europe that have made the switch to open source away from Microsoft.
This is true, here is a brief list: https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/who-uses-libreoffice/
But I’m sure it is a massive project you would need to have sufficient motivation at all levels. Not at all a trivial project.
I am curious how these changes feel on-the-ground to the affected workers who had no personal interest in linux or free software.