German state moving 30,000 PCs to Linux and LibreOffice

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[–]HiddenFox 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

LibreOffice is amazing. I run my entire business with it and have zero issues other then saving money.

It blows my mind people still use MS office....

[–]RedditButt 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

People still use it because they're used to it.

I have to look a bit longer for certain features when I switch between them, and that's a bit annoying, but libreoffice is so much snappier. Then again, I'm a person of text over icon-clutter. Everybody seems to love to go towards more icon clutter because it looks sleeker. I would rather not have the top 1/5th of my screen be full of toolbars of icons.

[–]HiddenFox 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

People still use it because they're used to it.

I can't argue that. My wife tells me about her colleagues and their complete lack of competence when using a computer. A change of this magnitude would be earth shattering for them!

[–]CivilWarrior 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I enjoy LibreOffice, linux variations are okay for everyday bullshit but for work it would be just fine.

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    [–]chadwickofwv 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Debian is a good choice. I'm currently using it.

    [–]chadwickofwv 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I wonder how long it will be before Micro$oft bribes them to switch back to their garbage this time. It was only a few years the last time Germany switched to Linux.