Denmark Switches from Microsoft to LibreOffice and Linux

I respect digital sovereignty but I'm also giggling at the shock the non-nerds are going to have at Linux desktop/the tech support hassles for the IT teams.

Re: Denmark Switches from Microsoft to LibreOffice and Linux

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Post by gabrielgio » Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 11:44 AM UTC

cyberwaj wrote: post #3

Is thing a thing now in government offices? just read the same about the city of Lyon at https://digitrendz.blog/newswire/business/19813/lyon-drops-m...

There is movement across different European countries to move FOSS in a attempt to achieve some digital sovereignty.

Re: Denmark Switches from Microsoft to LibreOffice and Linux

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Post by taneliv » Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 12:12 PM UTC

dmazin wrote: post #4

I respect digital sovereignty but I'm also giggling at the shock the non-nerds are going to have at Linux desktop/the tech support hassles for the IT teams.

Ho hum. Does this create demand for integrations/distributions/new software geared towards government and state/municipal employees across Europe?

I suppose this space is already well catered by large multinational consultancies?

Re: Denmark Switches from Microsoft to LibreOffice and Linux

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Post by graemep » Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 12:58 PM UTC

dmazin wrote: post #4

I respect digital sovereignty but I'm also giggling at the shock the non-nerds are going to have at Linux desktop/the tech support hassles for the IT teams.

There will be s short term transition issue, but once Linux is installed and people have got used to it it should have fewer hassles.

I have been told its harder to manage config at scale but have not experience of it, and there are products that claim to do it.

Most non-nerds barely notice the desktop. its just a launcher for the handful of applications they use.

Re: Denmark Switches from Microsoft to LibreOffice and Linux

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Post by 112233 » Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 1:10 PM UTC

dmazin wrote: post #4

I respect digital sovereignty but I'm also giggling at the shock the non-nerds are going to have at Linux desktop/the tech support hassles for the IT teams.

The depth it is possible to dig oneself into a dolgostroy with OSS is unlimited. OTOH, if governed properly, it gives an option to actually solve the problems that you face.

With Microsoft and other corps you are in an abusive domestic relationship with a nacissistic sociopath.

Agree on the initial confusion, but, I do not think the forced upgrade to W11 went unnoticed, either

Re: Denmark Switches from Microsoft to LibreOffice and Linux

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Post by DanielHB » Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 1:12 PM UTC

dmazin wrote: post #4

I respect digital sovereignty but I'm also giggling at the shock the non-nerds are going to have at Linux desktop/the tech support hassles for the IT teams.

Windows is so bad these days I actually expect this kind of problem to go down.

Literally half the reason everyone complains their computers are not working is because of IT putting random crapware monitoring/security software on managed windows devices. Go away with windows the crapware goes away too and users have less problems.

And that is just on top of the normal windows 11 crapware and bad UX.

Re: Denmark Switches from Microsoft to LibreOffice and Linux

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Post by wqaatwt » Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 1:18 PM UTC

DanielHB wrote: post #9

dmazin wrote: post #4

I respect digital sovereignty but I'm also giggling at the shock the non-nerds are going to have at Linux desktop/the tech support hassles for the IT teams.

Windows is so bad these days I actually expect this kind of problem to go down. Literally half the reason everyone complains their computers are not working is because of IT putting random crapware monitoring/security software on managed windows devices. Go away with windows the crapware goes away too and users have less problems. And that is just on top of the normal windows 11 crapware and bad UX.

There will be full of crapware available if enterprise starts adopting Linux on a wide scale.

e.g. Crowdstrike is already there.