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France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

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Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

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Post by drstewart »

gib444 wrote: post #132

Efforts like this are good for people to realise there is a lot of talent in Europe that just gets overshadowed by USA's dominance. USAians tend think everything is less popular in Europe simply because it is inferior and fails purely on its technical merits. I know nothing will ever change their minds, but at least non-European non-USAians might recognise the efforts a bit more. We are also willing to accept 'good b…

>USAians

The word you're looking for is Americans, despite whatever preconceived notion you think the word "Americans" actually should mean in English. I know nothing will ever change European minds, but at least understand what the correct form is.

>everything is less popular in Europe simply because it is inferior and fails purely on its technical merits

So everything is less popular in Europe because it fails on many other points? Big applause to you, I guess. Are you looking for a participation award?

Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

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Post by tekla »

CalRobert wrote: post #147
kombine wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, it's the exact opposite. There is really no alternative to PowerPoint on Linux, unfortunately. I'm saying this as someone who's used Linux for 20 years now.

I haven’t seen power point used professionally for over a decade. All google (though I’ve made the odd prezi)

I continue to be impressed as to how much of a bubble HN people reside in. A very small bubble.

Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

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Post by spiderfarmer »

cromka wrote: post #37
carlosjobim wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Like last time, I ask again: Which are the European made computers?

> "Like last time" I am perplexed by people who use condescending phrases like this. You think we track what you said before?

Or that he tracks me, which would be creepy

Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

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Post by knollimar »

Gud wrote: post #86
polski-g wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It makes sense that everyone uses Windows for gaming, because you can't run games in your browser. It makes zero sense for businesses to use Windows if they're only doing PowerPoint and video conferences.

No it makes no sense at all. I do my gaming on Arch. Windows sucks and I hope to see the demise of Microsoft during my lifetime(crosses fingers).

I was under the impression anticheat is the only thing stopping linux gaming from taking over

Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

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Post by the_lonely_time »

CalRobert wrote: post #147
kombine wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, it's the exact opposite. There is really no alternative to PowerPoint on Linux, unfortunately. I'm saying this as someone who's used Linux for 20 years now.

I haven’t seen power point used professionally for over a decade. All google (though I’ve made the odd prezi)

Are you just hanging around California startups? I work in big consulting and am inside hundreds of the largest companies in the US, everyone of which is fully Microsoft and only ever seen PowerPoint. I’m in dozens of teams meetings a week across as many organizations and have been in 2 Google meets meeting in the last decade, both of which were California fintech startups.

Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

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Post by prmoustache »

kombine wrote: post #121
polski-g wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It makes sense that everyone uses Windows for gaming, because you can't run games in your browser. It makes zero sense for businesses to use Windows if they're only doing PowerPoint and video conferences.

Actually, it's the exact opposite. There is really no alternative to PowerPoint on Linux, unfortunately. I'm saying this as someone who's used Linux for 20 years now.

There are decent alternatives on all operating systems, including Linux.

Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

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Post by ptk »

CalRobert wrote: post #147
kombine wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, it's the exact opposite. There is really no alternative to PowerPoint on Linux, unfortunately. I'm saying this as someone who's used Linux for 20 years now.

I haven’t seen power point used professionally for over a decade. All google (though I’ve made the odd prezi)

Every single morning on the train to work, I watch people put finishing touches on PowerPoint presentations.

Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

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Post by theshackleford »

hootz wrote: post #89
ghaff wrote: post #55

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"Pretty well" is doing a lot of work. I have no horse in the race. I just run native on MacOS or Linux. Haven't run any Windows in a number of years. (I don't really game much and would just use my Xbox if I really wanted to--though that mostly functions as a DVD player these days.) But if "pretty well" causes the random administrative person to have issues with doing their job or increases IT support costs, it will…

Nowadays, pretty well a lot of times means really well, maybe even better than on Windows. See Windows games running faster on Linux through Wine.

> See Windows games running faster on Linux through Wine.

Let’s not leave out all the ones that don’t. Which is in fact, the majority of them. Strange how that’s always left out, we wouldn’t want to mislead people now would we?

Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

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Post by llarsson »

ChocolateGod wrote: post #120
esskay wrote: post #12

Yeah good on them, everyone needs to do this. It's nuts Windows is still the go-to for anything these days despite everyone knowing what a parasitic, buggy mess it is. "Easy" shouldn't be the excuse in this day and age. Big orgs and especially government entities should be hiring the people that know what they're doing and get off that crummy platform.

> It's nuts Windows is still the go-to for anything these days despite everyone knowing what a parasitic Linux still doesn't have anywhere near as nice and cohesive as Group Policy, Active Directory etc. Plus you can pay Microsoft to host it all for you on Azure.

Imagine what can happen if the French and other governments would start pouring all the money into developing that further in the open, rather than just giving it all to Microsoft instead?

Re: France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

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Post by cs02rm0 »

chocochunks wrote: post #133
kombine wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, it's the exact opposite. There is really no alternative to PowerPoint on Linux, unfortunately. I'm saying this as someone who's used Linux for 20 years now.

Huh? There's a ton of PowerPoint alternatives that work on Linux. LibreOffice, OnlyOffice, Collabora Office, Calligra Stage, Google Slides, the online version of PowerPoint, more techy things like LaTeX Beamer or Reveal.js. Maybe these don't have perfect PowerPoint compatibility, or some niche PowerPoint feature you need but there's plenty of slide deck making options that work on Linux.

And then Canva, Prezi, etc. I can't understand the idea that there's no alternative to PowerPoint on Linux either.
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