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The Danish Ministry of Digitalization Is Switching to Linux and LibreOffice

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Re: The Danish Ministry of Digitalization Is Switching to Linux and LibreOffice

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I'm pleased at the overall tide here. I think governments especially ought to use and contribute back to FOSS.

When I see announcements like this it does make me worry that MS (or whatever vendor) will try to make an example of them; by submarining stories about how the switchover is hard, non-techie civil servants want to keep what they're "used to", LibreOffice is technically inferior (no comment on that one, I think all office suites I've seen are junk).

I have my fingers crossed, but my chickens uncounted.

Re: The Danish Ministry of Digitalization Is Switching to Linux and LibreOffice

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Post by tossandthrow »

GardenLetter27 wrote: post #3

Perhaps they can start by adding Linux support for MitID - https://www.mitid.dk/en-gb/help/help-universe/platform-suppo... Crazy how many critical services are tied to American companies.

Mitid fully works under Linux.

However, it should be a mandate in the tender that all modern browsers are supported regardless of the operating system.

Re: The Danish Ministry of Digitalization Is Switching to Linux and LibreOffice

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Post by GardenLetter27 »

tossandthrow wrote: post #4
GardenLetter27 wrote: post #3

Perhaps they can start by adding Linux support for MitID - https://www.mitid.dk/en-gb/help/help-universe/platform-suppo... Crazy how many critical services are tied to American companies.

Mitid fully works under Linux. However, it should be a mandate in the tender that all modern browsers are supported regardless of the operating system.

Oh nice, it seems the Swedish BankID works very differently as it isn't possible here :(

Re: The Danish Ministry of Digitalization Is Switching to Linux and LibreOffice

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Post by forinti »

Y_Y wrote: post #2

I'm pleased at the overall tide here. I think governments especially ought to use and contribute back to FOSS. When I see announcements like this it does make me worry that MS (or whatever vendor) will try to make an example of them; by submarining stories about how the switchover is hard, non-techie civil servants want to keep what they're "used to", LibreOffice is technically inferior (no comment on that one, I thi…

I know many infrastructure techies that prefer Windows and swear that it's easier to maintain a Windows network.

With regards to end users, I think the only office software that still has an undeniable grip is Excel, but as people use Google Sheets more and more, the idea of using something different is becoming less absurd.

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