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It's cool seeing Microsoft explain Linux use, yet the 'embrace and extend' tactics seem present. FTA: "If you are good with a slightly more complicated install

It's cool seeing Microsoft explain Linux use, yet the 'embrace and extend' tactics seem present. FTA: "If you are good with a slightly more complicated install process and don't need access to Windows tools (like Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, etc), you can run Linux on bare metal." It hints that cross-compatibility isn’t possible, and omits that most don't use alternatives like Google Docs and LibreOffice anyway. Overlooking Wine and VMs feels intentional. Classic Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. Outside normal desktop Linux, Chrome OS is trusted more that Windows for good reasons. Instead of odd Linux takes, Microsoft should better their products and reputation. Contextual AI features won't fix their trust issue. Being trustworthy might! I'm not sure they can do that though this side of the singularity.

growt 3y ago
You can also use almost the complete set of Microsoft tools in the browser now.
- rbanffy 3y ago
  And they’ll occupy less memory as well.
jojobas 3y ago
You can't seriously expect MS (or anybody else) to publish how-tos on how to get off their products in favour of competitors.
- rbanffy 3y ago
  Well… they have Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, Power BI, Excel, and quite a few others so deeply ingrained into most companies, Microsoft will be healthy for at least a couple decades from now. And once your company’s data is on Azure, chances are it’ll stay there forever.
ChrisRR 3y ago
The problem is that this is just a short guide. Either it stays short and vague, or becomes a 500 page book about how libreoffice will replace most of the functionality of office but misses a lot of common features, and may introduce random compatibility issues with your word docs, that you may have unsupported hardware, may have to google for random scripts to make common hardware work, discuss the pros and cons of each desktop, explain the additional software you'll have to install to interface with devices/services, etc. Or they just give you an overview on the different install methods

growt 3y ago

You can also use almost the complete set of Microsoft tools in the browser now.

rbanffy 3y ago
And they’ll occupy less memory as well.

jojobas 3y ago

You can't seriously expect MS (or anybody else) to publish how-tos on how to get off their products in favour of competitors.

rbanffy 3y ago
Well… they have Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, Power BI, Excel, and quite a few others so deeply ingrained into most companies, Microsoft will be healthy for at least a couple decades from now. And once your company’s data is on Azure, chances are it’ll stay there forever.

ChrisRR 3y ago

The problem is that this is just a short guide. Either it stays short and vague, or becomes a 500 page book about how libreoffice will replace most of the functionality of office but misses a lot of common features, and may introduce random compatibility issues with your word docs, that you may have unsupported hardware, may have to google for random scripts to make common hardware work, discuss the pros and cons of each desktop, explain the additional software you'll have to install to interface with devices/services, etc. Or they just give you an overview on the different install methods