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If you're going to do this, set them up with something they can get commercial support for. IMO, if a user's needs can be met with a Chromebook, Linux + a brow
by heavyset_go 1y ago
If you're going to do this, set them up with something they can get commercial support for.
IMO, if a user's needs can be met with a Chromebook, Linux + a browser + email + Zoom/or whatever would suit them well.
I think you're going to have a hard sell if they rely on Office or other Windows-only software, and although well meaning, it might be doing them a disservice if they can't run the software they're accustomed to.
- weq 1y ago> something something Chromebook something something Why wait for mass survellience and remote attesention when u can have it today!!! :D
- trinsic2 1y agoYeah I was thinking of ZoroOS. The have a pro package.
- tharmas 1y agoWine to run Office on Linux?
- heavyset_go 1y agoOnly old versions of Office work on Wine, unfortunately
- jimbob45 1y agoOffice 2007 was the peak and it’s been all downhill since then.
- somenameforme 1y agoWhat are the arguments for Office at the small business or individual level, as opposed to Libre Office? For most users, they'll be able to reacclimate in a matter of hours to near 100% competence. And they now are in an ecosystem that won't constantly try to squeeze you for rent. I think this is even more true in the era of LLMs, because on the rare difference somebody might get hung up on - there's no longer real need for support. LLMs absolutely excel at questions like 'In MS Office I can do [x] to achieve [y]. How do I do that in Libre Office?'
- heavyset_go 1y ago> What are the arguments for Office at the small business or individual level, as opposed to Libre Office? You have to open and edit documents you get from outside of the office. Clients regularly send me spreadsheets that don't work in Libreoffice, for example.
- kjellsbells 1y agoSadly in small business Microsoft have a lock because no SMB wants to be the awkward outlier whose IT makes them hard to do business with. For example, to be that supplier that whose documents never quite look quite right or who always struggles with the docusign /PDF /email /spreadsheet /whatever whatever. For an SMB, fitting in with the de facto IT herd that is represented by your customers and partners is essential for survival. Sure, some SMBs do decide to buck the trend and move over, but it's hard and not for the faint hearted. Time will tell if this problem solves itself as 365 becomes a pure web app and Windows becomes an RDP-like Cloud PC. The irony of Bill Gates vision of a Personal computer where you run what you like and not what the mainframe gives your terminal becoming Windows where you consume what you are told to is not lost on me.
- edg5000 1y agoGenerally nobody should exchange Office docs anyway, I find it much more professional to exchange PDFs. I use MS arial so my PDFs made with LibreOffice look immaculate on any device. I think people are really shit for being so attached to their stupid office. I could not sell my dad on LibreOffice though. He'd rather pay 100 EUR/yr than learn to use new software.