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Comment on public services of an entire german state switches from Microsoft to open source (Libreoffice, Linux, Nextcloud, Thunderbird)

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Obelix@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I know what you are saying, but it is not so bad: First of all, most things people are doing at work is not really related to the OS underneath. So if you are responsible for creating passports, you are using the special government program for passport creation. If you are a policeman, you are using the special police software to do your policework. Yeah, you need additional training, but in the best case your usual software keeps working. Most people are not really interacting with the OS during their work day.

(and let’s be honest: Microsofts totally insane UI changes are also requiring lots of training. If you are used to just click on some specific buttons that somebody told you to click on, you’re totally lost in Microsofts crazy wonderland of ridiculous UI changes )

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CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Plus government computers are always old as shit so Linux should install nice and easy, give em mint for that windows like UI.

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MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Cross platform app development has been a viable and very available choice for 20+ years now.

Organizations which are developing their specialty applications locked in to a specific OS… get what they deserve.

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Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Look im an IT guy, and enforcing 2FA for all accounts at our company directly caused at least 2 people to quit at my company.

People are enormously resistant to change. It doesn’t even matter if it actually impacts their job or anything, they will freak out and complain.

Hell 2 weeks ago I added a 3rd AP to one of our offices and just the act of moving the APs around caused enough of a disturbance that HR heard about it. And that was me giving them better internet! There wasn’t even any downtime! I just moved the things that sit on the ceiling and nobody notices!

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- MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  enforcing 2FA for all accounts at our company directly caused at least 2 people to quit at my company.
  
  Thereby measurably improving the workforce.
  
  I just moved the things that sit on the ceiling and nobody notices!
  
  Somebody noticed.
  
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