Subj : Re: Old computer
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Jun 25 2022 09:33:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to nblade <=-

 Ni> I've often thought that migration to Linux would probably happen slowly
 Ni> rather than en masse.  One problem is that, while there has been more
 Ni> and more software developed for Linux, there are still some programs
 Ni> for other platforms that don't have a version or an equivalent in
 Ni> Linux, and it will take time to develop more Linux software.  It's not
 Ni> going to happen overnight.

The biggest detractor for desktop linux IMO was a desktop suite. While 
Libreoffice is a pretty killer package, it's not Microsoft Office, and 
people used to one will take a while to get used to it.

Microsoft's improved cloud services are changing that. With a $99/year 
Microsoft365 subscription, you can get 5 people in your house with Office 
for Windows or Mac, a terabyte of OneDrive space each, full Outlook 
application support (address books, notes, tasks, calendaring and so on) and 
access to the web apps, which are pretty good now -- and run just fine on 
Linux.

Lots of companies offer discounted Microsoft365 subscriptions, too - I pay 
$69/year for my 5 seats.






 Ni> Another thing is that there are a lot of people these days who seem to
 Ni> mainly use a tablet or smartphone and might not even have a desktop or
 Ni> laptop computer to run Linux on.  So for desktop operating systems, the
 Ni> market is probably more limited now than it used to be.

 Ni> However, in recent years I have been seeing more software for Linux,
 Ni> and it seems thereh as been more of an effort to support Linux from
 Ni> some companies. I think one big hurdle is PC gaming - but Steam has
 Ni> been supporting Linux more and more.  I've also recently become aware
 Ni> of Proton, which is supposed to help run some Windows games in Linux.
 Ni> I've also seen more Linux native ports of some PC games as well.

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