I would like Gabe to with the EU to make a EULinux. They both have respective reasons to get away from Microsoft's control over software, and I would very much like to daily drive a Linux without worrying about game compatibility. Unfortunately, I am stuck with Windows because I play many obscure or old games, and simply hate dealing with technical hassles enough as it is. Here's hoping that Linux becomes good enough within a couple years from now.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I think the biggest hurdle against transitioning away from Windows to Linux for most government offices isn’t the OS itself - but rather the MS Office suite!

You’d honestly be surprised how pervasive Excel is amongst white collar workers; and I think the biggest hurdle is the uncertainty of compatibility (of formulas, macros, workbook links etc.) from Excel to Open/Libre Office alternatives.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

My understanding is that Libre Office is the closest to actually being a good replacement to Excel. Having used Libre Office's Excel equivalent, it does not feel good to use (then again, neither did Excel).

I'm not sure if we'll ever be able to replace the Microsoft office suite - Microsoft owns the rights to those softwares' workflow paradigms IIRC, and people who have been taught those workflows are not going to abandon them. I mean, we've not even managed to move away from the staggered qwerty layout that was established for typewriters in the 1870's. I think the only options are for schools to either adopt new paradigms (using opensource software as teaching tools) over mass adoption in industry.

[–] orize@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

Try ONLYOFFICE, it's FOSS and looks very much like modern Office Suit yet more modern looking than Libre Office

[–] Minnels@lemm.ee 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I tried dworak for awhile and just like switching from windows it is a bit rough sometimes. Every game you play have to change keybindings as a person who play a lot of different games it became too much. But writing was so good. So much easier and intuitive. Only took like a week or something to get into it.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

It is still a mystery to me why no one ever created software that can automatically pull videogame input config files and rebind for other layouts. I guess it is somewhat niche. At the same time, input config files are all pretty similar and it sounds fairly straightforward as a project.

[–] vorpuni@jlai.lu 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Lutris has an option to switch to US QWERTY. Also doesn't take much effort to do manually but it's buggy with X.org (sometimes it insists on keeping the previous layout for no reason).

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 hours ago

It's not really ever an issue to rebind keys manually, it's just time consuming. The point of auto-rebind would be time saving for nonstandard keyboard users.

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 2 points 15 hours ago

The main issue with Excel is that it is not multithreading in all operations. But for a lot of things it is the only software that can fit the bill.

Libre office feels a lot worse in to work in up to 8 hours a day compared to Excel and it is probably still missing some features like powerquery among others. I do need to test it again, it has been a while.

Then again I work as accountant so I am probably in minority of Excel users.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

I’ll give Libre Office a crack over the weekend, if/when I get my Bazzite installation going and will see how it goes; I wonder just how much support it has for the newer functions that have outputs that overfill into adjacent cells (e.g. UNIQUE)?

[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 8 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Here's hoping that Linux becomes good enough within a couple years from now.

I jumped head first into Linux without any prior knowledge a year-ish ago, I went and chose what seemed to be a simple distro (Debian) and later found out it’s one of the more difficult distros out there (also most native packages are outdated) and some how made it work day to day.

Basically every game on steam is Linux compatible and a good handful of popular anti-cheats have partnered with Valve to ensure proper compatibility.

Now the problem is, game producers (like Ubisoft & EA) have been pushing this rhetoric that Linux users are all cheaters & hackers and intentionally prevent users from connecting to their servers or even launching the games.

I think the switch isn’t as bad as you make it seem. Hope I provided some insight.

Edit - dropping ProtonDB (fixed the link)

[–] orize@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

If you're a gamer like me, go with Bazzite. You will not regret it.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmings.world 1 points 18 hours ago

I ply in games that aren't sold on Steam, that require Japanese locale, do mods, and so forth. Edges cases even on Windows can be a problem. My efforts with trying to get into Mint, made it clear that issues would pop up.

Linux is an good idea, but not yet suitable for intermediate users.