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I'm very tempted about buying the bare minimum computer so I can have a Linux system in my house.
You already do, steam deck!
could get a dock and go into the desktop mode to start learning a bit
I...legit forgot about that.You already do, steam deck!
So I was thinking about all the obstacles to Linux adoption in a big organisation while I waited 10 minutes for Windows 11 to load on my work laptop after IT decided it was sensible to ship a botched update.
My org has over 60,000 people. And my IT department has basically bought into “Microsoft”. They use the whole shebang: Office, Teams, Copilot (for those deemed “needing” a licence - I have been unfortunate to be one of those people) and so on.
If it was made by Microsoft, some IT guy has forced it on the estate.
And I think IT people are the problem. They are “certified” in Microsoft, have done it for all their careers, know how to deal with the bullshit that comes with Windows (in fact, to a degree it keeps them in a job). They think everyone else has to suffer through Windows because they know how to fix it.
The average user can probably adjust to a different system quite easily. Plenty of people have said how they’ve put Linux on an aged laptop for parents and siblings, and they’ve adjusted well and can do things like email and documents.
But IT departments are so wedded to Microsoft that they can’t even conceive a world where we don’t use Windows. Macs are this weird thing they ignore.
I get the sense that with tensions between Europe and the US racking up, we’ll need to stop relying on US big tech as a matter of national security. So I think IT departments should be getting ready for that.
My org has over 60,000 people. And my IT department has basically bought into “Microsoft”. They use the whole shebang: Office, Teams, Copilot (for those deemed “needing” a licence - I have been unfortunate to be one of those people) and so on.
If it was made by Microsoft, some IT guy has forced it on the estate.
And I think IT people are the problem. They are “certified” in Microsoft, have done it for all their careers, know how to deal with the bullshit that comes with Windows (in fact, to a degree it keeps them in a job). They think everyone else has to suffer through Windows because they know how to fix it.
The average user can probably adjust to a different system quite easily. Plenty of people have said how they’ve put Linux on an aged laptop for parents and siblings, and they’ve adjusted well and can do things like email and documents.
But IT departments are so wedded to Microsoft that they can’t even conceive a world where we don’t use Windows. Macs are this weird thing they ignore.
I get the sense that with tensions between Europe and the US racking up, we’ll need to stop relying on US big tech as a matter of national security. So I think IT departments should be getting ready for that.
Yeah when Microsoft guy here in Europe outright tells EU officials that he can't promise that the data wont be accessed by the US and when Microsoft deleted outlook accounts of EU Parliament members it should have been a huge wake up call to stop with american tech... instead they are voting in less regulation for AI companies and getting Palantir to handle our security...
Still I do think there is a push to make all IT in Europe to be independent, and its kind of exciting since a lot has to be built from the ground up. For over a year Ive been telling my partner that anyone making good tech and IT in Europe have a golden opportunity. Too bad my interest is in making a game lol
To be a physically sovereign nation, you need sovereign infrastructure. This was true last year, the year before, the last decade and the last 4 decades. Digital falls under that.
Trump’s tantrums over Greenland just brings it, and other things, into focus.
Europe needs its own tech infrastructure. They needed it decades ago.
I am a fan of Cory Doctorow’s idea of removing anti-circumvention from law, which was forced on the rest of the world by the US to enable trade deals. He wants Canada to do it so they can release and sell legal jailbreaks for American tech devices.
Yeah! But what sucks is they are doing the opposite, like forcing age verification that can only be done on "official phones" meaning either playstore or app store. To make internet unusable for people who dont comply.
Made the switch to CachyOS about 2 months ago. Outside waiting for DX12 fix I really have had no complaints.
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Version 0.1.0.well mine's better
I'll give it a shot for sure though, I don't really have a preference and all I really need from appimage manager is that it can plop the apps in the start menu.
well it can definitely do thatI'll give it a shot for sure though, I don't really have a preference and all I really need from appimage manager is that it can plop the apps in the start menu.
and a bit more i'm just humble
I keep having this weird problem, a have a couple of total OS freezes daily, at first it usually is just one screen that freezes but I can still move my mouse to the second screen weirdly, I can usually fix that by removing the screen cable and putting it in again, but sometimes both freeze and one screen goes green. Today it happened when I was out for a walk and when I got home I could feel burnt from my computer, its like something is still computing but no fans are on. Thankfully after a restart everything was working as intended. But such weird issue to have. On CachyOS with all the latests updates, but this issue has been going on for months
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Desktop environments are just how you interact with the OS right? Its really confusing when you see people talking about it. Then you ask about Cosmic (cosmos?) and they all go its new so expect issues.
I am close to trying to find a SSD drive to install PikaOS on it but yea...
I was trying out LiveUSB but like my past experiences..issues. I mean Gnome didn't even really work when I was trying it out.
Also since that drive is only for linux until I fully commit, I can dual boot easily even tho its on a different drive? And what file format should I use? (I don't have the drive yet no idea how big it is either).
I am close to trying to find a SSD drive to install PikaOS on it but yea...
I was trying out LiveUSB but like my past experiences..issues. I mean Gnome didn't even really work when I was trying it out.
Also since that drive is only for linux until I fully commit, I can dual boot easily even tho its on a different drive? And what file format should I use? (I don't have the drive yet no idea how big it is either).
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A linux distro running KDE usually have these moving parts.
Wayland (Display server) -- The language that the software uses to talk to the display
KWin (Wayland compositor / Windows manager) -- The drawing engine: Windows and Effects
Plasma (Desktop environment) -- The UI: Panels, Menus, Buttons etc
Cosmic is fairly new. first stable release was 50 days ago.
It was originally a modified version of GNOME but they later remade it from scratch.
I personally think it was released too early and specially shipping it with a LTS version of a OS is certainly a choice.
though the DE its more of a rolling release so even on LTS it will get more updates.
Using a different drive if you want to dual boot is highly recommended as Windows can just nuke your linux partition on a whim if they feel like it.