I made this post because I am really curious if Linux is used in offices and educational centres like schools.

While we all know Windows is the mac-daddy in the business space, are there any businesses you know or workplaces that actually Linux as a business replacement for Windows?

I.e. Mint or Ubuntu, I am not strictly talking about the server side of things.

  • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    I have very little problem exchanging documents

    Yes but you still have some little annoyances here and there. Is it worth having to fight your software to get your job done? Isn’t just easier and more productive to use MS Office (ROI described above and whatnot).

    Teams and GoToMeeting are why I started using Edge. It is just a nicer workflow if Teams and Outlook are in the same browser.

    See this is what most people feel about Office, its just nicer to use the Microsoft thing and not ever having to worry about anything.

    While I agree that for some people LibreOffice might work, there’s the following simple test:

    • FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi
      2·
      11 months ago

      Id’ say your comparison pictured is not valid. It’s not the same document in both programs. On the left you have opened Lorem Ipsum.docs and on the right you have a new untitled document.

      If one truly wants to share final documents use pdf not a draft format like docx.

      • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        Id’ say your comparison pictured is not valid. It’s not the same document in both programs

        Yes its the same document. The only thing I did is “open a copy” because the document was locked in the other editor.

        If one truly wants to share final documents use pdf not a draft format like docx.

        People share unfinished documents with each other and formatting should hold, otherwise how can you collaborate?

        • FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi
          1·
          11 months ago

          Yes its the same document. The only thing I did is “open a copy” because the document was locked in the other editor.

          If you just copy paste something it’s not the same. If you want to make a true comparison you have open the same file in both.

          People share unfinished documents with each other and formatting should hold, otherwise how can you collaborate?

          And I was talking about finished documents.

          • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            If you just copy paste something it’s not the same. If you want to make a true comparison you have open the same file in both.

            There was no copy past here. If you have a docx open in MS Word and try to open it again with LibreOffice you’ll get this message:

            I just clicked the default “Open Copy” option. The result is what you saw.