In peaceful times, people cling to broken systems simply because “that’s how it’s always been done”. Comfort is a prison.

This crisis is a great opportunity to screw Microsoft.

Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder.

Canadians should be agressively lobbying their politicians to embrace Linux and the open source ecosystem. Call your representatives. Write to your city council. Contact your town IT department. Do it now.

  • Initech_vs_Initrode@lemmy.zip
    73·
    17 hours ago

    The average office worker has a good chance of a complete meltdown if an icon on their desktop is moved. Government and business are not going to move to Linux on the desktop.

    I fully recognize the absurdity of this, particularly in an era when a huge number of office jobs are basically just interacting with a web browser. I’ve just spent enough time writing software for “regular folks” to see why it’s not going to happen.

    • gwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      61·
      16 hours ago

      Lookup “Gendarmierie Linux Switchover”

      It’s already happened.

      Edit: quote

      The Gendarmerie Nationale has run a Linux desktop environment continuously since 2008. By June 2024 it had reached 103,164 workstations, around 97 per cent of the force’s computing estate.

      They even have their own Ubuntu fork, GendBuntu