Longish post that I've been meaning to post for a few weeks now. I tried to run only #FreeSoftware for work for a month and the result was amazing. Here's a few tips on how I did it in case you want to try it too.
Needless to say, I have zero intentions on going back. Long live Free Software: Liberate your Hardware today!
@kzimmermann I think the booing for chromium is probably drowned out completely by the booing for Office 365. I assume like many places your office is completely dependent on the Office suite and you couldn't survive without it? Where I am, we're owned by Google Docs, but most of the time I can download the file and open it in libreoffice without trouble. I guess you have particular requirements, since the dependence on Office is probably the biggest actual freedom problem you mention.
@danielittlewood that's true. Come to think of it, there were so many other ways my job could've made it harder, huh. Photoshop, Autocad, etc. At least Microsoft and Google basically develop for Chrome, so we're still in the same boat.
I have edited documentation with LibreOffice locally, but a lot of what we use is "co-authored" by many people at once via webapp. This benefits me, to be honest, because at least no one complains if "weird formatting" from LO is left on them.
@kzimmermann , I work from GNU/Linux workstations since 2009. I found it is harder to find a os-independent job last years, mostly because of proprietary VPN solutions. About 3 months ago I had to start working from mac laptop, and it makes me sad 😒
@vazhnov aww man, I feel sad for you! But in a way, do you find it less painful than, say, Windows? I once worked in a place with a Mac, too. A lot of people said "oh, at least it's Unix-based, so should be similar to your Linux, right?" But in my experience, I found the two as much related as a motorboat to an airplane because "the two have a propeller." :P
Linux on Mac hardware, however, is quite another story :D
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