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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Switching from win 11 (feddit.de)

submitted 6 months ago by pufferfischerpulver@feddit.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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After convincing my employer to move away from MS office I can finally make the permanent switch away from windows.

I settled on pop_os for now since it supports hybrid Nvidia graphics out of the box and I am a noob.

Two questions:

I used OneDrive, and especially the file on-demand (all files on server visible in explorer but only downloaded when needed) feature a lot. What cloud storage provider has the best Linux integration? I dabbled with NeXtCloUD but the Linux client is not great, especially the file on-demand implementation.
What are best practices for managing apps? The last time I entertained the idea of switching, I ended up with applications installed from the snap store, flatpacks, some appimages, some through apt. It quickly gets confusing for me when I want a specific program but it, f.ex., is only distributed through the snap store. Is there a GUI (I know) way to see all applications, where they're installed from, with an easy remove button? Akin to what windows offers?

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[–] Shimitar@feddit.it 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Is this on your personal work PC or company wide?

Be careful not to burn the Linux bridge by being not able to support the transition now... :)

Edit: what I mean is, if you are responsible for this transition, now study study study... Be very careful and test each setup on a "test" machine before going to deploy for others..

[–] pufferfischerpulver@feddit.de 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Fortunately it's just my personal machine. Most of the organisation is on macOS anyway.

It'll be enough of a challenge to properly transition existing docx to the gsuite were switching to.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

transition existing docx to the gsuite were switching to.

From a half-proprietary, broken format to a document-as-a-service platform. 🤦

Well, if gsuite doen't work out, there's OnlyOffice/Univention corporate server for selfhosting.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 6 months ago

I worked at a company that was all-in on GSuite (now Google Workspace) for five years. They've got this covered.

I do not endorse Google apps. They suck. Web apps suck. Electron apps suck. Native apps are where it's at.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 5 months ago

Be very careful and test each setup on a "test" machine before going to deploy for others.

Or in VMs, making a snapshot before every major change