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  • ZeroHora@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1171·
    3 months ago

    1 out of the 3 total norwegian changed the OS after creating a lemmy account.

  • Adda@lemmy.mlEnglish
    112·
    3 months ago

    I especially appreciate that the graph is designed as “Linux” and “Other” instead of “Windows”, maybe “MacOS” and “Other”.

  • Frostbeard@lemmy.world
    81·
    3 months ago

    Norwegian here. I quit reddit and joined Lemmy after the API debacle. Installed mint because of W11. (A big factor was how Steam and proton enables me to play games)

    Can’t say either Lemmy or Linux has gotten any media attention in the big news sources as far as I can see.

    I am the only one in my circle of friends that quit Reddit (most follow the various 40k reddits, and they have no replacement in federated options)

  • Urist@lemmy.mlEnglish
    681·
    3 months ago

    They just started counting all my computers and virtual machines on which I run Arch and Nixos btw!

      • Urist@lemmy.mlEnglish
        6·
        3 months ago

        Thanks! As I have been learning to love the Nix way of doing things my only regret is missing the great documentation of Arch. Hopefully we can have the best of both worlds in the future!

  • TDCN@feddit.dk
    65·
    3 months ago

    As a Dane i can say that maybe its because Scandinavians are generally pretty tech savvy and good with digitalisation. Also Scandinavians has a low tolerance for bullshit.

    • vortexsurfer@lemmy.world
      761·
      3 months ago

      I’m a Norwegian Linux enthusiast and have never heard anything about the government using Ubuntu or Linux. Seems unlikely, from what I know. I know that within healthcare Windows is still widely used, even on the server side…

      On the other hand, a lot of software for official services is being developed as open source now, so that’s at least a good step in the right direction. Example: https://github.com/navikt

      • Techognito@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        3 months ago

        Norwegian government loves windows, so yea, I really doubt it. (by it, I mean the government using Ubuntu thing)

        Source: I used to work for the Norwegian government

        edit: added explanation to “it”, so not to be as confusing to what I refered to.

  • Troy@lemmy.ca
    522·
    3 months ago

    Linux on all their electric cars, and they’re watching porn while driving ;)

  • hglman@lemmy.mlEnglish
    42·
    3 months ago

    ironically half my team at work is in Norway and they use windows. My team in the US uses linux.

  • bloodfart@lemmy.ml
    464·
    3 months ago

    European governments will do this thing where they pass some law that says they have to take bids from local vendors for systems, olafs computer service will put in a bid with some free software system, the government will take them up on it, spend a bunch of money trying to integrate it into their existing systems with varying degrees of success then parlay abandoning it for their majority provider in exchange for avoiding cost increases or some free support/equipment.

    I think Germany’s done it twice now.

    • d_k_bo@feddit.org
      34·
      3 months ago

      I think Germany’s done it twice now.

      It was Munich and they switched back to Windows after M$ moved their German headquarters to Munich.

    • Urist@lemmy.mlEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      The EU requires government acquisitions to be publicly announced so that private companies can make offers that the government then must choose from (not freely, mind you, but following some “objective” metrics).

      Even though this might sound great to some, it has the downside of promoting commercial services and vendor lock-in up to the point that even if a free and open source alternative exists, it cannot be used unless there also exists some commercial entity behind it that can sell the software and support for it in accordance with the established metrics.

      This might be one of the biggest hurdles in the way for Linux adoption, since anyone can claim to do lots of great stuff with SUPERproprietarySOFTWARETM and then hold critical services, like healthcare mentioned elsewhere, hostage to their failure to deliver on promises and future bad support.

      • bloodfart@lemmy.ml
        3·
        3 months ago

        Even more important, a huge multinational like Microsoft can be forced in court to provide the support they sell under threat of legal action that would cripple their profitability in the region. Olafs computer service will just turn its pockets inside out, flip around the shingle to closed and leave the national drivers license agency in a lurch.

        On some level the companies that sell and support systems government relies on have to be treated as nation states themselves in order to maintain normalcy, which both parties “want”.

      • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        3 months ago

        I in general very much support requiring paying for support. I.e. SLAs with consequences for not meeting targets support.

        At least for software/hardware running things that can’t afford indefinite unauthorized access or downtime if left in a vulnerable state. (Some stuff actually can IMHO be like that).

        I also think governments should have justify renting software insteading buying it if the money is intended to be an investment of any kind.

  • llothar@lemmy.ml
    31·
    3 months ago

    Nothing is happening in Norway. Source: I live in Norway.

    I’ve met only a handful people that use Linux on their desktop, plus some developers that use it at work.

    • gerdesj@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      I run (one of three partners) a small IT company in the UK. I’ve always Linuxed since around 1998. After messing with RedHat, Mandrake, Yggdrasil and others I settled down and ran Gentoo for many years and then Arch for some more.

      I’m gradually dumping the Windows servers and replacing with Linux based beasties. We are also in the throws of replacing VMware with Proxmox.

      I also have a pretty decent Kbuntu based desktop/laptop effort. I’ve done Windows client deployments in the 1000s so I have quite a good idea about compliance etc. An Ubuntu based box can run several AV solutions, secure boot and full disc encryption. Buzz words perhaps but also audit points and will get you over the line for Cyber Essentials Plus (UK).

      Libre Office works for me and I used to teach office suites in the 90’s! Things have moved on since but a decimal alignment stop is a decimal alignment stop today too (do you know what that means?). I run our Exchange system, and I migrated it from GroupWise back in the day because the kool kids “required” it. Anyway, Evolution with EWS will get you full functionality for a client but with far less faff.

      I’m taking my time. I already have at least two employees who are dyed in the wool Windows officianados begging me to migrate them to Linux. I will but it takes time. For example - “drive mappings” or in English: Remote mounts.

      CID - https://cid-doc.github.io/ . This is an easy to add Windows compat thing. Its rather good. For static desktops its fine but for laptops that move around a lot it can be hard to get the file system mounts working again quickly in a dynamic environment.

      CID uses a PAM mount based system and in the past I used another one (autofs I think). However it seems to me that mounts are not dynamic or responsive enough. In the end it is Samba and that might need some fettling as well.

      As I said earlier, I’m taking my time (I’m an engineer) but be assured that Linux is quite capable of driving your desktop.

  • Facebones@reddthat.com
    291·
    3 months ago

    Strong social nets that allow people breathing room to allow more interest in how their computers work?

  • wowwoweowza@lemmy.world
    281·
    3 months ago

    Serious question for you all. I too wish to see Linux use increase. I also want to see corporate social media die. I am thinking of requiring my students to create Lemmy accounts for a Lemmy group i create.

    Do you think this might move folks away from essy corporate os and social media? How do You see it giving wrong?

    • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      251·
      3 months ago

      I like the idea, but a lot of people resent being made to create accounts on random services. We know that Lemmy is good because we’re here, but it might put them off the idea.

      Depending on the age of your students, you might have to be careful about the fact that NSFW content is freely available here, and check the terms of your instance to see if they’re allowed to make accounts in the first place e.g. on most social media and forums you have to be 13 or over.

    • 1ostA5tro6yne@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      201·
      3 months ago

      requiring my students to create Lemmy accounts

      No. Nobody likes registering accounts for random services because an authority figure told them they had to, I feel like if it were me I would do the bare minimum of interacting that I was required to and never look at the service again out of resentment.

    • yuri@pawb.social
      9·
      3 months ago

      I like it! Even if the majority of em completely abandon the accounts afterwards, it’ll increase the visibility of a fledgeling platform AND it’ll show a few folks that alternative social media platforms exist.

      I mean, shit, if lemmy can suit my needs there’s no reason it shouldn’t work for at least some of em.

      • heartbreaker@lemmy.worldOP
        131·
        3 months ago

        I remember a teacher requiring us to use Matrix for a coding class. We still mostly used Discord, and after that class ended, we never used it again.

        You and I have a reason we use Lemmy: we don’t want to use Reddit and want the Fediverse to grow. Simply forcing your students to make Lemmy accounts won’t do anything, in fact it might make them hate it (Oke boomer).

          • 1ostA5tro6yne@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            83·
            3 months ago

            “hey there’s this thing called lemmy, check it out some time” <- leading a horse to water

            “ok you have to register an account on lemmy, it’s part of your grade” <- shoving a hose down the horse’s throat and cranking the spigot

              • 1ostA5tro6yne@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                1·
                3 months ago

                yes because having assigned reading material directly and specifically relevant to the subject of the class is exactly the same as registering for a website full of shitposts and propaganda bots. remember when you got all that spam from opening your textbook, and there was an entire chapter calling you out for being a little bitch?

                that’s the stupidest comparison i’ve ever heard.

    • palordrolap@kbin.run
      2·
      3 months ago

      Haven’t seen this in the other comments: Coolness factor. If you’re a successfully popular teacher, i.e. “cool”, then your students will likely want to participate in whatever it is you suggest.

      However, if they don’t see you as cool, you might have difficulty, and might even put them off the platform. This is not something that can be fixed easily, and trying to be cool is about as uncool as you can get.

      (Making it mandatory will work, of course, but how you go about that could determine whether they choose to stay on the platform once you’re done. This was kind of covered by OP talking about Matrix in another comment here.)

    • Beaver@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Yes as it will get your students to dip their toes into the fediverse

    • Agility0971@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 months ago

      I would rather say that help questions can be posted there. That way its not forving anyone to do anything