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The Microsoft-Dilemma - Europe as a Software Colony | Why it's so important to ditch Microsoft software in favor of EU alternatives

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Not that I don't (started to) hate M$, but why always just them? What about oracle? Or all the major CRMs? Or adobe? Or.... They all are totally not European.
- i’d say microsoft is the biggest threat because they hold a lot of critical data… if oracle snuffs out of existence, companies can probably migrate reasonably easily (don’t get me wrong there would be gnashing of teeth but alternatives exist), CRM there are EU alternatives (ERP, whilst different, is i think a superset of this and yall have SAP which is german) which tend to throw money at companies wanting to switch, adobe… i mean, they don’t really hold business critical data - it’d be disruptive, but not catastrophic if they disappeared
  microsoft however hosts huge amounts of business critical data - email, one drive, sharepoint, office, and of course windows: it’s easy to say that email migration is easy, foss alternatives exist for all of this, but the data is particularly problematic and getting users to embrace a whole suite of new systems is pretty difficult
  
  True in all your points. Granted. But I just pulled some outta my behind. What's with google (workspace)? Slack? Zoom? Jira? And all those I don't just think of right now.
  Yet, while your points are basically true, even if moving away from a software pose a medium hassle, there has to be an equal contender first. For ms there is Linux. Libreoffice...and that's about it. Covers at least the most important stuff. I don't know a European or Foss ERP/CRM. What about creative cloud from adobe? Gimp is fine, but just a part. Etc etc.
  Before we run into details, the major point was: even though MS sucks, it's really not THE epitome of corporate evil. They all are, together. And any company that roots itself into digital slavery to the bigger overlords is hanging at their mercy.
- It is the biggest fish in the front. How many people use Windows? How many of those use Microsoft Office?
  And now think of how many of those people use Oracle or a CRM? In comparison, it is a minority, even if you throw all CRMs in one pot.
  
  Sure, but ms is (at least with OS and office) replaceable. Many other stuff isn't. And don't forget google. They're in ALL of this, even when they're not. Or cloudflare...
- I think (partly) because Microsoft proved we have a point and the rest hasn't yet. Not as major as blocking a judges access to his email at least.
  
  Yeah sure, right. But what about google? They proove constantly they're the corporate devil.
- Oracle have SAP as European based competitor.
- They all suxxxx
For me it's mostly down to Microsoft being such a douche about their Windows 11 upgrade. My windows 10 PC can apparently not do thd upgrade due to "incompatible hardware" but at the same time I can still run pretty much everything I like to play / do just fine. It's really making me consider switching to Linux, I might give it a shot on an old laptop soon and if that goes smoothly then I'll switch on my other PC as well. No need for Windows anymore if they're pushy and there's a good alternative available.
- If you do try Linux, I highly highly recommend Linux Mint, since it's the most newbie friendly.
  
  I'd rather recommend an immutable distro like bazzite. Mint was ok, but pretty messed up if something didn't work. If you mess up your immutable distro, all you need to do is reboot.
  
  Or else, https://distrochooser.de/ might be a useful help to make a suitable choice (which probably comes down to Linux Mint or Zorin anyway)
- +1 for Linux Mint, switched from windows 10 recently.
  Terminal is annoying but not needed as much as I feared, and usually it's copy + paste anyway (ctrl + shift + v to paste in terminal). A lot of stuff is easier on Linux, like updating, and (sometimes) installing things. Also, it's a feeling that your computer will stay the same or get better, not get worse.
  Also:
  In Steam, you use Proton when your install button is grey, by tapping the gear icon on the right, selecting Properties, Compatibility, checking the box that says "force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool", and choosing the first thing from the drop-down menu. So far everything I've done this with has worked immediately after.
  
  In Steam, you use Proton when your install button is grey, by tapping the gear icon on the right, selecting Properties, Compatibility, checking the box that says “force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool”, and choosing the first thing from the drop-down menu.
  I think Proton is enabled by default in recent Steam client release.
- If you decide to dual-boot because you still need windows for whatever reason, try the mass grave script and turn it into windows iot, same windows with updates till 2032
And right it is. No American influence!

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