Coli Techies, Why in 2024 Companies are not Using Linux :why:

[The Intergalactic Koala]

This is blowing my mind. Microsoft been fukking up lately with the flight issues and some businesses (my wife's current gig) having issues with Sharepoint. Its blowing my mind of why IT can't get hip with the power of Linux especially concerning businesses. I remember the horror stories of my past gig as a computer instructor. Constant issues with Outlook and etc.

I get it, Linux is intricate, but goddamn they dumb it down over the years that you can pass it off as Windows/Mac. Yet, people are still using such a flawed OS because "it just works"

Sorry for the short rant and Ted Talk, but if a marsupial can learn the basics and essentials of Linux, so can a friggin human, and I'm SMOOTH BRAINED

 

[num123]

This is blowing my mind. Microsoft been fukking up lately with the flight issues and some businesses (my wife's current gig) having issues with Sharepoint. Its blowing my mind of why IT can't get hip with the power of Linux especially concerning businesses. I remember the horror stories of my past gig as a computer instructor. Constant issues with Outlook and etc.

I get it, Linux is intricate, but goddamn they dumb it down over the years that you can pass it off as Windows/Mac. Yet, people are still using such a flawed OS because "it just works"

Sorry for the short rant and Ted Talk, but if a marsupial can learn the basics and essentials of Linux, so can a friggin human, and I'm SMOOTH BRAINED

Maybe on the end user side but Linux is definitely used on the server side of things.

 

[Vandelay]

It's been awhile since I've used Linux, I used to have a dual boot setup (I was a nerd's nerd), but if the usability of the OS hasn't declined, it's probably because of the ubiquity of Windows. The learning curve to use a new OS can be years.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

It's been awhile since I've used Linux, I used to have a dual boot setup (I was a nerd's nerd), but if the usability of the OS hasn't declined, it's probably because of the ubiquity of Windows. The learning curve to use a new OS can be years.

Thats the thing. There are OSes that actually are on the same level as Windows, but IT refuses to dumb it down for the companies that need it the most. I have seen endless places use old tech with no way of upgrading because they don't know what a Linux is.

One time I put Ubuntu in a computer lab filled with old, outdated computers, and clients thought I remodeled the wheel. Everything is there from the updates, the software, and even the internet. Hell, folks can still use Office online if they wanted to. Maybe I need to work on being a consultant because I hate went companies piss away money, when they can easily save and be safe.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Maybe on the end user side but Linux is definitely used on the server side of things.

It really depends though. Like for hospitals and etc yes...but small businesses always go with just this whole peer to peer Microsoft "it just works" software that needs up being a mess and a half.

 

[Elim Garak]

What the hell software they gonna use with it? There's a reason why the shyt is so secure because it doesn't have a very large user base.

 

[JealousOnesEn_V]

Well for one most software vendors don’t develop apps to use with Linux, so you can start and stop there.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Well for one most software vendors don’t develop apps to use with Linux, so you can start and stop there.

Yup. Microsoft has imposed itself as the industry/corporate standard for the last 30 years

 

[BaldingSoHard]

Support, ubiquity, risk-aversion, and compatibility.

If you buy a Microsoft product, they can guarantee a high-level of technical support for that product. You can also be assured that most of the software you plan to use has been extensively tested to work with Microsoft products.

With Linux, you can build your own kernel. Not only is that not something the distributor will support, but it also introduces a lot of risk, and nobody is going to take on that level of risk in a corporation-sized environment.

 

[duckbutta]

1. Way more people use windows in real life than linux, so they just default to wanting to use it at their job.

2. Windows is more turn key than linux. There are more apps available for it, especially at the enterprise level.

3. At scale Linux licensing becomes WAY more expensive than windows licensing.

4. Linux has it's own set of technical issues as well. It's not like you go to Linux and you just all of a sudden never have a computer issue anymore.

 

[Givethanks]

Isn't it too complicated to use?

I have people at my job that have trouble opening a SharePoint links

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

1. Way more people use windows in real life than linux, so they just default to wanting to use it at their job.

2. Windows is more turn key than linux. There are more apps available for it, especially at the enterprise level.

3. At scale Linux licensing becomes WAY more expensive than windows licensing.

4. Linux has it's own set of technical issues as well. It's not like you go to Linux and you just all of a sudden never have a computer issue anymore.

Trust, I have been beating the breaks off my keys to fix the littlest of things on Linux, yet a crazy update from Windows can jeopardize a whole work day

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Well for one most software vendors don’t develop apps to use with Linux, so you can start and stop there.

Touche' it's getting there, but its a slog given that Linux users are the epitome of the "dozen of us" meme

 

[Vandelay]

Thats the thing. There are OSes that actually are on the same level as Windows, but IT refuses to dumb it down for the companies that need it the most. I have seen endless places use old tech with no way of upgrading because they don't know what a Linux is.

One time I put Ubuntu in a computer lab filled with old, outdated computers, and clients thought I remodeled the wheel. Everything is there from the updates, the software, and even the internet. Hell, folks can still use Office online if they wanted to. Maybe I need to work on being a consultant because I hate went companies piss away money, when they can easily save and be safe.

It's one of those things where because Windows is so omnipresent, it's like why reinvent the wheel?

Windows definitely isn't the best OS, and probably never was ever in a point in time, but they managed get in on the ground floor with IBM 8086's and at the beginning of the commercial computer revolution businesses adopted that, and it just became oversaturated.

Considering most people aren't tech savvy most organizations don't want to waste the time training people who aren't that savvy and it does 80% of the shyt you need it to do for the last 40 years, why change? The dollars lost training don't equal out to the dollars made while people learn a more productive OS.

They need to create a killer app that's Linux only and then you might see businesses adopt.

 

[Geek Nasty]

Basically the Linux community screwed itself with the out of control distribution forks and no standardization for app developers.

Theres a lot of superior acting people in IT who refuse to open up their precious little worlds to the public.