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'We're done with Teams': German state hits uninstall on Microsoft (us.afpnews.com)

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At a time of growing concern over the power of the world's mighty tech companies, one German state is turning its back on US giant Microsoft.

In less than three months' time, almost no civil servant, police officer or judge in Schleswig-Holstein will be using any of Microsoft's ubiquitous programs at work.

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[–] Addv4@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't forget, most computers are faster on Linux than on the newest windows version, so you can hold off on upgrades for longer if the hardware is physically fine, which just further decreases costs.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I have a Dell laptop from 2013 I'm running Mint on 🫡

Granted, I'm only using it for web browsing and note taking, but still.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 1 points 12 hours ago

So basically an office simulator