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> and it comes off as a “Linux person” who refuses to understand why companies use Windows.

One comment in, and I think the litmus test is already working well.

every year i think, damn this linux desktop has been great for a while now! oops now i am getting full computer lockups worse than i have ever seen on windows even:

i dont know if this is : some recent intel microcode affecting 11gen somehow? wayland gnome? tracker-miner-fs3 3500 sql errors per second... is this the problem or symptom? ubuntu delaying 24.04 updates from 22.04... guess i just wait a month in case that helps, did upgrading my framework bios make it worse or better? it happens to be more common when opening youtube tabs... is this some kind of malicious youtube vs uBlock war bullshit? NO idea how to troubleshoot this kind of low level full lockup that i haven't learned in 20 years of linux experience (not enough desktop experience i guess)

On the plus, i did learn about alt+print-screen+ (R E I S U B ) which is a horrifying thing to remember, let alone need to use it

Sounds like a user error/misconfiguration

Your hardware sounds horribly broken.

This seems like a good chance for me to learn. What software do the Linux people planning the budget and schedule for a big project use?

It's high overhead, but having a VM just for Excel isn't that insane. Performance differences these days are negligible, and if you are just using Excel I doubt it's that much of a problem. There is also Google Sheets.

For planning, Jira is king and available as a web app.

Why do you need specifically Excel? Why not literally any native sheet application, most of which can save to .xlsx?

Large chunks of the world economy run on specifically Excel.

Google Sheets and Airtable, from what I've seen.

I mean the funnies answer would be emacs

Maybe even a reverse litmus test. You can't go full-Linux and ignore Windows, otherwise you'll become illiterate in the most used consumer desktop OS after a few years when Microsoft messes it up even more :P

Becoming a Linux user is great, becoming a Linux/Windows/Mac/TempleOS/etc. zealot is not.

You take that back, TempleOS is obviously the best computer system. No networking is a true blessing, and the 640x480 is undeniably crisp and far more practical than 1920x1080. And do I even need to mention the elephants?

> You can't go full-Linux and ignore Windows, otherwise you'll become illiterate in the most used consumer desktop OS

Yes you can, the Gandhi/Swadeshi way.

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