German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux

Re:German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @04:38PM (#23408382)

I will take Windows's "sometimes there's very little you can do about it" against Linux's "compile it and all its dependencies (probably versions of those dependencies from the same time period, and possibly even their dependencies) from source" any day.

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Re:German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux by MayeulC on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @01:29PM (#23468723)

Part of my point was: if these dependencies are still maintained, chances are their API remained stable, so you only have to compile it with the new headers in most cases. Sometimes, you indeed have to compile obscure dependencies.

This is a consequence of a userspace where most software is open source, and where distributions systematically recompile every package. As a side-effect, it is also generally more portable across architectures.

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Re:German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux by cycloptic on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @05:20PM (#23408930)

You don't want to do that. The first situation is not fixable, the second one is.

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Re:German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Monday June 15, 2020 @04:40PM (#23532707)

How very Linux Community of you to tell me what I want to do.

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