It's all there, just need to get over the fear of change hurdle. Once schools use it by default, everyone will learn it, and things that aren't like it will become the hurdles.

> Once schools use it by default, everyone will learn it

that's putting the cart before the horse.

Schools, like most non-tech enterprises, have problems to solve that are bigger than the choice of OS on their IT systems. If the end result of switching out of windows is basically the same outcome as having windows (aka, they've replaced some office programs, and other domain specific programs with a linux compatible version), then what is the value proposition _to the school_? The only value proposition of this switch is to society and free software movement in general, which the school doesn't really directly benefit from.

Well if schools are just kid jail, then sure. But if they're a place for raising future generations, then as a benefit to society, it sounds pretty good to me. And all for a, let's face it, trivial amount of effort.

If the school boards change or the gov changes, so will the software makers. Support groups will be plentiful because they all just follow the money. Just like they did for chromeOS, only this time there will be less built-in spyware.

Public schools are kid jail.

>But if they're a place for raising future generations, then as a benefit to society

Anyone who has been to a public school should be well aware they are not a place that breeds greatness. More a place that hammers it down.

It truly is a sad state of affairs, isn't it?

I happen to work with governments (cloud consulting department at BigTech) the expertise definitely isn’t there.

Then it will come with the money. You think those companies that currently offer it for windows will just fold? No. They'll spend a week learning the difference, and claim to have 20 years experience administering Linux or whatever.

You think it only takes a week to transistors an entire large enterprise?

My old company had to use Skype for business for over a year because Teams didn't support phone calls! It was ridiculous. And that's with the so called 'support' Microsoft provided.

They survived.

You haven’t been on either side of a large technical migration. It literally takes years and millions of dollars.

I have been doing just that for years, first at smaller companies and now working with large organizations on the other side at BigTech.

I believe you. I'm sure it's quite a challenge.

>It's all there, just need to get over the fear of change hurdle

How’s accessibility on Linux? I mean considering the situations with even basic things like drag and drop, copy and paste, video chat and screen sharing I don’t have high hopes that “it’s all there”

Some of those things are the same (everyone has Chrome and Firefox), but drag and drop, and copy/paste are functionally superior in, for example, KDE plasma so I'm not sure I know what you're talking about.

I have to use Windows at work. I choose to use Linux at home.