Blending Proprietary with Open Source, Positive or Negative? | DLN Xtend 81

On this episode of DLN Xtend we discuss open-source software on proprietary operating systems.

Welcome to episode 81 of DLN Xtend. DLN Xtend is a community powered podcast. We take conversations from the DLN Community from places like the DLN Discourse Forums, Telegram group, Discord server and more. We also take topics from other shows around the network to give our takes.

00:00 Introduction
09:41 Topic - Open Source Software on a Closed Source OS
26:34 Host Related Interest
37:05 Wrap Up
37:57 Extras

Nate

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Wendy

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Wendy (Mastodon @WendyDLN)
Nate (Website CubicleNate.com)

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When I helped with a corporate wide migration to the Linux desktop, having Firefox, LibreOffice (OpenOffice at the time when doing the migration), and other tools being able to run on Windows really helped with non-technical users when we started the roll-out of Linux to the company. We need cross-platform applications

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How long did it take to do the migration?

When I left 70% of the company was on Linux either dual boot or single boot. Most Linux single boot though had Windows applications either through Citrix or Crossover Office.

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