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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 9 months ago

I Don't See a Reason to Switch to Windows from Linux Anymore in 2025

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I Don't See a Reason to Switch to Windows from Linux Anymore in 2025

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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 9 months ago
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Do you think there's any reason to switch to Windows? Well, we don't think so, and here's why!
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    I rely heavily on Microsoft Office

    Oh, boy. Get a better job.

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      Literally every office job ad in my country wants MSOffice experience. Many also want GSuite even though that’s redundant. I’ve even seen one in the legal sector that wanted WordPerfect. Can’t speak for the other guy, but not everyone has an option to “get a better job.”

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        Yeah, that’s a lie.

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          https://ca.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=4f87b9a36bbb1839

          https://ca.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=061114cdc20ef415

          https://ca.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=4736c4c40c53499b

          https://ca.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=34e18aa739dd2a54

          https://ca.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=3cdb4d0af94558c3

          https://ca.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=46bf61f624a4900b

          Top six jobs on Indeed, search query “office assistant” in Calgary, AB. Ctrl+F for “MS Office” or “Microsoft”. Can’t show you the one that wanted WordPerfect because it expired months ago and I didn’t save the link. Not to mention it would dox me.

          YeAh, ThAt’S a LiE

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            Here are the results of searching “Linux sysadmin”, none of them requires MS Office experience but they all require Linux experience. Do you understand now why your comment is stupid?

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              Okay, so firstly, stupid != deceitful. Secondly, there’s absolutely no need for insults. Lastly, when a person says “office job” they generally don’t mean “Linux sysadmin.” They mean someone who writes documents all day or puts numbers into spreadsheets. And in the context of this conversation, it should be obvious that it’s referring specifically to those that use word processors or spreadsheet software. Furthermore, that link pulls up a whopping 4 jobs. That is not a good sample size, even if any of them did mention having to use a word processor, spreadsheet software, etc.

              But hey, just accuse me of lying and stupidity. Not like there’s a person on the other side of your screen or anything.

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                Yep. 4 is a terrible sample size, I didn’t even look at the results since the point I was trying to make was about selection bias, which you seem to understand so I don’t know why you even thought posting the previous comment was a good idea.

                I’ll apologize for calling your comment stupid, though. That was unnecessarily hostile of me and uncalled for.

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