Microsoft probably added or changed unnecessary shit to the OOXML format that your old version can’t handle.

Do all documents open without any problems?

Zentyal replaces windows server. It has active directory, file server, print server, domain controller and mail server, all in a way compatible with Microsofts products, but it’s Linux. I worked with it many years ago and it did what it says on the tin. I haven’t worked with newer versions.

In this case the AI is kinda wrong. It’s not a Thunderbird replacement in any way, rather an OWA replacement and Exchange alternative. You could use Thunderbird to connect to it probably.

What you could use is the Thunderbird extension TbSync, or Owl. Both work, but TbSync is free.

You got me curious. Passwords yeah, but tax documents? Why?

GNOME disks is a nice GUI that lets you setup disks with ease. Encryption can be easily setup with it.

So when the laptop dies, the disk cannot be read anywhere because the tpm is lost?

If your drive starts malfunctioning, then without encryption you might be able to read some sectors and recover a few things. With encryption you are SOL.

My drives are not encrypted because it’s a hassle if things start going wrong. My NAS is software raid so the individual disks mean nothing anyway. The only drive that is encrypted is my backup disk and I’m not really sure if it was needed.

GOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL

Casual games require it too

When they call me to fix their PC 😂

Ps5 has the same problem. Is it the latest more powerful version? Can it take discs?

My current Android phone has 4GB and it’s really smooth. I’ve got 90 Firefox tabs open and several apps. I’d love to see that level of optimization in a startup, but more RAM will just mask the bad optimization.

Our beloved consoles from the 80s and 90s were built with off the shelf parts, this is no different. Custom hardware in a niche market would lead nowhere.

Does HDMI CEC keep the device always on? How else could it work? It’s wasting energy.

Was there any doubt this was serious?

Pretty happy with the G series, but only because the XPS series for replaced by it in terms of bang for buck. And honestly, the G series we got are pretty good.

I’m picturing cables in my head like the ones they deploy on seabeds to accommodate this 😄

But that’s true for any switch to any os. If you switched to macos you would have run into the same/similar issues. I’ve been using Linux for so long that simple things that are missing from Windows are annoying, like keeping a Window on top, or using the quick GNOME overview by throwing the mouse in the corner.

I think it’s a matter of letting go when you’re ready and create new habits, and not try to shoehorn in old habits. That’s general advice. Sometimes people just want Windows but without Microsoft’s privacy disaster, but Linux just is different. I’m talking in general, not specifically to your grievances @millie@beehaw.org 🙂

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Does or did? It’s not clear from the link at first glance.