• alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 hours ago

    I read that Ubuntu is trying to solve this with the Snap Store.

    But to be honest, I’m just not the target demographic for that.

    I honestly think if the EU had continued with rolling out Mandrake and SuSe to public sector employees 20 years ago, Linux would be dominant today. Microsoft lobbied hard to stop it.

    And I think the way forward will be to have a handful of big customers making the switch. Either China or the EU will probably drive this.

    Maybe Huawei might sell MacBook alternatives based on Linux. Or the EU might revisit that old SuSe/Mandrake strategy.

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      12 hours ago

      Or the EU might revisit that old SuSe/Mandrake strategy.

      They actually are ! I have seen a few posts talking about it. Not sure about SuSe/Mandrake, but they are talking to implement Linux or try to somehow get away from Microsoft.