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Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by fne8w2ah to c/technology
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[–] wipeitonthedog 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And why are federal contracts being issues out for Linux for general users? Because of lack of Ms office

[–] AProfessional 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No it’s because of lobbying. Other countries use LibreOffice.

[–] duckington 4 points 1 year ago

I mean, LibreOffice is usable, but if I could pay for a linux license of Word or Excel, I would pay for it. The UX is just so much better with feature search/animations/plugin support/etc.

[–] foggy -1 points 1 year ago

Almost like Libre Office isn't free!

But yeah, u right