Hello everyone, I hope I came to the right place to ask my stupid question. I’m currently working in a company that stuck way way back in time. I’m talking some people are still working in DOS level back in time. There is some revamping of this in progres, but it’s going to be a long run....
There are multitude of OS & software in running. Some people still use DOS, but most of those were already upgraded - to windows XP. These machines are currently being replaced with Win10 ones. But due to some specific old SW there still need to be some DOS machines running, at least for couple upcoming years. Linux is sadly not an option for typical office workers, again due to some software in use. There’s at least open source in places where possible with more (Firefox, Thunderbird, tightVNC, …) or less (LibreOffice) success.
Documentation is non-existent now and that’s what bothers me the most. I, at least, started to put my agenda and acquired how-tos to plain txt files for future, because with so much shit going on I tend to forget stuff. I’d like to extend it and make it system-wide to cover all the IT related stuff in the company with some proper software to do it in (no idea which). But there’s virtually no way this lack of documentation will change dramatically anytime soon. There’s simply no will from higher ups and even if there was, there would be no manpower to do it :-( We’re barely holding things running.
It’s small grocery store chain in the middle of European nowhere, with about hundred of stores run mostly in small villages. Some of those ancient software was made in-house decades ago for internal ordering from wholesaler (also run by the company) to individual shops. Everything in wholesale warehouse runs on the same DOS thing too, with stock inventory, invoice, ordering, … There’s already plan to (finally!!) put it to sleep and replace with something newer and more flexible, but given how low on resources and manpower the company is, it’s not going to happen fast.
I haven’t tried, but given how quirky it is (in house development decades ago with patches and hotfixes stuck to it over years) I highly doubt it would work. The main problem is that there’s no will to use Linux in office environment…
We’re at least running it on POS machines - about 150 openSUSE installs - where there’s nothing fancy needed.
That’s what we’re using now and where quite some problems come from. I don’t have anything against it, it’s awesome suite for personal use, but running it in company we constantly run into problems with compatibility. Every partner we’re dealing with is using MS Office and when they’re exchanging spreadsheets or documents with us it’s often pain in the a*s to make it work. And MS is not helping in this…
I had to google whether this is some idiom unknown to me, or if you’re mocking me, or what it really is. I’m no philosopher, but at one point it’s not the same ship for me.
Yeah. I was thinking like the usual 4 piece rock band. You switch one member and it’s ok. Let’s say next year one member dies, so he’s replaced. Still ok. But when there’s ultimately nobody from the original lineup, it’s just not the same band for me. On paper it is, but for me it’s just milking the name…
As an example. I grew up in hip-hop but at a certain point I stopped listening to new people and realised recently that I’d slept on some bangers. Like Kendrick particularly, but even people like Juice WRLD and Xxxtentacion....
Not OP, but… the reason why I won’t use Ubuntu is that whole snap thing. I’m not hating on snaps in general (although I prefer flatpak), but I hate what Ubuntu does with them. You apt install firefox and yet it still ignores your command and do whatever it feels like doing. Why? Why not leave both options available while maybe prefering snaps for inexperienced users (I mean like gui store default to snap)? This is just one thing now, but what might be next? This smells whole lot like Microsoft approach (light version). And I don’t like this direction.
Yes, that’s why I said gui store might default to snap because that’s what new users are using. But when you explicitly put command to terminal and it still ignores it? That’s not what I expected when I jumped MS ship…
Browsing the web I came across this (meta) search engine. From the first glance, it seems promising and giving quite a good results to my searches. Definitely better than Google, Bing or DDG, which tend to be full of SEO/ads/AI bullshit these days. Does anyone use it?...
Yeah, that crypto part must be new(ish). I remember it definitely wasn’t there about half year ago when I first find out presearch. I believe it had no account to create either.
I don’t know, the best I can do is hope. I’m not a native speaker and my english lessons are long gone, so I put words here and there as they came to my mind hoping the other side will understand… Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.
Wow, that trackers bullshit is even worse than I thought.
After all I’m glad that I asked. Something felt fishy about Presearch from the start and I couldn’t pin point what exactly. Reading through all the terms and technicalities was exhausting, so this thread was nice kind of tldr.
Yep, I would buy steamdeck for that purpose except I’d feel it could be even cheaper as a simple and more convenient small brick without fancy display and controls.
I understand why there are the ones where he didn’t kill himself, but the cameras were destroyed, how come no one thought to think he just walked out? This has been bugging me since it happened....
Dumb Q: How to manage sw licences?
Hello everyone, I hope I came to the right place to ask my stupid question. I’m currently working in a company that stuck way way back in time. I’m talking some people are still working in DOS level back in time. There is some revamping of this in progres, but it’s going to be a long run....
Game dev says contract barring “subjective negative reviews” was a mistake (arstechnica.com)
What's your most unpopular opinion about music ?
For me : Trippie Redd’s “!” Is actually a great album
As someone who is aging. Late thirties. How can I keep my finger on the pulse of current trends, particularly in music?
As an example. I grew up in hip-hop but at a certain point I stopped listening to new people and realised recently that I’d slept on some bangers. Like Kendrick particularly, but even people like Juice WRLD and Xxxtentacion....
Operating Systems for Different Life Stages (lemmy.zip)
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Does anyone use https://presearch.com/ (presearch.com)
Browsing the web I came across this (meta) search engine. From the first glance, it seems promising and giving quite a good results to my searches. Definitely better than Google, Bing or DDG, which tend to be full of SEO/ads/AI bullshit these days. Does anyone use it?...
It's Time to Bring Back the Steam Machine (steamdeckhq.com)
With so many conspiracy theories, why isn't there one where Jeffrey Epstein lives?
I understand why there are the ones where he didn’t kill himself, but the cameras were destroyed, how come no one thought to think he just walked out? This has been bugging me since it happened....