Mastodawn

> Linux didn't win the way anyone expected. There was no dramatic moment where Ubuntu overtook Windows on the desktop. No press conference. No champagne. Linux won the way open source always wins — gradually, relentlessly, by being better at the things that matter most to the people building the future.

**Linux Won, and Nobody Noticed**

https://www.junauza.com/2026/03/linux-won-and-nobody-noticed.html

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Linux Won, and Nobody Noticed

The tech industry has failed to properly acknowledge this for years: Linux won. Not "Linux is doing fine." Not "Linux is making progress." N...

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Conny Nasch 1d ago

@9x0rg Thank you for this great news! I have always thought that about OpenOffice and company, yet never had it as my pc's have always been pre-installed with windows... Now it seems that I am too lazy to learn, but will get help from a friend 😁

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Maxi 12x 💉1d ago

@connynasch BTW, OpenOffice was forked 16 years ago into LibreOffice. OpenOffice development died long ago, nobody should use this rotten code. So if you want to try an alternative to Microsoft software, install LibreOffice.

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GunChleoc

@frumble @connynasch I recommend starting with the software first - LibreOffice will run both on Windows and Linux. So will Firefox & Thunderbird, Inkscape, you name it.

Make a list of the software you need and slowly get used to it. Once you are ready to ditch all the old software, you're ready to swap out the operating system too.