Not sure if this is the right place for it, but would anyone be interested in assisting an MSP in helping refine our Linux Stack?
Our goal is to take companies that are currently using a Windows stack and move them over without too much retraining on the user’s part.
Our current stack is Linux Mint, LibreOffice, a custom RMM agent, and a few bits and bobs that differ per client, but that’s all malleable. We have a stack, I’m just interested in anything that may make it better. Of note, we donate to FOSS monthly for roughly the licensing fees of the non-FOSS alternative that the clients would be using.
EDIT: Further info for some incredibly hostile replies who are seeking to purposely get offended…
As an MSP, the monthly client fee remains the same regardless of if the clients are on Linux, MacOS, or Windows. I assure you, we’re not winning new converts with Linux and hoping to capture some untapped market. This isn’t a money-maker. We are avoiding e-waste and upcycling machines for free on our own dime. If the client doesn’t want to convert, we donate the systems when they are discarded to one of the nonprofits we support for free. Again, switching clients to Linux wouldn’t make us any money as we don’t bill for project fees. If anything it would make us less money because we’re not trying to sell new objects to the client and are signing ourselves up to train and deploy to them. There’s no sneaky evil hidden agenda here.
I was never looking for someone to design the entire implementation, just one or two comments saying something to the tune of “X distro / software is easier for newbies, take a look!” or something.
Man this thread was a rollercoaster. Seems like you ran into some incredibly fragile egos. For what it’s worth, I switched my 73 year old dad and his business to ZorinOS (An Ubuntu-based distro designed for former Windows users to easily switch to Linux) with LibreOffice, Thunderbird, and Firefox. Granted he’s a solo shop, but he was able to pick up ZorinOS fairly easily.
Yeah, I was sort of taken aback at the level of open hostility here. I thought Linux users were pretty happy with getting the OS out there.
Anyway, I’ll check out Zorin! Much appreciated. Firefox and Thunderbird are already in use everywhere we can get people to ditch Chrome.