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macco | 5 months ago

The problem for this use case is that certain businesses, like medical offices, use specialized software that is often Windows only.

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Beretta_Vexee|5 months ago

More and more of this software is moving to the cloud and only requires a web browser. A distribution that is very difficult to break and can launch a web browser would already meet many use cases for receptionists, hotels, consultation stations, etc.

bb88|5 months ago

Yes, but doctors offices are still the last places in the US to use a fax machine.

Wowfunhappy|5 months ago

In that case, wouldn't ChromeOS actually make the most sense?

tsoukase|5 months ago

My medical devices run Windows due to specialised software. But at my medical office PC I use Linux: EMR and receipts through a web app on browser (locally hosted but it can be cloud), LibreOffice, Weasis Dicom etc

mschuster91|5 months ago

Wine/Proton gets better every day though.

FirmwareBurner|5 months ago

Doctors have better things to do that learn Linux and Wine.

Their office buys their stuff from a supplier which ships them a Windows box with all the batteries included.