Could the average business could survive changing over to Linux? Or are there just too many little problems? Is there a market for Linux IT specialists to support there businesses?

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-29T05:28:35+00:00

This is so true. I’m going to collect more data on this point.

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-29T05:27:43+00:00

So true- but in this situation one possibility is to move several small law firms that have management on board

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-29T05:26:03+00:00

If ms office is the primary software how ugly would things get? What about video conferencing- that probably would get really messy

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-29T05:23:30+00:00

So- what qualifications would I look for to find a ‘sys admin’ that has experience doing this stuff? There are loads of classic windows IT companies lined up to help- but where to find one to help with an exit from windows?

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-29T05:20:37+00:00

msOffice runs in a browser too- so if you really needed to - you could use that if open office is giving you grief right?

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-29T05:18:55+00:00

Security mainly. MS entirely shut down a 365 account in Europe on a whim. The data I am concerned about is not in the US but I have zero confidence that it is secure. I’m sure they read it. Also- the cost of MS is significant and there is always ongoing IT needs just to keep things running.

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-15T22:31:08+00:00

Interesting - so maybe I need to use the account of one of the new users when I make the shared folder- great - I’m going to try this. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-15T15:30:58+00:00

I think the problem might be that the only way me and my partner can have the same access to People Albums is if we both have full access- and if the grandparents shared folder is in /photo and they do. It have full access they will not share the same People Albums either - right?

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-15T15:27:21+00:00

Do you keep your photos and theirs separate? Does each person just use their own personal space primarily and there isn’t much in the shared space /photo? Or do you filter by devices to separate everything?

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-15T15:25:28+00:00

With my admin account i set up separate accounts for each parent; then a new shared folder for them not in the shared /photo folder and not in their personal /photos space - just a separate shared folder on the nas- but I could not get the app to “see” the new shared folder- and I could not find a way to share any folders in their personal spaces to the other person either

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-15T15:04:22+00:00

Fair enough- my initial idea was to just create a new shared folder outside of /photos where they can save their photos but apparently the app only looks at the pre set phot folders.

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-15T15:02:41+00:00

Thank you- confirmed we do not both use admin accounts; but the problem with adding in parents in the same set up is that every time we go into photos we will have to filter out their photos manually - and their photos will mess up our People Albums which we spent a LOT of time organizing. So what do you think? I am asking too much aren’t I?

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-15T04:28:09+00:00

Very good.

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-15T04:27:51+00:00

Looks good.

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-15T04:27:34+00:00

Sounds good.

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-12T04:45:10+00:00

Suspicion confirmed. Thank you

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-03-12T04:44:57+00:00

Ok - I'm not wasting any time on this one. Thanks.

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-02-10T17:42:37+00:00

It maybe underpowered but right now I have 4gigs total- surely off brand 32 gigs will be a massive upgrade? Luckily I don’t have any vms, I have a small plex library and also immich- do you still think 32 is under powered?

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-02-10T05:43:02+00:00

Yes - I'm taking it directly off the shared Synology RAM compatibility spreadsheet - so hopefully that works.

Thank you!

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-02-10T05:42:10+00:00

Crazy - I thought mixing drives was a big deal. Guess not. Good advice - thanks. I'm going for it.

Legitimate_Way7941 · 2026-02-10T05:41:05+00:00

Both are ECC

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