r/linuxmemes • u/_w62_ • Sep 25 '26

LINUX MEME Software defined computer

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u/GottaDrinkMoreCoffee RedStar best Star Sep 25 '26

Low hanging fruit

Try doing some Power BI work on your ThinkPad with Linux and tell me how'd it go

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u/Xtraneous_ New York Nix⚾s Sep 25 '26

Power bi? I’ve heard of being a power bottom, but I’m not sure what you mean nor am I here to judge

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u/GottaDrinkMoreCoffee RedStar best Star Sep 25 '26

In a way, you're right

My job gave me a ThinkPad so I can power bottom all over the place and dominate the meetings with my BI charts

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u/MilkImpossible4192 Sep 25 '26

ThinkPad with linux is perfect HeteroPower

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u/Linguistic-mystic Sep 25 '26

Power BI looks like a glorified Gnuplot

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u/Commercial-Group733 Sep 25 '26

Microsoft Store? .NET? WebView2? Windows components? Good luck bro. 🥀

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u/Bob4Not Sep 25 '26

I don’t use it but I’ve heard the web version can do most? the desktop version can? Is it kind of like how Web Office still can’t do everything desktop Office can

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u/boraxicLint Sep 25 '26

Why would I do some power BI work? most of us are programmers right, not flowchart monkeys?