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What can be a good alternative for Excel that works on Linux? Currently I need to use VBA, Solver, Analysis Toolpak charts. Moreover the alternative should read xls and xlsx files. Doesn't need to be free or open source.

Any recommendations? Thank you.

So I wanted a copy of the board game Carcassonne as it's a game I've played with friends before and loved. For things like this I (like many others) would gravitate towards Amazon.

But after some research I found that my local board game cafe sells copies of the game cheaper than anywhere online. Yesterday I popped by, grabbed a copy and had a nice chat with the owner about the game and their favourite expansions. This was a significantly better experience than buying the game online from a soulless corporation, and my money has gone to an great local company rather than a billionaire. Why did we give up the joy of shopping locally and in-person for convenience?

Similarly I was looking out for a black denim jacket in my size. Instead of going to a big clothing retailer I checked out some charity shops, and I found exactly what I wanted for a fraction of the price with the money going towards charity.

Going forward I'm going to avoid Amazon and any big American companies wherever possible. Hopefully others will do the same :)

I've seen a few, but none that really convinced me, feel free if you have suggestions

• https://secrid.com/en-nl/
• https://www.ogondesign.com/
• https://www.ekster.com/en-eu
• https://aviatorwallet.com/
• https://focx.store/
• https://www.gusti-leder.de/accessoires/geldboersen/fuer-herren/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27080008

They've stopped sponsoring SF Pride, even though their "we're so inclusive" bits on their website are still up.

They own a LOT of brands, so check out the Wiki and avoid them like the plague.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LVMH

DataCrunch is based in Finland and provides long time rental of bare metal servers, short time use of instances similar to EC2 and serverless container hosting. The latter is particularly interesting since they come with autoscaling and queue support out of the box. We have been using Fargate, but then you can’t go completely serverless with GPUs and the queue is a separate entity. We deployed our first model using a vLLM docker image in days without having used the system before. We will probably moving existing model hosting from AWS to DataCrunch as well.

cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/19452

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/58895173

I've been testing Jottacloud, aiming to find a replacement for my family iCloud setup.

I didn't find quite that, but I did find a true gem with a well-designed CLI tool for niche platforms, Apple TV app and overall good vibes.

Highly recommend them, and if you want to read more about my experience so far, and how I enjoyed talking to a support first time in years, please read the blog post.

Tomorrow is the Spring Equinox (or the March Equinox). Here is a blog post I wrote with 3 European products to celebrate spring with. (I have no affiliation with the products or companies, my blog is non profit and I run it purely to promote the use of European products)

Does anyone have recommendations for alternatives to Splitwise?

Recently they removed some features from their free version and now I am looking for an European alternative.

Thanks!

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/24105021

Archive: https://archive.is/2025.03.19-115656/https://www.ft.com/content/eb9e0ddc-8606-46f5-8758-a1b8beae14f1

The planned fund for capitals to spend on weapons would only be open to EU defence companies and those from third countries that have signed defence agreements with the bloc, officials said on Wednesday.

It would also exclude any advanced weapons systems upon which a third country had “design authority” — restrictions on its construction or use of particular components — or control over its eventual use, the officials added. 

That would exclude the US Patriot air and missile defence platform, which is manufactured by defence contractor RTX, and other US weapons systems where Washington has restrictions on where they can be used.

The policy is a victory for France and other countries that have demanded a “Buy European” approach to the continent’s defence investment push, amid fears over the long-term dependability of the US as a defence partner and supplier sparked by President Donald Trump.

At least 65 per cent of the cost of the products would need to be spent in the EU, Norway and Ukraine.

EU member states would not be able to spend the money on products “where there can be a control on the use or the destination of that weapon . . . It would be a real problem if equipment acquired by countries cannot be used because a third country would object,” one of the officials said.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/9419197

Well, quite ambitioned for a one-man-show, also the chosen linux distro as base can be disputed.

The mark to be appealing to "typical public sector organisation[s]" is quite high, but in regards to the team (one man?) I'm remembered of elmenteryOS and how the two founders managed before splitting ways. They pulled it off for a while.

What would be your top 5 most important and impactful product/service to switch from US to European?

And bonus question: What is one product/service you think is not as imlactful as another product/service or as others think?

Most of my tech is US based currently, and I’m trying to change it. An example is moving from OpenAI (US) to Mistral (French).

Then I learnt from someone else that Mistral has significant US investment - more details provided below - output from Mistral.

I was wondering what views others had on this type of relationship? It has put me off Mistral to be honest.

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Several of the investors in Mistral AI are based in the United States. These include:

1. Andreessen Horowitz: A prominent venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California.
2. Lightspeed Venture Partners: Another major venture capital firm with headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
3. General Catalyst: A venture capital firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
4. NVIDIA: A technology company known for its graphics processing units (GPUs), based in Santa Clara, California.
5. Salesforce Ventures: The venture capital arm of Salesforce, headquartered in San Francisco, California.

These investors have contributed significantly to Mistral AI's funding rounds, reflecting a strong interest in the AI sector from U.S.-based venture capital firms and technology companies.

Credits: https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1je0xx2/every_step_forwards_is_a_step_forwards/

Built up a decent safety buffer and have decided to put 2000 euros every month automatically on an European accumulated ETF.

Which is the ETF you are or would invest in?