I’m liking the recent posts about switching to Linux. Some of my home machines run Linux, and I ran it on my main laptop for years (currently on Win10, preparing to return to Linux again).
That’s all fine and dandy but at work I am forced to use Windows, Office, Teams, and all that. Not just because of corpo policies but also because of the apps we need to use.
Even if it weren’t for those applications, or those policies, or if Wine was a serious option, I would still need to work with hundreds of other people in a Windows world, live-sharing Excel and so on.
I’m guessing that most people here just accept it. We use what we want at home, and use what the bossman wants at work. Or we’re lucky to work in a shop that allows Linux. Right?
The last two corporate jobs I had I was able to use Linux. I did have to dual boot but that’s easy. Currently I run my own company and I have one machine that runs windows for people that remote in and need to use my PC for terminal access etc. that machine basically just sits there and doesn’t get used for anything except for that stuff. All my other computers I run at home are all Linux based.