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Why are there so many people using Linux for work. Are you using your personal machines for work? If so why? Or do your company allow installing whatever OS you want on the work machine?
I was running Ubuntu at work. And a coworker was running PopOs.
Company didn't really care what you ran. If you opted for Linux you couldn't really rely on device support. Which is usually fine for the average Linux user.
I've used Linux/Mac for so long in a work environment that I only use Windows as a gaming system. And even that has improved a lot.
Not every work environment is the same.
When I first started with my current employer I was given a system with RHEL preinstalled and I replaced it with Fedora on my first day. I was told to use LUKS and given a normal OpenVPN profile but otherwise they don't control or monitor anything about my workstation. No matter how many years or decades I stay at this company, it's extremely unlikely I'll ever touch an OS that isn't Linux-based during work time.
Every previous job I've been at also had me use Linux for my primary workstation, because my field of work more or less requires it, but some have needed me to access a separate Windows system/server/VM on rare occasions.
My last company was Linux only, and we could pick whatever we wanted. My current company is macOS only, which isn't great but at least it's not Windows.
If they're going to force me to use Windows or Mac, I'd much rather Windows than Mac. Piece of shit of an "operating system".
Why? macOS feels a lot like Linux in my regular workflow, which is largely terminal based. There's two decent package managers (homebrew and macports, I use macports), tmux and vim work as you would expect, etc. 90% of my workflow is the same between macOS and Linux.
I've tried WSL, and the workflow just doesn't feel right.
But at my company, there's another huge caveat: IT locks down the Windows machines, whereas there's pretty much no oversight on the macOS computers. That has a ton of value for me.
yes, company allows installing any OS. Also my previous employer was a University, who maintains their own flavor on Linux, which was then one of the official choices in addition to Windows and OSX.
I'm a contractor. They give me work and money, I give them result. I use what works best, and it's a linux distro.
I keep wondering the same. Windows is mandatory. Even in the it departement.
Yep. Windows or Mac. Typical corporate IT spyware isn't even available on Linux.