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I didn't convince anyone, I just did it.
As soon as microsoft announced the recall feature I was like nope this I aint consenting to that even at work. I put Nixos/Gnome on my work laptop and haven't looked back. Everytime I help someone on their windows 11 laptop it feels like a snails pace.
I wish I could convince our workplace to switch to linux. I feel like Nixos would be PERFECT for the workplace, you could just deploy like a standard config and add more apps if needed.
It would make all the software requests super easy. (given they were FOSS ofc. Even most windows apps work using Wine or Proton tbh.) I don't use any closed source apps on my laptop, but others could.
So much horrible advice in this thread.
The machine the company issues you isn't yours, it's theirs. Wiping out their image and installing another OS is a fantastic way to get fired. If you handle any PII, HIPAA, or PCI data it's also a fantastic way to get sued or charged with a crime.
I work IT at a college. I don't really keep any important data on my device. It's all either on OneDrive or Teams, which is OneDrive, or maybe a Share.
I'm not too worried about it.
It may be their computer, but it's my time I'm spending on it. And if I'm going to be doing that it's not going to be on Windows.
I don't want Microsoft hearing my voice or collecting any biometric data. I don't want anything to do with them. They can screw right off. If my job doesn't value that/me, then bye.
You are being paid for that time. If you sell something it is no longer yours.
Fuck that, I ain't no slave. My only option under the current system is to sell myself. Funny thing is though, is that I'm a human fucking being, so I get to make decisions.
like putting Linux on my work laptop.
Where this doesn't work is the entire Finance department.
They need proper Excel, full of all the proper Excel shenanigans. Some of them will also have VBA macros and random plugins too that they rely on
It's definitely doable. There's plenty of companies and governments in Europe that have made the switch to open source away from Microsoft.
This is true, here is a brief list: https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/who-uses-libreoffice/
But I'm sure it is a massive project you would need to have sufficient motivation at all levels. Not at all a trivial project.
I am curious how these changes feel on-the-ground to the affected workers who had no personal interest in linux or free software.