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Finally got my Linux laptop at work
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Congrats! For me it also has bin godsend that the company allowwes Linux for developers as an exception. In my case it also means that you yourself are responsible for everything yourself, backup, upgrades, security, etc. The only thing they make sure is that the Cisco VPN is also working (it's shitty but anyway) with Linux.
But that is exactly what I want. They do offer a corporate Ubuntu image, which I used one time but hated it, so I blasted it and installed Arch (btw.).
I still need to run MS office and Teams, but I do that in the Browser (have to use Chromium for it because it doesn't work well in Librewolf). But like you say, those pills are much easier to swallow compared to winning Windows 11 on a daily basis, especially as a IT professional.
Teams actually has Linux builds on the AUR. Obviously they are wrapping the web version, but it does integrate much more nicely with the GUI. I'm running the version that uses your already installed electron. I don't have to use chrome for teams, which is the real upside for me.