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linux as business/ company pc?
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If you work for a larger company, they will likely want you to keep using what they already have, not because Linux can't do the job but because it's a PITA to maintain different devices.
Also, they will likely not appreciate having a lone user with a unique attack surface.
They will say, while simultaneously ignoring every NIST recommendation
We don't ignore them. We scope out implementation plans constantly, it's just when they hit the MBA managers desk they tend to end up in the shredder.
Depends, every tech company I've worked at has had Windows machines for project managers, account managers etc, and Mac for developers and designers. So it is possible to support two OSs as standard. I've always just picked the Mac but when my next laptop is due I may ask if anyone uses Linux
Also most Windows-centric companies hire Windows-centric sysadmins who'll hide behind any excuse not to show their linux ignorance.
my favorite line they like to use is something to the effective of: we have to use something that can handle many users; implying that linux cannot handle thousands to millions of users, completely ignoring that it's the most widespread server os on the planet handling billions of users.