Going from Windows to Linux then back to windows sucks.

Edit; Going through the comments it seems it doesn’t matter so long as IT supports the operating system, which is fair, in my scenario I’m not involved with our systems-management/IT/developers unless it’s an update to the software we use.

My desktop at work is still Windows 10 and while it works, kinda, my keyboard shortcuts are almost entirely different, I’ve encountered numerous moments where switching tab either by alt-tabbing or by the taskbar not working at all forcing me to minimize everything till I find that tab, couple times it wouldn’t even boot.

I started unplugging the Ethernet cable when I leave for work so IT can’t do any behind the scenes when I’m away.

I dredd the day they force a win 11 desktop on me.

      • cole@lemdro.idEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Yeah, go ahead and install your own Linux distro. Now you can’t authenticate to the internal network or use any of the services.

        At the end of the day, corporate being able to manage Linux is what makes it possible to be used in an enterprise environment. There are regulatory and auditing requirements that would otherwise make Linux not an option.

        • Nora@lemmy.ml
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          2 days ago

          I authenticate just fine. Most of our stuff is in the cloud and web based. There’s Teams for Linux, OneDrive for Linux. I use LibreOffice, and then the rest I just use the web version.

          Outlook, I use the web version. Same with all the shares and print stuff.

          • cole@lemdro.idEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            I’m glad it works for you, but this would not work at my company. We have much stricter network controls

      • Karna@lemmy.ml
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        51 minutes ago

        Managed devices usually have software installed to track all such “events” that gets periodically uploaded to IT team, or gets automatically flagged to IT team based on security policies of the organization.

        If you are using a managed devices, in all likelihood, all of your actions are getting automatically logged/tracked.

        • Nora@lemmy.ml
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          18 minutes ago

          Installing Linux would remove all of that software. Your computer essentially disappears from/stops reporting to their systems. It would likely get removed after a while of inactivity as the lists are cleaned up. All IT jobs ive worked they like to keep the list of computers as alive as possible so that means cleaning up dead or unresponsive computers.