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linux as business/ company pc? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am going to ask if I may use linux for work. We are using windows but there is nothing that couldn't be done on linux. Privately, I am mainly a fedora user but I'd be happy with any OS and DE or wm. What do I need to look out for when I suggest an OS? What does a computer/ linux/DE need in order to be ready for enterprise workstation? Will I only have a user and no sudo rights? May I install all flatpak apps? Does the admin have to be able to remote ssh?

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's better to ask forgiveness than permission. And forgiveness meaning "I didn't realize I couldn't do that"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is horrific advice in this context.

As much as I would love to turf windows and jump to Linux I know that internal policy is you will be fired because you are breaking company policy and threatening company certifications and compliance.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Thanks for balancing the comment. You're correct. For many, if not most jobs, my comment isn't good advice.

But if you ask, they will say no. If you do it anyway they could appreciate it. At my current and former jobs it ranges anywhere from a slap on the wrist to praise for creative use of resources.

I got caught by IT running Linux on four 15 year old optiplexes I found. They were unhappy, but were floored that they were running so well, and the fact that I was making use of something that was effectively trash. They let me keep them.

I was offering that perspective.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That strongly depends on the job. If the company has to follow regulations to meet some security posture, wiping the OS (and all the security tools and configuration set up by IT) to put your own favored OS without matching the security requirements could wind up with you getting fired.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Oh yea for sure. There is a huge difference between a startup and a defense contractor.