• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
        2·
        7 months ago

        All of our laptops are either Mac or Linux. Eight or ten years ago it was all Mac but now it’s mostly Linux. Ultimately, clients that have closed Windows ecosystems always provide us with laptops or a jump station to connect to. So if they are going to do that anyway, there was no need for us to Windows internally.

        • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
          2·
          7 months ago

          I bet that saves you a boatload in senseless licensing costs and lost time dealing with Microsoft’s shenanigans!

          • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
            1·
            7 months ago

            Absolutely. Enterprise license and MSDN was expensive and a pain in the ass. Once we dropped support for Microsoft as a whole and transitioned to Google Apps (early adopters) everything became easy. OSX never broke, although the hardware could be problematic at times. The main reason most of us started transitioning to Linux from Mac was Apple’s hardware choices. That said, I have a MBP M3 Max for music and graphics and that Apple silicone is absolutely beastly.

        • nexussapphire@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          7 months ago

          Creats worm that installs Linux on every workstation. It somehow leaves the network and is running rampant in the wild.

  • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    7 months ago

    We joke / complain about this all the time at work. Boss puts in some drop-everything emergency ticket.

    Windows Update: Imma let you finish, but first I gotta do some work 'round here.

  • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    143·
    7 months ago

    Just… don’t install the update?

    …oh right, you don’t actually own your computer under Windows.

  • pufferfisherpowder@lemmy.world
    61·
    7 months ago

    First of I run linux on my personal machine.
    Second, I shut down my work machine at the end of the day and if there is an update - let it update. The result? Not a single problem with windows updates in years! Strange, I know.

    Sidenote: I always thought people were partially making fun of windows updates because you have to reboot all the time. I have to log out to switch from integrated to dedicated graphics in Linux and pretty much 90% of all updates require a reboot. And to conserve battery I have to shut down the laptop anyway, since hibernation is but a dream. But whatever, it’s not a competition.

  • Sorgan71@lemmy.world
    1·
    7 months ago

    I feel like now both linux users and vegans fill the same social niche of being the most defensive and annoying person in the room.