I’m getting sick every day at this Microsoft Windows slowness and bloat. I am trying to use as much Linux VMs as possible. I feel so unproductive on Windows. I also tried installing Linux on the office laptop. The problem is that Windows is officialy supported and the Linux is DYI. Once the IT departament changes it will sync up with Windows but Linux can be broken and you are no longer able to work. Next job I want to have full Linux laptop or at least Mac.

Besides:

  • Microsoft Office
  • Active Directory
  • Some proxy and VPN bullshit

Everything seems manageable and even better on Linux.

What is your experience?

  • Lettuce eat lettuce
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    2 months ago

    My current company is being absorbed into a much larger company right now, got bought out earlier this year.

    I was the only IT for the smaller company, and I was using 100% Linux (Debian with KDE Plasma) on my laptop to administrate everything in our environment, which is mostly Windows.

    • Our DC with AD on it, I used Remmina to RDP into it for admin tasks.
    • O365 and Azure/Entra stuff was all in the browser.
    • Our ERP system is cloud-based, so browser was fine for that too.
    • Our access control system was cloud-based and the RFID card reader/writer was plug-n-play on Linux.
    • Our company SMB share worked fine with Linux in Plasma using my AD credentials.
    • I set up my company OneDrive sync using rclone, it also worked flawlessly.
    • Our Fortigate firewall VPN has a native Linux app which, although ugly as sin, works without issue.
    • I used OnlyOffice for a while, then switched back to LibreOffice. Both worked basically perfect, a few very minor font bugs, (bullet lists having a slightly different style for the bullets, etc.)
    • Teams, I used a wrapper flatpak for a while, which worked fine, then switched to the browser version of Teams. No major issues, I had a bunch of meetings, screen shares, webcam, presentations all on Teams in Linux, pretty seamless.
    • Email, Outlook in the browser is fine. I also used Thunderbird for a bit, but didn’t like how buggy it was in the Flatpak version, and the Debian package was way too out of date for my taste.

    Now that we got bought out, I am being forced off my Linux laptop and onto the new company’s Windows laptop, which really sucks. I am planning on quitting soon, as I hate using Windows and I am very underpaid at my current job as it is. Only real perk was not having to report to any IT manager/CTO, and being able to use Linux.