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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Linux is awesome at home, but aren't y'all forced to use Windows at work? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm liking the recent posts about switching to Linux. Some of my home machines run Linux, and I ran it on my main laptop for years (currently on Win10, preparing to return to Linux again).

That's all fine and dandy but at work I am forced to use Windows, Office, Teams, and all that. Not just because of corpo policies but also because of the apps we need to use.

Even if it weren't for those applications, or those policies, or if Wine was a serious option, I would still need to work with hundreds of other people in a Windows world, live-sharing Excel and so on.

I'm guessing that most people here just accept it. We use what we want at home, and use what the bossman wants at work. Or we're lucky to work in a shop that allows Linux. Right?

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[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

that's correct at least for me. My issue is that we have old lab equipment that needs absolutely ancient software and drivers to work correctly and I have to support that to an extent. Me personally, my job could be done within a web browser.

[–] Pumasuedeblue@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm curious: why don't you virtualize? You can have any environment you want, you can run them on any machine, and are probably a lot easier to run backups etc. on.

[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 1 points 3 months ago

The software support on some of our equipment is dubious at best and some of the instructors need to use it and most things are windows here. I would give it a shot if I was the lab supervisor but I'm not.

We have some gel cameras with an Olympus camera module. The last driver update for that brought Windows 7 support. We can get it running on 11 without too much issue.