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What a steal (europe.pub)
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[–] 10 points 4 months ago (13 children)

It's better than Windows. I'm forced to use Windows at work and I want to go back to macOS.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Agreed, you have my sympathies. For work I only need to use Windows in a VM at least, because of shitty tooling from the manufacturer of some of our equipment.

    Their support agents also need to use Windows, what they need to do just to get sensible SSH and serial line handling looks annoying.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Here's the kicker. I don't need windows for anything, but the device management software is a few euro cheaper in the windows version.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    Windows is a privacy nightmare, but on the other hand it has the by far biggest catalogue of software, including FOSS. The biggest problem is the privacy (less in the EU ^1^) and the huge amount of crap, AI's, services which nobody needs, telemetries, bloatware and trials which include by default slowing down a lot the performance. But all these a advanced user can gut and fix, even if it isn't easy to find all the needed settings in a jungle of indocumented submenus.

    In any case Windows permits by far more interactions and settings by the user than a Mac. Best is Linux (not all distros!), but Windows isn't worse than Mac (it's only in it's default settings which everybody and companies use), but the other way arround and way less greedy and commercial centric than Apple, apart with way better compatibilities, Apple is only compatible with Apple.

    ^1^

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    Just use Linux bro

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    I'll just tell that to IT boss, with your credentials as 'some person on the internet' I should get one in a few hours.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    It all depends what software you use. If you run blender, it actually might be a solution. If you use Adobe products, then probably not.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    It doesn't depend on the software. This is a decision my company made for all of the ten thousands of employees, not because we use software from Adobe, but because they want the same conditions for everyone so that they can manage them "easily".

    Big companies are not very flexible in those regards

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  • [–] -2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Shit company, shit policy. If it's not software dependent then you should be free to pick the environment that's you're most productive with

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Tell me you've never worked at a large company without telling me you've never worked at a large company.

    This is pretty standard policy and has been true everywhere I've ever worked. In order to maintain any amount of security or stability, you'll need everyone not only in the same OS, but will prescribe the specific updates/patches that need to be applied. Depending on the industry, you may also need to approve things anywhere from the level of individual applications to device drivers.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago*

    Agreed, but adding that tech companies often provide the choice between Windows and Mac, both being very locked-down of course. The only place where I was able to work with desktop Linux were research laboratories and early stage startups that are too young to bother with all the IT locking down and would rather give their engineers whatever they prefer, which serves as a cheap benefit compared to big companies.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    You know what is great about using Adobe products on Linux?

    You can't!

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Actually they patched wine back in January to fix install and authentication issues with the creative cloud app. Some people have gotten the current version of Photoshop installed and it is usable. The rest of the stuff.... Not so much.

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