I had running battles with a previous employer's IT department as we wanted to install linux (being developers in a large non-technical company) as we were depl

I had running battles with a previous employer's IT department as we wanted to install linux (being developers in a large non-technical company) as we were deploying to linux targets. Unfortunately the powers that be were very slow/disinterested in helping so WSL was pretty much the only route to have something still serviceable. Shadow IT wouldn't have cut it.