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I think powershell is considered a scripting language. Even though the version that is included with windows is outdated you can still do quite a bit with it.
by larntz 5y ago
I think powershell is considered a scripting language. Even though the version that is included with windows is outdated you can still do quite a bit with it.
And if you can use WSL you basically have all the linux cli stuff available to you.
And if they don't blacklist all executables you can probably just download and run zipped packages -- powershell core, python, go, vim/neovim, and probably emacs can all be run as if they were portable apps and for most things you won't need admin rights.
- kleiba 5y agoTechnically, yes, I could do that - but they made it pretty clear what the company policy is, so I will certainly not download and install third-party software even where admin rights aren't necessary. But of course, the thought crossed my mind, too... WSL would be a dream, but they said to me that they basically want all machines that they're responsible for to be the same. You see, there are two kinds of sysadmins: those who take their job to be enablers for the rest of the staff (within certain constraints) and there are some that want to make it as easy as possible to themselves, nevermind if that restricts the actual users.
- mpfundstein 5y agoputting an exe in a folder on your desktop counts as installation? is creating a word document also an installation?
- kleiba 5y agoIt's about running third-party software. How exactly that resides on your computer is secondary.