Yes, but it depends a bit on the exact nature of your job. At the last job, my Linux work machine never had a mouse plugged into it because I never needed one.

Yes, but it depends a bit on the exact nature of your job. At the last job, my Linux work machine never had a mouse plugged into it because I never needed one. The macbook the company gave me was the "chat/email machine". Nowadays, I have to run a proprietary VPN client that only works via GUI, but even though a full screen terminal emulator isn't as "pure", it feels the same. I love it: absolutely zero distractions, it's a huge productivity win for me. But I realize I'm lucky in that the kind of work I do doesn't require me to be responsive to chats and emails (my reply latency is 24h).