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It's free and electron because they can run it in a web browser, running everything on MS Azure. With code on GitHub and CI on GitHub etc etc. The whole dev exp

It's free and electron because they can run it in a web browser, running everything on MS Azure. With code on GitHub and CI on GitHub etc etc. The whole dev experience offered to companies as a service via a series of web applications. Companies will love this. Just get any web browser, preferably Microsoft Edge on a Microsoft Window Pro on a Microsoft Surface laptop. Open Microsoft GitHub workspace. To dev for your Microsoft Azure hosted Linux VM. Run the CI on GitHub. Use Microsoft O365 for your design doc. And Microsoft Team for communication. Poor little Linux in the middle.

CoolCold 4y ago
Why poor little Linux? Those got what they wanted. No gloomy project managers above you, just write the code you like, express yourself? Check No telemetry to know what average Joe The Normie uses and wants? Check No spending time on meetings and plannings, boring strategy discussions, just do a bit of here and there what your soul wants today? Check Love to tinker and customize your setup without leaving a chance for IT department to standardize on software and settings rollouts, no MDM covering YOUR system ? You are out of enterprise - Check Dreams came true, why poor?
- bombela 4y ago
  Because the linux desktop is forbidden at many tech companies nowadays, for the very reasons you wrote! At a company I worked, overtime they wanted everybody on Mac or Windows. No code locally, only ssh onto a Linux VM. When you argue you can also ssh from Linux, the response is: we cannot run the spywares on Linux. Sure you can change job. But I have noticed the trend all over among my circle of friends.
  - CoolCold 4y ago
    You confirm my point - Linux fanboys don't wanna be standardized and play nice with policies and should not wonder why others don't wanna play with them. Mission accomplished. Nothing to complain about. Those who are not fanboys, asking themselves - how can we change to collaborate? Microsoft/Ubuntu are moving into enterprise direction though https://joymalya.com/linux-management-with-microsoft-intune/ https://joymalya.com/linux-management-with-microsoft-intune/

CoolCold 4y ago

Why poor little Linux? Those got what they wanted. No gloomy project managers above you, just write the code you like, express yourself? Check No telemetry to know what average Joe The Normie uses and wants? Check No spending time on meetings and plannings, boring strategy discussions, just do a bit of here and there what your soul wants today? Check Love to tinker and customize your setup without leaving a chance for IT department to standardize on software and settings rollouts, no MDM covering YOUR system ? You are out of enterprise - Check Dreams came true, why poor?

bombela 4y ago
Because the linux desktop is forbidden at many tech companies nowadays, for the very reasons you wrote! At a company I worked, overtime they wanted everybody on Mac or Windows. No code locally, only ssh onto a Linux VM. When you argue you can also ssh from Linux, the response is: we cannot run the spywares on Linux. Sure you can change job. But I have noticed the trend all over among my circle of friends.
- CoolCold 4y ago
  You confirm my point - Linux fanboys don't wanna be standardized and play nice with policies and should not wonder why others don't wanna play with them. Mission accomplished. Nothing to complain about. Those who are not fanboys, asking themselves - how can we change to collaborate? Microsoft/Ubuntu are moving into enterprise direction though https://joymalya.com/linux-management-with-microsoft-intune/ https://joymalya.com/linux-management-with-microsoft-intune/