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If you install Linux on your work laptop because it allows you to work more efficiently, then you are doing your job better and making more money for the busine
by joezydeco 3y ago
If you install Linux on your work laptop because it allows you to work more efficiently, then you are doing your job better and making more money for the business; they have no right to object to this and you have a very defensible position for exercising agency in this respect.
From my experience, this is becoming an area where you have no traction. Companies have increasingly complex security and record retention policies, your choice to use Linux (when the company is a sea of Windows machines) creates more work for your IT group to support. So guess what their blanket answer is going to be?
- opportune 3y agoAlso, if you need privileged access to get things done and the IT team can’t install nanny software on your computer, you have created a big security threat. Yeah I know you Mr Hacker are responsible and would never fall victim to malware, because you personally audit all packages and their dependencies you download (eye roll). But imagine you are in charge of security for a company and some argumentative contrarian insists on running the sole Linux machine in your corp network. Potentially your entire business or reputation is at risk because of this guy’s unilateral decision. Wouldn’t it be reasonable to tell them to stop?
- joezydeco 3y agoI think we've been fortunate so far that Windows has so many low-hanging vulnerabilities that Linux hasn't been targeted as much.