• Aadu@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I always make sure to ask whether I can choose my own OS during job interviews. If they say no, then that’s an immediate dealbreaker.

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        1 year ago

        People who make a living by configuring Microsoft products for company use won’t want to change.

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        1 year ago

        Listen I work in IT and everyone is getting templeOS and they can like it. If gods own operating system isn’t good enough for you then you can clear off.

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      1 year ago

      Im all for privacy and obviously working where you want to but like really? Your unwilling to take a position if the desktop/laptop you use only for work doesn’t have an OS that’s acceptable? Regardless of pay/perks/etc you wouldn’t take a position where everything is perfect except you have to use their specified OS? This is genuine curiosity hopefully this doesn’t come accross as me trying to say I doubt you or your not entitled to your opinions but I just don’t get it, curious to understand why. What industry do you work in? It makes sense if a certain OS could make your job harder but I would be more worried about being able to use software that I want rather than OS at least at my current position.

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        1 year ago

        It doesn’t have anything to do with privacy, it’s more about being able to use tools that I’m deeply familiar with.

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        1 year ago

        Not parent commenter, but yes, an inappropriate OS makes the job a lot harder for software developers. Also, there is rarely a need to store data on the end user device, this is mostly done out of convenience and lack of knowledge on how to do things properly