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Workplace is forcing me to switch back to Windows :(

After 4 years of using Fedora KDE as my main OS with 0 issues or drawbacks, my workplace is now requiring all computers to be on Windows 11. Any suggestions to make the transition back more bearable?

My dissapointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined :(

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Jacob Urlich 🌍
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Don't let them take your freedom to use linux at your home. Use for them, and send the thek to hell after the work.

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ISolox
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Oh I'm using Fedora KDE on my home system already. Issue is I'm unable to sign into email or basically anything that uses my work's SSO due to it requiring the device to be entra enrolled :(
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JoeKrogan
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Pressing F to pay my respects.

Sorry to hear that OP.

When old employer was bought out they tried to move us on to windows. It was shit. After non stop issues they gave in and let us keep linux.

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DFX4509B
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If possible, maybe get a separate machine to throw Windows on and then keep your personal rig on Linux?
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supersquirrel
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As a form of protest create README txt files everywhere that say things like "I wish I was using linux" and "friends don't let friends use windows".
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user28282912
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Do not, under any circumstances, conduct any private business on it. What isn't being logged by Microsoft and shared with your employer, advertisers, various governments will be screenshot'd every n seconds. Additionally, I highly suggest, if you haven't already, to setup a separate VLAN for this device if you ever bring it home and connect it to your home network. Defender absolutely does passive sniffing and active network scanning now. It will also be collecting and logging visible SSIDs as well. Enjoy!
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orca
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My wife has had her dog shit work PC on the network all this time without any of my forethought about this. She has problems everyday with that stupid OS. Fuck.
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ISOmorph
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I'd like to add that you can setup Adguard or Pihole in your network to use microsoft telemetry blacklists to limit their sniffing. My work laptop constantly reminds me that I'm not connected to the internet although everything works fine, because it can't reach the captive portal 😄
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just_another_person
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gist.github.com/camullen/0c41d…

Just cut Windows out as much as possible and run everything in WSL. Setup everything to boot straight to all your WSL layers, and aside from the absolute shit Base OS, it should be the same.


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hendrik
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Uh. My condolences. Do they also force you to use the software installed on Windows? Otherwise you could just image Fedora and run it in a virtual machine inside of Windows 11. Technically, I guess that'd fulfill the requirement with Windows 11 on the computer... Just that you don't use it for more than log in, start the Linux VM and expand it full-screen.
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Can't you just boot straight into a VM running windows, in your Fedora? Passthrough the hardware.. who's gonna know?
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ISolox
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Issue is I won't be able to sign into my work's SSO due to it requiring the device to be entra enrolled after the change :(
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sic_semper_tyrannis
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If they want you to use something specific on your own device then you should be able to request a new device from them
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ISolox
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It was on a work issued device already, so I can't complain too much. Still sucks though after using it for so long.
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suicidaleggroll
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I'm sorry to hear that. Our company recently got acquired, and every 4-6 months the new IT team tries to say, "but do you guys really need Linux? What for?". We answer them, in depth, every time, but then it just comes back up a few months later.

I'm scared one of these days they're just going to force the change on us, all productivity will grind to an absolute halt, deliverables will be missed, and eventually they'll backtrack but only after it's too late to recover the programs that got hosed in the process.

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tangonov
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Just ask them why they want to waste the money on licensing. Money is the language managers understand
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tangonov
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You may run Fedora in WSL2. This is what I do. My work is largely command line based. Use Wezterm. If you must, launch GUI apps from there. I'm running graphical Emacs daily just fine this way. My coworkers don't have half the gas for our kubernetes pods that I do and that's by in large the fact that I refuse to lose my Linux chops
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