Buy a mac? /s
Comment on Discussion Thread 🎪 Wednesday 2 April 2025
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I could get linux on the new work laptop but it could make things like connecting to the VPN and printing a headache. I don’t print much but I need the VPN to do work on the website.
I’d like to cut M$ out of my life where I can but will it be worth it?
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 days ago
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Macs are only for the important people and the iOS developers. Apparently anyone can run linux if you ask for it
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Are you sure it will be a headache? Linux printer drivers are up to date. VPN depends on the software used but most of the big names have Linux installers. I have to work within client systems and for the meeting at part can make it work.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I like this point! How bigger job is it really to reimage the device back to windows if it doesnt work?
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Printer may not be too bad but they use their own version of the VPN software they run, so it wouldn’t be a simple case of installing the linux version.
The IT guy said I could run linux but I’d have to maintain it myself. So I wonder if that would mean I could download whatever I wanted on there