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Basically title. Do you know of any companies that use desktop Linux?

I can think of two in my area in Brisbane - Adfinis and Red Hat. Both have a pretty small presence here from what I last heard (several employees each).

My employer allows the Linux team to use Linux but it's discouraged and our lives are made somewhat difficult.

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[–] Eiri@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

My company used to allow it, but then it became clear people were doing too many dumb things with their work computers to control them normally. For example, some people would explicitly turn their PCs off without updating the OS every Friday and were nearly a year out of date.

That, plus other security concerns I don't remember surrounding the tightening of our policies for security certifications required to net a very demanding client, made it so that we needed to institute mobile device management (MDM) for everything.

We went with Microsoft's version because there were some crucial things I forgot that only it could do. But it didn't support Linux.

So our few people using Linux had to choose between Windows and Mac OS.

[–] wasabi@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

The vast majority of devs at my company uses desktop Linux (Ubuntu LTS). Though admittedly our IT department would prefer if we all used Windows.

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

I used Linux for work. It was fine until we migrated to O365 from workspace. I've found enough workarounds that no one complains.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah anyone with that info is not gonna actually name the companies in question lol.

But i know four in Melbourne. And i can tell you that most serious server infrastructure is nix. Especially in ISPs, RADIUS babyyyy

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 3 points 2 months ago

Every company I've ever worked for

[–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Not us. And worse the guy in charge loves edge and hates firefox.

[–] alfenstein@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago

Some public places like libraries here in Denmark use Linux on their computers, but I don't know to what extent.

[–] pathief@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

In the company I work with you can use whatever you want but I'm the only one using Linux :(

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Current company's full windows, I use both as does the software I maintain. Retail/POS software.

Previous company used linux for trading. Fintech.

Previous previous used linux solely (well, my team did): Ubuntu for devs, product ran on modified Slackware. Large scale retail/POS.

[–] apt_install_coffee@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Opengear in Brisbane; development teams often use Linux.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Up until several years ago our proprietary CAD CAM FEA software had GUI desktop linux support on SUSE or RHEL. They recently dropped GUI desktop version and only support nonGUI use going forward (for batch work), and dropped MacOS a few uears before that. I am hoping with thr uptick in Linux numbers they would reconsider at some point

[–] compcube@lemy.lol 2 points 2 months ago

I've noticed that some "mobility" startups are using Linux. E.g. companies working on electric or automated vehicles.

[–] art@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

In the US, a lot of Lowes Hardware Stores use Linux on their employee computers. Most movie theater projectors are running CentOS, and most movies that come in on hard drives are formatted to Ext2.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 1 points 2 months ago

A Turkish tech chain uses base Ubuntu, that is all I saw

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At my prior company (we got bought out) the thin clients clearly ran a Linux system that then connected into a windows VM.

[–] nexussapphire@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Thin clients, neat!

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

My company uses Ubuntu on a few products they sell to customers, but it's only a relative few devs that use desktop Linux as a daily driver.

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