Linux Sys Admins, do you work on Linux or Windows office laptops?
Linux Sys Admins, do you work on Linux or Windows office laptops?
I'm getting sick every day at this Microsoft Windows slowness and bloat. I am trying to use as much Linux VMs as possible. I feel so unproductive on Windows. I also tried installing Linux on the office laptop. The problem is that Windows is officialy supported and the Linux is DYI. Once the IT departament changes it will sync up with Windows but Linux can be broken and you are no longer able to work. Next job I want to have full Linux laptop or at least Mac.
Besides:
- Microsoft Office
- Active Directory
- Some proxy and VPN bullshit
Everything seems manageable and even better on Linux.
What is your experience?
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Windows 10 Enterprise with a ton of group polices applied, no issues ever. The Windows Terminal app is really good.
What about native Linux apps do you miss?
Like what?
For me it's
- apt
- vim / neovim
- tmux / screen
- Ansible
- BAAAAASH
- and some other commands that I use seldom but from time to time.
What kind of work do you do?
Automation of the Cloud deployment.
- OpenStack with Kolla Ansible
- just Ansible
- sometimes Bash scripting or Python
Monitoring
- Prometheus with Grafana and AlertManager
Bare metal automation
- Some BMC stuff
- MAAS
Fileserver maintance
- MooseFS with Samba
- Ceph OSDs cluster
And any other that for now I don't have much time like
- AWX with Kubernetes