<html><head></head><body><div>Traditional-thinking companies want to restrict their employees using some type of desktop management system to set policies and permissions and limit activities (e.g. limit or deny admin/root access).</div><div>Windows desktops have plenty of ways for employers to do that.</div><div>Macs have some ways (Jamf is probably the front runner) for employers to do that.</div><div>Linux doesn't have a way for employers to do that to my knowledge.</div><div><br></div><div>In my opinion, that is the major factor why Linux hasn't gained more desktop support in companies, so you are totally correct - they're rare.</div><div>I bet the company you worked for grok'd continuous delivery, or had a non-traditional view of productivity.</div><div><br></div><div>But, Google what you're looking for - employers that allow linux desktops</div><div>They're out there.</div><div><br></div><div><div>On Fri, 2018-06-15 at 12:57 -0500, Christopher Pearson wrote:</div></div><blockquote type="cite"><pre>From: Iznogoud <<a href="mailto:iznogoud@nobelware.com">iznogoud@nobelware.com</a>>
Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Linux employers?
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Yes, what's the real root question or issue here?
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Christopher should try and be a little more explicit about what he has in mind.
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Sorry, what I meant was, I want to work with people who use Linux, not
Windows or Mac, again. I have before. I'm only starting to realize
how rare that is, even though so many servers and products run it, the
people who work on it for reasons that mystify me don't. If I were
hiring for Linux work, I'd want to hire people who run Linux, not
exclude or marginalize them while lowering their enthusiasm,
productivity, and opportunities to improve their area of skill. But
that's their problem. Mine is that I don't do Win/Mac. I do Linux.
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