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[–] melfie@lemy.lol 7 points 45 minutes ago* (last edited 31 minutes ago)

While I prefer Linux and use it wherever I can, I use about every major OS on a regular basis. I have a machine that dual boots Windows due to some expensive specialized software I own that doesn’t work on Linux yet, I have an iPhone because Linux phones aren’t good enough to be a daily driver and Graphene doesn’t work with certain apps I need, I have an Android tablet / Android TVs because they have a usable UX while allowing sideloading of OSS apps that respect my privacy, and I use macOS on my work machine because company IT doesn’t support Linux. Yes, I’d prefer to run Linux on every device, but there are practical reasons for using other OSes, and it’s not like a competent techie can’t learn to use whatever. I assume Linux will continue to gain market share across form factors, but we are not there yet. I’ve actually never worked anywhere where Linux was supported, and while I’ll refuse to work somewhere with unethical business practices, I probably won’t choose to be unemployed to avoid using Windows. Google, for example, does support Linux devices for employees, but I’d rather use a Windows laptop somewhere else than actively build tools for surveillance capitalism.

TL;DR - Pick your battles.

[–] pewpew@feddit.it 6 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (5 children)

Just wondering... Is there anyone on Earth using Windows Server?

At school we were tought how to work with it (my teacher was so outdated, he barely knew what Linux was) but I can't find any good reason to use it instead of Linux

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 28 minutes ago (1 children)

Every single business running Windows computers (which is about all of them) will have an Active Directory running on Windows.

Every company I worked for only ever had a handful of Linux servers and the majority of Windows servers.

Microsoft revenue generated $26.7 billion in one quarter from its Licensing, and even though a lot of it was through cloud, a lot of it also came through self hosted Windows servers.

You live in a bubble if you think nobody is using Windows server.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 minutes ago

Agreed. Most orgs don't have a serious demand for their computers anyway just web clients to SaaS products. So Chromebooks and Google suite. Windows and cloud AD and Office 365. All Mac. Honestly work find with the biggest goal being lowest hurdle for support.

Windows had that locked down especially with vendors support zero config support where they will ship a laptop ready to go.

It's always super painful where those orgs then want to do anything serious on a server, cause yeah none of what I said is optimized for a decent server experience.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 1 points 37 minutes ago

Yes, and it's terrible.

[–] Zangoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

My company uses it for some of our legacy on-prem hosting, but a lot of that is being actively decommissioned.

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, I've seen a lot of it for two things.

First being sqlserver, though that's been able to run on linux for a long time now, there's a bunch of features not supported but not a deal breaker for a lot of people, I haven't encountered ssis or ssas in years for example.

Second being Internet Information Services (IIS), which some people really seem to like.

Wouldn't be surprised if active directory required a windows machine either, definitely a bunch of cases I'm not considering or aware of but I'm no sysadmin.

[–] FalschgeldFurkan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I think some still use it for game servers

[–] arc99@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Guy just sounds entitled and precious they wouldn't stump for a Macbook.

[–] paequ2@lemmy.today 20 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Honestly, yeah, I'd do the same. After several past jobs required Linux, even downgrading to a Mac feels pretty bad. Can't imagine Macroslop Wangblows.

[–] Darkmoon_AU@lemmy.zip 12 points 7 hours ago

Completely fair

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