@davidgerard on Mastodon: "you can annoy the annoying linux users back by detailing at them how chromebooks are linux winning on the desktop, they even run the android distro by far the most popular linux distro in emulation, why do you hate freedom".
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[–] 74 points 9 months ago (1 child)

My work gave me a choice of a chromebook or a windows laptop when I started since the company uses the Google stack for everything.

I asked if I could get a high end chromebook and it was approved. Its easy to install linux apps in the dev container and they run seamlessly with the the chrome apps on the desktop and the window manager has multiple desktops (which is how I like to do things). Since I have to use Gmail and Google Docs for work anyway, the chromebook is really not bad and much better than having to use Windows.

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  • [–] 26 points 9 months ago

    I’m sure it works great but it’s like curing a toothache by breaking another one out on the other side of your mouth. My problem with windows isn’t how difficult to use it is, it’s how restricted and how connected it must be. I don’t have full control of the system and I’m required to have external accounts for it to work. Same with chrome.

    My data is mine, I don’t want it accessed, owned and controlled by a faceless internet corporation.

    So, professionally I do not care what system I am expected to use, they are all functional. If the person signing my paycheck is comfortable with it, so be it (in fact, I’m a big proponent of externalizing risk in a corporate setting). Personally though, I’ll keep up my greybeard routine :).

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