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[–] 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

WSL.

Leave Windows on it, but turn it into a de facto bootloader for a functional OS. IT gets to keep their bullshit jobs; you get to use a functional OS.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    I wish I could, but I don't have the admin rights necessary to activate it.

    Fortunately we're a reasonably small firm, so I may be able to make an argument for it. And in the meantime, I have a dashboard server running Debian onto which I have also installed a bunch of useful tools that I can either get to with my browser, or SSH into.

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