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Most developers work in huge companies that give them a workstation with Windows pre-installed, mostly because Windows is much easier to administrate at scale.



Is that really true if the users are experienced in Linux?


Yes. Huge companies don't care one iota what you are experienced with - everyone gets a standard-build Windows machine (loaded with antivirus, endpoint protection and DLP, which combined use half of your CPU), or if you build for iOS, a standard-build MacOS machine.

Linux is huge in the server space in big business, and completely insignificant in the desktop space.


It is as you just re-image a laptop if it goes awry. AD is everywhere so that's how you can control and lockdown. I can't even install non-approved apps on my developer laptop running Windows. I can't install approved apps either without the correct authority from three layers of management.




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