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Companies that use desktop Linux (aussie.zone)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Basically title. Do you know of any companies that use desktop Linux?

I can think of two in my area in Brisbane - Adfinis and Red Hat. Both have a pretty small presence here from what I last heard (several employees each).

My employer allows the Linux team to use Linux but it's discouraged and our lives are made somewhat difficult.

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[–] A7thStone 53 points 3 months ago (2 children)

When I was at Driver's Village, a fairly large dealership in central New York, I noticed the salesman was using a computer with wallpaper that said Windows 11. This was before Windows 11 was even released. It was very obviously a Gnome desktop. I'm guessing IT just put the windows 11 background on it so the people using it wouldn't complain that they didn't know how to use Linux.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago

This is hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

How well did it work?

[–] A7thStone 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The salesman I was dealing with seemed to have no trouble using it, but all he was doing was using a web browser and some database access.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What do you use for database access?

[–] A7thStone 1 points 3 months ago

I didn't work there. I was a customer. I didn't know what they were using. I didn't recognize the interface, I just barely know enough about databases to recognize that's what he was doing.