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Asking for a Linux (or non-Windows) laptop during a job interview? (self.linux)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by flakpanzer to c/[email protected]

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I'm interviewing for a software dev job currently (it's in the initial stages). If things work out, I'd absolutely prefer a work laptop with Linux installed (I personally use PopOS but any distro will do), a Mac will be second choice, but I absolutely cannot tolerate Windows, I abhor it, I hate it... (If all computers left on earth have Windows I'd either quit this field or just quit Earth).

Sometimes it's possible to tell if they use Windows or not, for example, jobs with dotnet/C# are most likely using windows, but not in my case.

Anyways, is it too weird to ask what kind of laptop they provide to their employees? And to also specifically ask for a Linux (or anything but windows) work laptop?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

@carl_dungeon @flakpanzer Personally an apple job would be even lower on my list than a Windows job (which is already a deal-breaker to me)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Agreed. The average Windows laptop has three critical redeeming qualities, over a similar Mac:

Ease of live booting into Linux
Ease of dual booting into Linux
Ease of reimaging to Linux

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble 4 points 8 months ago

If you value getting paid I’d highly suggest not tampering with any computer that isn’t yours.

[–] InternetCitizen2 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Or at least WSL so you're testing on a LinuxKernel.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah. Joking aside, WSL wins over Mac, for me. It's not perfect, but it's closer.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

@MajorHavoc Plus it can even be quite ecologically good, the parts are not serialized so you cannot replace them yourself, it almost feels as if you own it (especially once you own the software on it)

[–] cybersandwich 0 points 8 months ago

Why? Having used all three, currently using all three in some capacity...I'd put them in order of Linux, Mac, then windows. At least with Mac you have a *nix like system with things like zsh, coreutils, homebrew, and iterm2. You can even set up tiling window managers.

Not to mention they are fantastic pieces of hardware and if you are doing any dev work with AI/ml the metal cores are sweet.