I told my company I’m not using windows 11 and I refuse to update my laptop. I told them the day their babysitter DRM software forces my work laptop to switch over is the day I bring in my personal laptop from home that runs linux.
My boss thinks I’m bluffing but I’m not. What will be interesting is to see if they force me to use it or not. I’m allowed to use it when I work from home so I don’t see an issue bringing it into the office for the same purpose.
Also I have a really good relationship with my management team so a lot of this is pretty light hearted. One of them told the new girl not to ask me to fix her computer because I’ll probably install linux on it 😅
Lucky you. I got told by our IT that I’m going to be their windows 11 sacrificial lamb and will be getting it before everyone else to bang out the quirks. It doesn’t pay to be known as the office nerd :(
My elderly father’s win 10 computer has been absolutely shoving the upgrade down his throat, and I’m about ready to give in and just do it. Telling it to stop notifying him does no good, it just comes right back the next day. Then he won’t touch the computer because the full screen upgrade ad freaks him out and he’s afraid something is wrong. Screw Microsoft.
He’s a good bit older than that and has cancer, and is not able to sit at a computer long enough to learn a new operating system even if he wanted to. Which he really, really doesn’t lol. He hates the thing with the fire of a thousand burning suns and only used it for his necessaries.
I’m also not familiar with any other operating system besides windows, outside of a brief foray into pi-hole years ago that I don’t remember much about, so I’d have to learn it first. While I’d love to start playing around with Linux some day, unfortunately that day isn’t going to be any time soon.
I already have mint installed on my work laptop. But I’m only allowed to edit our work videos there since their stupid DRM doesn’t work in linux and they own the laptop so I get it.
Is it your laptop, or is it their laptop? If it’s yours, you have every right to request that they issue a corporate laptop if they need you to use Windows 11 to do your job. Otherwise, it’s time to grow up - it’s not like they’re forcing you to commit an OSHA violation.
I have both and you clearly missed the part where I said this is light hearted. You’re telling a random dude in the internet to grow up when your self inserting yourself into a situation and taking it to a 10.
Do you realize how unhinged you sound? Go fuck off.
I told my company I’m not using windows 11 and I refuse to update my laptop. I told them the day their babysitter DRM software forces my work laptop to switch over is the day I bring in my personal laptop from home that runs linux.
My boss thinks I’m bluffing but I’m not. What will be interesting is to see if they force me to use it or not. I’m allowed to use it when I work from home so I don’t see an issue bringing it into the office for the same purpose.
Also I have a really good relationship with my management team so a lot of this is pretty light hearted. One of them told the new girl not to ask me to fix her computer because I’ll probably install linux on it 😅
Your work sounds like it has no IT Security department and no HR department
Correct. Small company.
Lucky you. I got told by our IT that I’m going to be their windows 11 sacrificial lamb and will be getting it before everyone else to bang out the quirks. It doesn’t pay to be known as the office nerd :(
My elderly father’s win 10 computer has been absolutely shoving the upgrade down his throat, and I’m about ready to give in and just do it. Telling it to stop notifying him does no good, it just comes right back the next day. Then he won’t touch the computer because the full screen upgrade ad freaks him out and he’s afraid something is wrong. Screw Microsoft.
Switched my nearly 70yo mother to Mint and she’s actually pretty happy with it. If she can do it, anybody can
He’s a good bit older than that and has cancer, and is not able to sit at a computer long enough to learn a new operating system even if he wanted to. Which he really, really doesn’t lol. He hates the thing with the fire of a thousand burning suns and only used it for his necessaries.
I’m also not familiar with any other operating system besides windows, outside of a brief foray into pi-hole years ago that I don’t remember much about, so I’d have to learn it first. While I’d love to start playing around with Linux some day, unfortunately that day isn’t going to be any time soon.
I mean…who are you kidding, you probably will.
I already have mint installed on my work laptop. But I’m only allowed to edit our work videos there since their stupid DRM doesn’t work in linux and they own the laptop so I get it.
Is it your laptop, or is it their laptop? If it’s yours, you have every right to request that they issue a corporate laptop if they need you to use Windows 11 to do your job. Otherwise, it’s time to grow up - it’s not like they’re forcing you to commit an OSHA violation.
I have both and you clearly missed the part where I said this is light hearted. You’re telling a random dude in the internet to grow up when your self inserting yourself into a situation and taking it to a 10.
Do you realize how unhinged you sound? Go fuck off.
Carl?!