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Just use Linux bro
I'll just tell that to IT boss, with your credentials as 'some person on the internet' I should get one in a few hours.
It all depends what software you use. If you run blender, it actually might be a solution. If you use Adobe products, then probably not.
It doesn't depend on the software. This is a decision my company made for all of the ten thousands of employees, not because we use software from Adobe, but because they want the same conditions for everyone so that they can manage them "easily".
Big companies are not very flexible in those regards
Shit company, shit policy. If it's not software dependent then you should be free to pick the environment that's you're most productive with
Tell me you've never worked at a large company without telling me you've never worked at a large company.
This is pretty standard policy and has been true everywhere I've ever worked. In order to maintain any amount of security or stability, you'll need everyone not only in the same OS, but will prescribe the specific updates/patches that need to be applied. Depending on the industry, you may also need to approve things anywhere from the level of individual applications to device drivers.
Agreed, but adding that tech companies often provide the choice between Windows and Mac, both being very locked-down of course. The only place where I was able to work with desktop Linux were research laboratories and early stage startups that are too young to bother with all the IT locking down and would rather give their engineers whatever they prefer, which serves as a cheap benefit compared to big companies.
You know what is great about using Adobe products on Linux?
You can't!
Actually they patched wine back in January to fix install and authentication issues with the creative cloud app. Some people have gotten the current version of Photoshop installed and it is usable. The rest of the stuff.... Not so much.