In software, it seems incredibly common for companies to give developers MacBooks and then have their software deployed on a linux VM in AWS.
It’s just one of the lower friction corporate options for software companies. The last time I used an institutionally managed linux computer was college.
There’s definitely tech jobs where you need to know linux. But there’s also a ton of jobs where you don’t have to know much of anything about it beyond common unix stuff, and where OS X specific knowledge is more useful.
When time is money, businesses give 0 shits about your Arch install, to be blunt, OSX and Apple are there to do work… Thay being said, I loves me some Unix Porn 😅
Sorry for the spicy reply. ❤️
Companies generally want something they control, so they can lock your computer and wipe it remotely when they lay you off.
They care about your arch install because they don’t want it any more than your OS X install. Their arch install would be fine, but their JAMF controlled OS X install is probably much cheaper for them to manage, practically speaking.
In software, it seems incredibly common for companies to give developers MacBooks and then have their software deployed on a linux VM in AWS.
It’s just one of the lower friction corporate options for software companies. The last time I used an institutionally managed linux computer was college.
There’s definitely tech jobs where you need to know linux. But there’s also a ton of jobs where you don’t have to know much of anything about it beyond common unix stuff, and where OS X specific knowledge is more useful.
When time is money, businesses give 0 shits about your Arch install, to be blunt, OSX and Apple are there to do work… Thay being said, I loves me some Unix Porn 😅 Sorry for the spicy reply. ❤️
Companies generally want something they control, so they can lock your computer and wipe it remotely when they lay you off.
They care about your arch install because they don’t want it any more than your OS X install. Their arch install would be fine, but their JAMF controlled OS X install is probably much cheaper for them to manage, practically speaking.
Because Linux is really good at being a server, and macOS is really good at being a development OS, despite the hate it’s getting in this thread
I honestly think it has very little to do with the OS itself.
I think it’s more about practicalities and inertia - ordering laptops with the OS preinstalled, administering them, corporate VPN software, etc.
Both are great development OSs, but OS X is a better corporate OS.
Precisely one niche where mastering the Linux OS provides bread.
I mean, imagine running legacy apps… In Tomcat. I’ve seen into the void…
Don’t have to imagine it. 🥲