Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be

On 06/07/2026 01:30, rbowman wrote:
> The newest machines were dropped off with
> fresh a Windows installation. Developers did not get Office or Outlook. We
> used Slack although Teams was preferred.
> 
> The machines that had been replaced with the current Dell offerings were
> wiped and given to the developers. We installed whichever Linux distro we
> preferred and provisioned the machines. IT accepted they were on the
> network but didn't want to know much more than that.

My company had a similar policy.

People who did admin did it on windows. Developers who knew what they 
were doing could install whatever they wanted.


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