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in reply to @bazelgeuse-apologist's post:

At a previous job I once got so upset about windows 10 just being, windows, that I spent the whole day learning how to shove the existing install into a VM box and putting my laptop on linux.

Thankfully, this was a small company that couldn't have decided what OS I was allowed to use even if they wanted.

Maybe they'll buy you a mac at some point. "We won't buy you hardware" + "You can't use linux" is a real "no take, only throw" situation.

Also, I currently keep a dual boot of Windows, in the Just In Case scenario that I need Windows for something, but the occasion is actually so rare that maybe I should look into a VM instead... that being said, one of my main use cases for Windows would be if I ever get into making FFXIV graphical mods, which you can use easily on Linux but require a Windows application to actually rip game assets iirc

Unless you need Big GPU Watts to do a windows task, I think it's worth picking up a laptop just so you don't have to sully the desktop with a reboot to do a thing. AMD 6 core laptops are cheap on the bay nowadays, as long as you can navigate the hell that is laptop CPU naming.

Do you not have access to WSL2 on your work machine? I wouldn't dev on Windows anymore either without it, but with it I've done quite well for a long time now. Only reason I'm on a Mac on my current job is the company almost certainly wouldn't allow me to use own hardware, and a Mac is what they sent me.