Another example of IT making its job easier at the expense of making everyone else's job 100x more difficult.
Linux is not easier to use than Windows. Especially not once hardware is involved.
Linux is not easier to use than Windows. Especially not once hardware is involved.
> So, instead, GitLab demands that its employees use either macOS or a Dell Linux laptop.
Hardware compatibility is easy to solve this way for companies.
In general, avoid nvidia and a few ancient wifi cards. Oh, and you will never go wrong with Intel wifi.
Clearly, Linux doesn't "just work" if you need to avoid the gpus from the biggest maker of GPUs.
People talk about how "Mac OS just works" and you literally haven't been able to use an Nvidia GPU with their OS for years even on desktop rigs like the Mac Pro.
Never had a problem with it since then, but I'm also not trying to live on the cutting edge with Wayland.