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Discussion Thread 🎪 Wednesday 2 April 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 6 days ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Are you sure it will be a headache? Linux printer drivers are up to date. VPN depends on the software used but most of the big names have Linux installers. I have to work within client systems and for the meeting at part can make it work.

[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 points 5 days ago

I like this point! How bigger job is it really to reimage the device back to windows if it doesnt work?

[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 points 5 days ago

Printer may not be too bad but they use their own version of the VPN software they run, so it wouldn't be a simple case of installing the linux version.

The IT guy said I could run linux but I'd have to maintain it myself. So I wonder if that would mean I could download whatever I wanted on there