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Ubuntu is growing faster on Windows 11 than on native Linux PCs, says Canonical (www.windowslatest.com)
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[โ€“] anzo@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure you can find better examples... Not only is a small time window, it also seems to me is more to do with tooling on each environment than your actual IT.

[โ€“] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Oh I can think of many examples. That was just the latest one.

There was also the time that IT decided that industrial controls technicians didn't need the ability to manually set IP addresses, or the time where they managed to have %Documents% point to a network share, while they were simultaneously trying to sort out wifi coverage issues.