Have you talked to coworkers about Linux?
Linux is something you can't avoid in tech. Are you unable to log into your unencrypted Windows machine? Burn an Ubuntu thumb drive and copy the files over. Do you need to do a network-y thing and don't own a Mac? Well, it's either your distro of choice or Windows Subsystem for Linux to the rescue! Linux is inevitable. It being more ethical than non-free (as in freedom) OSes is just a nice bonus.
If you have coworkers in tech, you owe it to them, and to the tech community at large, to talk about Linux. Bring it up. Joke about it. Techs are doing themselves a disservice by not being Linux literate.
I wrote this cringe about my ideal law firm in a Teams group chat with some other techs.
Markdown LaTex documents written with an extensible text editor (Vim, NeoVim, EMacs, Helix). You can either just use just TTY or, if you're nice, maybe a tiling window manager like DWM. ST as the terminal editor ofc. Mutt is the only email application. LF is the file manager. Document sharing is exclusively through Syncthing. Video calls are done with Jitsi. Firm chat is a local Matrix instance. The firm site is a Gemini instance, no regular web presence. No mice. No touchpads. Only ThinkPad trackpoints.
Ok, so that was cringe and a little tryhard, but it brought up a lot of different terms and programs that my coworkers otherwise may not be familiar with. One of the weirdest Linux quirks is learning the terms. It's like a bunch of building blocks. It's better to learn Linux stuff from someone you know. You can just ask questions and they'll either know the answer or know how to find it. Being able to interpret stuff from the Arch wiki or read through Unix Admin Guide 5th edition - those are skills. You can help people with those skills.
This is important for power users. Power users want to be able to to all of the above average stuff they could do in Windows or MacOS. Mac people are pretty basic and bland, so they don't really count. Windows power users, on the other hand, they have software that they've run for over a decade on Windows - weird software, and they want the equivalent. "Why won't this Daigasso Band Bros DX BBA to MIDI converter run through Wine??", you'll hear then cry. Are you going to tell an eccentric Windows user that Gnome Looks is a replacement for RW Designer Cursors. Are you going to tell them it's actually a pain to convert Windows cursors to XCursor for Linux and, even if you do convert them, you still have to manually set the cursor hotspots and, also, very, very manually add them to the system. You may also need to explain to them that there really isn't a 1 to 1 copy of OneNote and its features. It also can't be run in Wine. Notion sucks.
So, I run a mix of Windows and Linux systems, if you couldn't tell lol. Got a little off track there. So, yeah, you should talk to people about Linux at work so they don't fall behind in a changing world. Consider mentoring people too, even if you kind of suck at Linux like me. Idk I'm not perfect and still use multiple operating systems. Who only uses one operating system these days anyway?
Here are some articles I linked in my work chat. It brought up some good discussion about what industries could move completely
https://decoded.legal/blog/2021/11/running-a-law-firm-on-linux/
https://decoded.legal/blog/2022/10/running-a-law-firm-on-linux-a-year-or-so-in/
BashCrawl is also a really good way to learn Linux CLI stuff. It can work in WSL, but you will have to work around some quirks.
https:https://gitlab.com/slackermedia/bashcrawl
I also like to recommend Brodie Robertson. Like, just keep watching his videos until you understand. Eventually stuff, his Linux Kernel mailing list drama videos or coverage of software licenses broken, will make sense.
Also, check out his podcast: Tech Over Tea. There's nothing quite like it in terms of tech literacy. Honestly, kind of wild that Brodie was able to gaslight himself into becoming a full time Linux user and YouTuber. He's the best thing to come out of the Luke Smith clone side of YouTube (it exists) and getting on this podcast is lowkey a goal of mine.
Thanks Booger Diary for the shout out! :D I absolutely love reading your stuff. Funniest blog on the site.