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I think it's great that tools like colinux exist but when if ever will IT departments (System Administrators) figure out how to support Linux Desktop users on our machines instead of forcing Windows or Mac on us. Mac is a terrible OS for Java software development.

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If they are not willing to give complete power to the user, it will not happen, ever. Linux isn't designed for granular permission management like Windows is. A Linux desktop administrator has to choose between all or never. Moreover there is no equivalent of Active Directory or Group Policies.

> Mac is a terrible OS for Java software development.

I've not seen this at all, and I use both Ubuntu and macOS for Java dev.

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