I've been using Linux on my work machine for nearly 5 years, and it's been great. I do cloud-based SaaS for a company that isn't exactly a tech company, but is always trying to move more in that direction.

I think it's an option many employers should consider supporting as a recruiting tool, and it makes a lot of sense if the target runtime for the software is Linux (as is the case for my company).

The thing is, any company that wants to make a serious investment in software engineering needs to have an IT department that can support the needs of developers separately from non-engineering staff.