Google’s in-house desktop Linux

Re:Google’s in-house desktop Linux by dman on Monday August 01, 2022 @10:59AM (#32306888)

Google was the only employer I had where I had root on my machine, so I would say that developers have control over their machine.

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Re:Google’s in-house desktop Linux by geekbird on Monday August 01, 2022 @02:09PM (#32309944)

I had root on my Linux desktop box at my university job, but I was in IT, administering a Linux service. Most of my coworkers were using Macs only.

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Re:Google’s in-house desktop Linux by baobob on Monday August 01, 2022 @12:46PM (#32308777)

Was this pre or post 2009?

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Re:Google’s in-house desktop Linux by compiler-guy on Monday August 01, 2022 @12:59PM (#32308955)

I have root on my Google machine right this second.

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Re:Google’s in-house desktop Linux by sulam on Monday August 01, 2022 @01:04PM (#32309038)

I have root right now on my Linux and MacOS systems.

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Re:Google’s in-house desktop Linux by dman on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @12:02PM (#32320437)

Post.

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