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Boss told me I couldn't use EndeavourOS because "it doesn't work with M$ InTune".
So I said if I could make an old unused laptop work with that setup, maybe the company could turn that into a pilot system and we could be more sexy to new developers we want to hire.
Boss said why not. IT said sure, here's your laptop, have fun.
A few months later, a couple of devs have switched to Linux. Some have kept Windows. Some didn't care because they have Macs. Everyone's happy, we have more options, and everyone can choose what they subjectively feel is the best tool for the job - which is what professionals do instead of fighting.
And we actually hired a new dev who uses Linux.
That's technically not true, it will work but with the caveat that Intune will show the device as non-compliant for the OS itself. If the OS version isn't included in any of the applied policies then it shouldn't matter.
You're right, but I did manage to make the device show up as a compliant Linux laptop in their Intune UI, and that was all that mattered to them.
They don't care that you have to make Intune think the distro is Ubuntu when it's in fact EndeavourOS. Some necktie people were satisfied with the result and devs can now use Linux. Après moi, le déluge.
The necktie people's understanding of tech is probably limited to "green good red bad" while looking at spreadsheets. It's better if they don't know about whatever wizardry you performed.
Ok, now I'm actually curious how you managed to do that. Please do tell!