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• bbbhltz@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I already got in big trouble for that about 6 or 7 years ago. I was teaching a class and one of the IT folks happened by and looked in the window. 10 minutes later my phone was ringing and emails were flying in. No dual booting, Linux in a VM if I want and they need to install it.

  I use 3 things on that computer: Notepad++ (I had to ask them to install it because we’re not allowed to d ha ourselves), Firefox, and MuPDF (also needed to ask permission for that one). Now, I can’t complain too much because they gifted the teachers the previous laptops, so I’m assuming they’ll do the same again and it will be mine.

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  • xilliah@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So what exactly is going on over there?

    Can you use your own devices?

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    • bbbhltz@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Of course you can haha. They just keep most of the devices locked down because employees aren’t so skilled with computers and tend to mess things up.

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      • xilliah@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Like install windows?

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