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TL;DR You can manage Linux Machines with group policy

dmulder.github.io 3 Introduction | Group Policy on Linux

<p>This book introduces the user to opensource tools for managing Linux clients via Group Policy.</p>

I just though I'd share

Edit: I'm not sure if this actually works. All else fails fall back to Ansible

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  • Why why why would you do that?

    • Because your insane?

      Actually it might be useful in mixed Windows Linux environments.

    • Compliance. Control. Security. Lots of things?

      • If you don't trust your employees, though, why give them Linux at all? Windows and Mac make the perfect locked down / restrictive / don't trust people platforms out there. I mean, I understand locking down and securing a server, but a Linux desktop? The only value a Linux desktop has is the freedom to configure it how you like with the apps you like.

        • You cannot give people arbitrary permissions. People are often incompetent. But you dont need to rely on big brother to have control?

          No, a Linux desktop is free from single corporation control, is compliant in its privacy settings and often works way better (like KDE) than Windows or MacOS.

          • No thanks. The entire point of a Linux desktop is to not be micromanaged like that, it's all about choice. Absolutely no point in a Linux desktop if you take that all away. They should be free to choose the DE/Window Manager, type of Linux, their choice of browser(s), ability to sudo to root, run VM's, what have you. What it sounds like you want them to have is Linux in a simple kiosk mode. Who would want that? Give them something other than Linux if you think you are hiring 'often incompetent' people.

            • No. That may be for you, but having the choice to be restricted by free software, fully transparently??

              I dont get your point. You literally recommend companies to rely on apple or micro$ and to keep Linux incapable of such systems.

              Would you have employees have root access, and write access to all other departments files too? This is just the base foundation of how stuff works.

              • I’m speaking solely about their workstation/laptop. If I am issued a Linux desktop system for work, and I can’t have root on it, heck no. I need to be able to remove Teams and replace it with the web app. I need to be able to install docker and vm’s. Add utilities I often use, replace gnome with a useable desktop environment, add zsh, install nerd fonts, choose the nvidia or intel gpu, modify grub, setup FDE and switch to snapshotting file system, etc etc.

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