Linux Laptop at Work

I bring my linux laptop to work >Some female coworker seen it boot up >She thought I was hacking into the workplaces computers or something >Asks me what the hell are you doing and then reports me >Higher up talks to me and asks concerned questions >I told them I just started up my computer and they tried to confiscate it but just gave me a warning not to do anything sus with the I.T at work fbpp /thread what kind of nightmarish shithole do you fucking work at? Archival Job for Historic/Gov Documents my sincere condolences >She thought I was hacking into the workplaces computers or something normalfags think like this whenever they see command- line anything

An anonymous imageboard user describes bringing a Linux laptop to work and being mistaken for a hacker because of the command-line interface. The joke mocks workplace unfamiliarity with Linux and the exaggerated suspicion that terminal windows are automatically malicious. EN: An anonymous imageboard user describes bringing a Linux laptop to work and being mistaken for a hacker because of the command-line interface. The joke mocks workplace unfamiliarity with Linux and the exaggerated suspicion that terminal windows are automatically malicious.

• @gentoomemes / 4384 2023-05-04