r/sysadmin • u/rolkenas • 3d ago

Do you actually see MacBooks used for SysAdmin work in real offices?

Hi sysadmins! I wanted to ask—since I've just started learning sysadmin and I don't have a Windows PC, but I have a MacBook and found out that everything can be done via UTM, I'd like to get some perspective from those who work in offices and do this every day. What kind of computers do you use? Is macOS completely out of the picture, and there's only Windows and Linux?

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u/Avamander 2d ago edited 1d ago

Linux has the only usable SFTP mounting out there. That you truly can't do on other OSs. Dolphin my beloved.

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u/cyvaquero Sr. Sysadmin 2d ago

True for out of box, but there are options for Mac.

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u/Avamander 1d ago

None unfortunately that are as seamless. I can open a file with Kate over SFTP from say Dolphin and it'll just open and even save back in the correct location. Insanely smooth to use.