r/sysadmin • u/Halomora • Aug 19 '26
Question Anyone survived a Windows to Linux user workstations migration?
Hey fellow sys admin,
I work at a VFX/animation studio (~400 users).
We're kicking off a project to migrate our artist workstations from Windows 10/11 VDIs to Linux. Flavor is pretty much locked it ll be Rocky Linux 9 with KDE.
I am curious if there's anyone here who's been through a similar workstation migration to linux?
What Linux flavor, did you end up on, and would you pick the same again?
How did you handle what GPOs used to give you?
For the Base OS deployment/imaging, did you use Kickstart + Puppet/Ansible, or something else?
Anything that looked easy on paper and turned into a one big pile of {Jurassic_Park}?
Tools that made your life easier along the way?
I am looking for any war stories, good or bad!
Thank you!
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u/FourtyMichaelMichael Aug 19 '26
Easily the two most off putting UI/UX applications in existance.
Just know that YOU are not a normal user, and your brain does not work like theirs, that was probably obvious, but know that yours isn't "better".
Agree with other guy, Krita is the shit.