Llewellyn
(..this is what I do)
It sounds fair, but only if we are talking about really important things under "take care of my family" and not another PS5 or a vacation.
Now you understand why your IT do that.
I don't know what are you talking about. There was no problems or struggles with Docker or Windows for me. I installed it and run it. It just works.
Maybe they're from Bhopal
Well, maybe the image is real and it's just people from Bhopal
I'm a system analyst, so I use a couple of IDE, Docker, Jypiter Notebook, Postman, MS Office
It's just windows being almost default OEM OS. Why should they bother to install Linux over it for you while they don't know particular flavour of Linux you like?
I have Windows on my work and home machines for years. Never needed a reinstallation or recovery.
Man, that's crazy