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I really dislike the implementation of virtual desktops in Windows compared to say Plasma, but it is there, and it gets the job done. I realize this doesn't solve your other problems.
https://www.howtogeek.com/796349/how-to-use-virtual-desktops-on-windows-11/
Win10 similar.
Thanks, I will look into it.
EDIT: The Windows is Windows 10.
Enjoy it while it lasts. It'll soon be much, much worse.
My boss lets me remote into a Linux VM hosted on a company server. You could just use a normal VM.
A virtual machine with Linux might be an option or Remote Desktop to a linux machine.
If its just about virtual desktops:
Windows 11 has that, i think win+ctrl+d creates a new one and win+ctrl+left arrow/right arrow scrolls through the desktops.
with that Docker and WSL(because powershell confuses me, and iam to lazy to learn it) i work pretty much the same as i would on a linux machine with a non-tiling window manager.
Thanks, sadly the setup is windows 10, so I guess no tiling for me :/ EDIT: Seems like there is virtual desktop feature in windows 10!
i remember powertoys offering tiling for win10
If your machine has nvidia you can install the nvidia window manager thing for nvidia tiling, I only used it for a bit so can't really say it was good
Windows terminal for starters. Windows has virtual desktops built in.
WSL2 with VSCode is really common. Windows Terminal is actually good. I use Ubuntu at work, and run Docker community edition and Vim. Firefox in the windows instance. Biggest issue is always the corporate firewall, good luck!
What exactly are you trying to get around? The question is kinda broad.
If your issue is your program behaving differently or being hard to set up depending on the OS, a common strategy is Docker.
PS: why is your employer forcing you to use old Windows that's going to go end-of-life basically tomorrow morning? That's odd.
I want to look for work-arounds
It's not your computer, i highly recommend you ask for permission.
Especially, I miss the virtual desktop feature,
SysInternals has that feature (Desktops specifically) you can use for Windows 10 (and i think it's native on 11). This is a common feature in most Linux distros...
What i do is work mostly on VirtualBox VMs, but had to have clearance from IT for that (and for USB) 'cos i do all kinds off stuff that triggers their normie warnings.
I see, I will note myself to ask permission about these stuffs. Thanks!
Programming on Windows can be totally fine, if you're working with a language that cares about Windows support. E.g. in my experience:
If it's in the "bad" category I would recommend installing WSL and using VSCode's remote feature that lets you have a Windows copy of VSCode connect to WSL.
Citrix... I use my Linux setup to remote into my work laptop work for work... It allows me to have my standard Linux workflow while having access to my work stuff and not putting that anywhere locally.
WSL, if not then msys2/git bash at bare minimum
Poweshell 7 is okay if you have access to it but regular day to day shell scripting is like as 10x more verbose with powershell than bash
I just use WSL at work, extremely fortunate to be able to despite IT locking down everything as much as possible
What kind of programming work are you doing?
I've thought about situations like yours and what I would do if I were in that situation someday. For me, the plan is to try doing as much in the console as possible, which means Vim/Neovim for development and Tmux for window management.
I think, hopefully, many linux people have experience to give me pointers what to do with a windows work environment
Windows people would have much more experience. Try !windows@sopuli.xyz ?
Podman desktop
If you're allowed a VM, I would recommend using that. Trying to make Windows suitable for dev work is a bottomless pit...
Have you asked whether they'd be okay with a dual-boot? I recently started work as well (gamedev) and while most of the studio is on Windows I was able to set up a NixOS install for productivity (and to test the game on more configs).
Is the server just for you? If so connect to it and pretty much use it as your work machine.