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https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/germa... discusses some places that are moving to Linux and some places where migrations have been reverted. But from personal experience the main issues are in order:

- Is all your software supported on Linux? Are you sure? Do all the features work or are any missing/broken? Have you tested this or are you relying on Sales or docs that are likely wrong? What happens if one piece of software drops Linux support?

- Does using Linux block any future planned projects or make future projects much more complex?

- You now need to spend time with every new hire training folks on the new OS, as well as retraining existing staff.

- Are you going to piss off a lot of staff because you've made their life harder?

- For compliance/security requirements, do you have everything necessary to easily explain to auditors that these computers have the equivalent security (antivirus, monitoring, mdm all with metrics, dashboards and logs)?

Essentially this boils down to a lot of work, which impacts the future flexibility and the morale of the company in order to save a relatively small amount of money. Often times your spending more money on supporting Linux than you're actually saving.

ChromeOS is a modified version of this argument. ChromeOS comes with a strong security and compliance story, and has easy built in management. There's been some adoption in call centers but primarily it's used in schools by students because the school has been given a grant so gets them for free. Even with all that, very free businesses are adopting ChromeOS because a) some workflow they use isn't supported and b) Windows is not significantly more expensive.