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How to run programs sandboxed on a work pc (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Not totally sure if this is the right spot to post but here goes,

SO wants to get rid of spotify. I am looking for alternatives. I did find Spotube which seems awesome on android, however they need to be able to run it on their work PC and our IT dept has to approve the program etc its stupid.

Is it possible to run something like spotube sandboxed off a flash drive? I doubt it. Or, we have a Synology nas, can we run something like spotube off that because we can access the nas from our work pc via browsers (wfh)

Only issue when is when they travel they wouldnt have access to it on their laptop, but could use their phone instead.

I was also wondering if there is such a thing as a discovery plugin for spotube, because SO enjoys that feature of spotify.

What have you guys found? Also, yes I have a large physical media collection already, but SO wants this for work listening and to find new music, so that doesnt really work for them. Otherwise I guess quobuz or tidal it is...

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[+] lucas@startrek.website -7 points 4 months ago (4 children)

What kind of dystopia are you living in that listening to music or podcasts would 'raise the alarm'? Yes, don't do anything inappropriate (definitely no piracy, obviously), or detrimental to productivity, but listening to music? Would definitely quit if an employer had a problem with that.

Is this a thing that's considered 'normal' in the US? (I'm assuming US mainly because other countries are not generally so hostile towards employees)

[–] fozid@feddit.uk 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't think the issue is listening to music, but installing potentially dodgy software that could bring a virus into the corporate network. Hence most businesses handling sensitive information try to protect their systems and networks by preventing unauthorised installation of software.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't worry, we are all on win 11, its already a virus xD I cant stand it.

[–] fozid@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago

i hate using it to, but only because i am comfortable with the freedom linux provides. the majority of people using a windows machine would melt at the first sight of trying to use linux and have no motivation or inclination to learn or use it, and why should they? if windows is a sufficient tool for their use case, then good. the os is just a tool to interact with the machine, and as long as the user gets what they want out of it, then the tool is correct.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago

The issue is not listening to music, the issue is trying to circumvent company IT policy to install software they're not allowed to install, e.g. spottube. So, if they want to use something like that, they need to do so on their own devices.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The company owns legal liability for anything you do on their hardware.

The end.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

(I’m assuming US mainly because other countries are not generally so hostile towards employees)

It's not a matter of hostility to employees, but it does have to do with liability and some people don't know where the boundaries are. It's usually a small minority screwing it up for everybody else.