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Ask your IT to install Virtualbox (or vmware if that's what you have) and go on using Linux inside a VM.
That's what I did. I don't do absolutely everything on Linux because, for example, using MS Office directly on the PC instead of the web version in the VM is much more practical, but I do most things.
Edit: to add: work PC is provided by the company, not my own.
If they're a Microsoft shop you'd have better luck asking for hyperv