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Windows on PCs, Linux is used mostly only on servers (RedHat/SuSe), hardware brands are usually HP, Dell and Lenovo.
Why? Do you expect companies to ask you to use your own PC for work instead of providing the tools you need? Be wary of those who do, using whatever personal PC for company work can lead to data breaches and that's a very serious problem.
Sorry, I should have elaborated when asking about 'corporate users'. I was thinking what does Red Hat or Ubuntu or System 76 employees use? and I thought that was a 'standard' that I just didn't know about that I would adopt.
As for companies asking to use your own pc - I've run into it a couple of times now since working from home/remote, that companies will ask you to sign in to some cloud apps to start onboarding before they send you hardware. Also, contracting / small gigs on the side!
Uhhh, RHEL, Ubuntu and Pop!_OS, respectively?