Why I Code on Linux Instead of Windows

Why do I code on Linux instead of Windows? Why is Linux better than Windows? Well, let's talk about the benefits Linux has over Windows, and why I use it as a programmer.

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[cuu]

How do you know somebody uses Arch?
- He's gonna tell you. ;-)

[techwizpc]

Me: Installs Linux
Also me: Installs Visual Studio Code

[asimocloud]

Him: I prefer privacy
Also him: *uses chrome*

[NotBlackice]

"Why I code on Linux"

>list of reasons that have nothing to do with coding

[jperfection]

Never heard of Windows.

jk, We have Windows here in the wall :p

[cuervowebdesign]

Six months ago I decided to try dual booting just out of curiosity. I'm studying software engineering and I thought I should at least know my way around Linux. Two days ago I completely moved to Linux because I just fell in love. No more windows for me, thank you very much.

[fknight]

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[salimsuleiman]

Windows: requires patience
Mac: requires 💰💰
Linux: Requires Skills

[svartanatten]

Man's looking like Gilfoyle from the silicon valley show with the long hair and beard.

[angela_jx]

As a game/game engine developer I write 90% of my code on windows and run wsl to make sure it’s cross platform and works on linux as well.

Windows is almost always the target platform as a game developer. Visual studio and it’s set of tools is pretty much the industry standard.

That being said when I used to do web dev I worked exclusively on linux. It’s just so much faster to do everything from a console and it’s usually simpler too.

Point is, don’t force yourself to use any platform because you “know” it’s better. Use the right one for the job.

[scoobysnx]

I prefer linux over windows, but while I used windows, I did find that you could completely disable all tracking and telemetry through the registry, which can be confusing and daunting if you don't know how the registry works, so its just easier to run Linux on your system, personally Manjaro is my favorite distro

[kabelo]

"Why do you code on Linux?"

Me: why would i code on anything else?

[Ataraxia_Atom]

As a beginner going through the odin project, they require Linux for the program and I've found it to be absolutely amazing

[Noum]

TL;DR he just likes Linux. Not that it offers more to developers than the other OS do

[kevinrobb]

Just started using Linux, its kinda like Christmas as a child trying all the various distros you dont know which one to open next

[Zoulz]

I still prefer windows. Mainly because that's what i'm used to and it works well for me. I'm more concerned about being able to be productive quickly. I find that with linux/macos I get caught up in details all the time that lower my productivity. I guess if I gave it some time i'd get used to that and learn to work around it, but why bother when windows works fine.

[tristunalekzander]

I'm slowly starting to realize the benefits of programming in Linux. Gcc and G++ come by default, they are a pain to install on Windows, and programming UART communication in an app is also much more straight forward, not to mention you can open a serial port on the command line with a simple command.

[cesardmora]

When the games become really stable on linux, or actually coded for it, then it will be a very very bad news for windows

[GergiH]

*TLDW*
- Privacy (also telemetries not hogging the system)
- Customizability (build it for yourself)
- "Terminal" (rather the command line package manager and bash)

[rkrivera]

These are common myths about Linux.
Linux kernel maybe "private" but it depends on what distro your using. Ubuntu isn't private. Deepin isn't private. There are other distros out there that collect telemetry.
Linux desktops crash ALL THE TIME!!! You have kernel panics and also these soft crashes where things just freeze up for no reason and the whole gui resets out of nowhere. Xmomad completely borked my system 3 times.
Big corporations don't use the same Linux you would. Amazon and the like use customized Linux servers and not desktop Linux. Companies also use Linux for storage servers but will use Apple or Windows for their desktops.
Linux community is great .
In all honesty sadly the best way to run Linux right now is WSL2. You get the best of both worlds because you don't get the issues that the desktops introduce to Linux.