Why Do Most Programmers Prefer Linux Instead of Windows or OS X?(32info.blogspot.com)
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Why Do Most Programmers Prefer Linux Instead of Windows or OS X?
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As to Windows performance, I don't find that to be the case for the most part either... If you have at least 8gb of ram and are operating from an SSD, odds are you won't notice a difference.
I prefer the windows UI, but likewise prefer bash and unixy tooling for software dev. In windows, I have a Linux VM that autostarts, and has samba setup, with a share that mounts in windows... this lets me navigate/edit with windows's UI while having a few ssh terminals to the VM open. It works well.
On OSX about everything I want to do runs there fine... though CI/CD will run targeting Linux either way.
I have to do Windows work now and then, so keep the latest VS installed, just in case. For the most part, I'm pretty agnostic in terms of what OS I use, I can be productive in any of them.