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Discussion on: Switch to linux while learning programming?

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Anirudh Rowjee

I can attest to this - I've been using Ubuntu since I was 12 (14.04 LTS), and because I could mess around with stuff, I learned so much about scripting, build tools, how OSes work at a deeper level, disk management, graphics drivers, etc. This helped propel my love for programming - It's a great Idea to switch to linux, but I would suggest dual-booting when possible, because support for MS Office isn't that good in Linux, even with Wine, etc.

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Michael Larson

There is the linux subsystem for Windows, that way you can use linux in Windows with no dual boot.

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Bhawesh Kumar

It was not polished when i switched but I've heard great things about it since

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Bhawesh Kumar

Thankyou!