Hi, today I want to share a few reasons for why you should check out Linux, especially if you are a programmer:
Open Source 🐧
Linux is completely open source, its free and you can have a look at all of the source code. If you want you can become part of the Linux developer community and contribute to it with your own code. If there are any issues, these normally quickly get fixed because of the high number of people involved.Security 🔒
Compared to Windows 10 Linux is a safer Operating System. Also there are only few attacks on Linux anyway, because only about 2% of the users use Linux on their Desktops or Laptops.Programmer friendly 👩💻
Linux is made for programmers by programmers and you dont need to tinker around that much to get developer related applications/IDEs etc. running. You can decide when and which updates you want to install.Choose your distribution 🎨
Linux offers a wide range of distributions, like Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Debian,… so you are able to choose the one that fits best your needs. Also you have a lot more customizability options than on Windows, like for example for your user interface.Resource friendly ⚡
Linux can use less resources than other Operating Systems and runs on new and old computers. On my desktop I have Windows and Linux and my PC is more silent running on Linux.
If you want to get started with Linux, check out my video:
What do you like most about Linux? Have a nice day!☀😎
Latest comments (41)
It's awesome.
Hi Kevin, you are welcome! 😊 🙌 I'm happy to hear that you are enjoying Linux! The more you get to know it the more you will love it. 😊🐧
Como me pongo en contacto con esa comunidad de Linuxeros? Tengo un error en Ubuntu y no sé si les haya pasado al usar Zoom.
Hi Luis, sorry but I only understand English or German.
Usaba ubuntu. Intenté con Debían pero me volví a Ubuntu. Si da trabajo aprender a utilizarlo.
I have always admired Linux for being so customisable and at the same time making almost everything possible to do. Personally I started off with Ubuntu and have loved it since. It has been a pleasure to use Windows too since they now have WSL.
But recently I have shifted to Mac and its pleasant to work with because... well, it just works 😄
Each of them have something different to offer and everything boils down to our use cases 🙃
Sure everyone can pick it's fave there is no one size fits all. 🐧🍎
I'm an embedded developer, so what I like in Linux is the possibility to run it not only on my workstation, but on my target devices too! :)
Hi Ronaldo, that's an interesting reason I didn't know about yet, thanks for sharing!😊 👍
Luckily Microsoft has put Linux into Windows with WSL 😉
Didn't check it yet, is it better than a Vm?
WSL 2 is loads better in terms of performance as well as resource usage as compared to traditional VMs. Cold boots in 1-2sec and there is barely 50-60MB of RAM usage at idle!
Plus, you get all the benefits of linux and not make your main OS lag, it's heaven for people like me who have to use both OSes for various purposes.
That is great, thanks for sharing!😊
I don't have a Windows PC, so I cannot check as well 😉
But at least Docker for Windows prefers WSL over running a VM.
What type of computer does a Linux developer work on though?
There are linux distros for very old and the newest hardware. I don't know if there is a machine you can't run it on.
Customizability, privacy, price, community. Bottom line, Linux is really the last OS that's really "yours". Installing Win or MacOS lately, after years in Linux, just clearly shows how little control you have on those OSs and it's ecosystems. You can't even get rid of Crash Candy easily, not to mantion Ads and privacy issues.
Yes that's true, once you used Linux for a while and switch back to windows or MacOS you notice the lack of control a lot.
Real reasons
But yes, I had to deal with a lot of things, like
Yes, Linux can cause some extra effort depending on what you need it for.