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!☀😎
Oldest comments (41)
I've always had problems getting WINE to work on Linux. I want to run .exe files on Linux. I don't want those kinds of limitations.
Hi Matthew, hm if you need windows you could try a Vm or a dual boot. :)
I agree that VirtualBox is better than Wine. I have Windows 10 working as a VM in Linux Mint. Thank you, Anja.
Oddly enough, your name escapes my lips when I'm tired. I thought it was random nonsense. Anja is emotionally satisfying for me to say out loud.
K.I.S.S & choice.
Done.
Yes it's nice to be able to have a simple clearly arranged OS! 😊
Free an in royalty. You don't need to run an outdated version because you don't want to purchase an upgrade license. No need to use weird docker tricks, you can use VM without licensing.
Minimal Resources. For the primary desktop this is not much of a concern 50 Gig to host the OS, who cares. But docker instances under 50 MB, VM un 1Gig, now we're talking.
If it is broken you have to fix it. No magic restart.
Window Manager. So many options, but there is focus follows mouse, workspaces, and middle mouse clipboard.
Hi Jesse, thanks for sharing! Yes window managers are great, I like using the mouse less. And while fixing stuff you learn a lot. 😊👍
Hi Miller, yes it's great that you can fit it to your needs! 😊
Making wine has been a challenge for me. I need to have MS Office running but seems I can’t make it work so I gave up.
Hi Isaac! If you want you could try Windows in a Vm or as a dual boot. Otherwise Libre office is a great office suite too. Or you could use Ms 365, which is MS Office online.
Hello Anja, Office online have base functionality. There is no VBA support which is must have for me ;). That's why i must still use Win10 platform with native office app. Other alternatives are good but they are far behind Ms Office.
Other then that Pop Os!/Fedora all the way :) i love how Linux are made for programming.
Peace.
You could try WPS Office for Linux
My reason is only one: no virus
That's a good reason 😊, at least linux is less targeted than windows
Not true
I’m not a fanboy.
I use daily a laptop with Linux (Arch BTW) and one with Windows 10. Sporadically I use my sister’s MacBook.
I love the Apple screens and looks;
I love Linux, it rocks! It’s my preferred s.o. I love that I can customize everything to my liking (and I hate it same time); I love shell, and packets manager. And more more other things.
BUT, my work station runs windows (with WSL2 BTW)! Why? Because I need to power on it and be productive; I need to attach my third monitor and it works at right resolution out of the box; I need to swap my cabled headphones with Bluetooth ones, the new one arrived today, and they connect and works out of the box. Sometimes I don’t have time to tune pulseaudio, blaming the hardware that isn’t “Linux friendly”.
I think there’s no perfect S.O. and maybe it’s better this way.
That's true for everyone a different OS suits better cause the needs are different. It's great that we have the choice. 😊
Ubuntu fedora mankato triple boot rocks :)
Sounds great 😊🐧🐧🐧
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.
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.