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Discussion on: Which Linux should I install being a React developer

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Adrian B.G.

I'm sure you will find plenty of resources online, but I'll add my advice:

I was in your shoes, kind of, ages ago when instead of React it was jQuery.
I had many issues being a full-stack developer on Windows (the same is in 2018, bottom line Windows is for users not developers, just my 2cents).

I recommend Ubuntu.

Most of my peers I know use it, I use it for years, devops recommend it (the ones I know), the Cloud uses it (most popular choices of VMs come preinstalled with Ubuntu or a Debian custom fork).

It is popular, this means you will get help faster, it is friendly (as a linux could be), and you will find it compatible with more web libs/frameworks as in they already have prebuilt packages for it.

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Divyesh Parmar

I am kind of fed up with Ubuntu UI though otherwise i don't mind using it at all. And yeah i totally agree with you I'd definitely need something more helpful

Because previous times half of the times I couldn't install some package because ir gave some error like

E:/ disk something

So i had to do sudo apt get update and install to make it run agains haha

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Adrian B.G.

Which one? Since 17.10 I think they removed the Unity one, and added a Gnome 3 I think is called (the one with the clock in the middle of the screen).

I can say I used a variety of web-related frameworks along the years (I'm testing many new stuff), tools and servers and I didn't had to compile a single package (by hand).

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Avalander • Edited

I have Kubuntu with KDE Plasma at work and I'm very happy with it. If you know Ubuntu but don't like the default desktop, you might want to try other desktops before switching to a different distro altogether.

Or, you know, there's the Hannah Montana Linux.

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Sam Ferree

I run Ubuntu with XFCE (which is slightly different from Xubuntu)

This is the beauty of linux.

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Prashant Chaudhari

Anyone tried solus yet ?

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Evaldas Buinauskas

I installed it on my mom's desktop! Works really well and it seems to have necessary applications for web development.

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Adrian B.G.

It looks that it will be abandoned the 2nd time too.

A Linux distro with 8 contributors, strange website and small OSS presense, I would not install it.

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Prashant Chaudhari

Yes, depends on personal preference. I really liked the overall experience.
BTW I did not know that solus has only 8 contributers.