DEV Community

Cover image for 5 Convincing reasons to choose Linux for programming

5 Convincing reasons to choose Linux for programming

Fum on January 17, 2021

Quick note: I'm creating a brand new community for developers focusing on building programming skills through a welcoming online collaboration envi...
Collapse
 
nezullol profile image
Chris Scott •

This was a good read! Linux is amazing for coding but a lot of people aren't ready to switch from windows. Get your feet wet with WSL 2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) Its just the terminal (Bash same as OS X) but It will get you familiar with the file system and you can even install a desktop environment like Gnome or XFCE

Collapse
 
dynamicsquid profile image
DynamicSquid •

That's me! I'm trying to get used to the feel of Linux by using it in a VM.

Collapse
 
funbeedev profile image
Fum •

Thanks! I'm not familiar with using WSL but sounds like a good stepping stone before switching to Linux. Thanks for sharing :)

Collapse
 
fahminlb33 profile image
Fahmi Noor Fiqri •

I've been using Windows for years and have tried Ubuntu and several other distro for coding and yes, it was faster to code in Linux than Windows. I remember when I have to commit a code it takes about 2-3 times longer in Windows than in Linux, I was surprised because I can reproduce that using WSL.

But the only thing stopping me from using Linux completely is because I rely heavily on Visual Studio. For now I'm quite happy using Windows and WSL.

Collapse
 
epsi profile image
E.R. Nurwijayadi •

What make you productive as a coder is, the tiling window manager.

Collapse
 
potyoma profile image
potyoma •

Please, stop referencing .NET as proprietary technology. It's over it. New versions are cross-platform and officially supported on Linux. dotnet.microsoft.com/

Collapse
 
funbeedev profile image
Fum •

You're right. Thanks for this. I've updated the article!

Collapse
 
rishitkhandelwal profile image
Rishit Khandelwal •

We can use wsl, but it is never as good as full Linux

Collapse
 
jonathanbouligny profile image
Jonathan Bouligny •

I move to xubuntu recently never going back!