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Discussion on: Is using Linux really productive?

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Raphael Habereder

As with all things, it depends.

After using Linux for 10+ years now, I feel safe in saying "the moment you leave the terminal your possible productivity declines rapidly".

Linux as in the kernel, is cli-centric. So all tools it brings are made to be used there. It is convention to give results in the form of exit codes or some sort of string so results can be easily piped and processed in other programs.
This is where productivity with Linux hits it's peak performance I would claim.

UI in the Linux world has always been lagging behind windows and MacOS. Though in the last decade several Linux distros made tremendous improvements and are very user-friendly. Some notable distros that come to mind would be

  • arch/manjaro/elementary
  • ubuntu/mint

If you live in the terminal and can live without UI, like me, there is no contest really. Linux is very productive there :)