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Discussion on: Besides me, Who else Uses Windows for coding?

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Quentin Sonrel

I think it all comes down to "comfort", if you are comfortable coding with Windows (because you are most likely comfortable with Windows in general) then it's the good choice for you. The same goes for Linux and OSX users.

Personally, I can't stand coding with Windows because the one think that makes me comfortable (and efficient) when I work, is the use of a tiling window manager (I use i3). Add that to the fact that I'm more proficient with a UNIX command line at hand, and there we go: I need a Linux distribution to code (well, to code efficiently at least).

That being said, if I had to choose between a Linux without a tiling WM (let's say something Gnome-based) and a Windows with some kind of bash shell (Cygwin or Windows 10 bash integration), I'd feel equally uncomfortable, so I guess Windows could do.