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Ian Pride • Edited

I don't develop modern web apps, but I do program daily on both Windows 10 and whatever Linux APT/Debian based OS I'm on at the moment (usually Ubuntu).
I dual-boot 1 Desktop and 2 laptops, WIn10/Ubuntu 20 for mine and Win10/Linux Lite for my kids laptop, but I code on that at times as well. I have one desktop that's just Ubuntu my kids use.

I do pen testing, system recovery, and just random messing around on persistent live USBs, usually Debian and Bodhi Linux. I develop both single and cross-platform (some gui, mostly cli) for both OSes for a variety of reasons from gaming, system/file management, organizing my life, and educating my children about both life and programming.