I used Windows for over 25 years and then switched to a Mac as my primary machine for the past 3-4 years. I can't imagine going back. Although I miss Windows, I don't miss the stupidity of the OS (and I have worked at MS and for BG!).
Don't even think about switching to Windows! (If you do, consider windows 7).
If you're interested in Linux, Ubuntu or CentOS/Fedora are your best standard options.
Unless you like to spend your time being a sysadmin, using anything else you will either spend too much time configuring the OS manually (like ArchLinux for instance - which is really nice!) or it the OS won't support latest drivers, software, etc. It is not worth it as a professional IMO.
Hello! My name is Thomas and I'm a nerd. I like tech and gadgets and speculative fiction, and playing around with programming. It's not my day job, but I'm working on making it a side gig :)
I run Manjaro here on my desktop and I spend nearly no time making manual configuration outside of what I would need on any OS (e.g. installing dev toolchains, setting my editor up, etc.).
Booting the Live ISO on my laptop automatically detects everything including WiFi and Bluetooth, everything works out of the box.
But I also have the option to tweak it to my liking, should I want to. The package availability between the official repos and the Arch User Repository is also massive.
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I used Windows for over 25 years and then switched to a Mac as my primary machine for the past 3-4 years. I can't imagine going back. Although I miss Windows, I don't miss the stupidity of the OS (and I have worked at MS and for BG!).
Don't even think about switching to Windows! (If you do, consider windows 7).
If you're interested in Linux, Ubuntu or CentOS/Fedora are your best standard options.
Unless you like to spend your time being a sysadmin, using anything else you will either spend too much time configuring the OS manually (like ArchLinux for instance - which is really nice!) or it the OS won't support latest drivers, software, etc. It is not worth it as a professional IMO.
I run Manjaro here on my desktop and I spend nearly no time making manual configuration outside of what I would need on any OS (e.g. installing dev toolchains, setting my editor up, etc.).
Booting the Live ISO on my laptop automatically detects everything including WiFi and Bluetooth, everything works out of the box.
But I also have the option to tweak it to my liking, should I want to. The package availability between the official repos and the Arch User Repository is also massive.