CAVEAT #1: If you rely on software that is only on MacOS or Windows 10, do not switch to Linux.
CAVEAT #2: This is just my opinion on how beginne...
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I believe operating systems don't matter that much anymore. When you buy a computer, just use what's on it. When you are looking for servers, go for cloud and build on containers. Let hardware and OS be someone else problem 😉
When you are new to coding focus on how to write good code and work effectively. But don't waste your time with installing your own OS.
Let me guess: you are on Mac, right?
No, I am using a Linux laptop myself.
Huh, weird to hear "when you buy a computer, just use what's on it" and "let hardware and OS be someone else problem" in that case, we Linux users have a long list of issues with computers not coming with our preferred OS and hardware not available/poorly supported due to corporate policy. But I guess I get much more annoyed than you by that :P
I bought a laptop designed for Linux.
To be honest, I have gone through installing Linux myself many years and I have used a Mac in the past as well.
I find Linux important. But things have changed (WSL 2 on Windows, VS Code devcontainers, k8s, AWS Lambda) and installing an operating system and dealing with hard ware problems is nothing developers need to know anymore 😉
Sweet laptops. And with Coreboot incoming :)
How do you like it? I was looking at System76s Laptops for personal use.
It is nice and does its job. The quality is great.
I agree, new devs should learn linux. If you're on Windows, WSL2 is the way to go. This has been a game changer for me. Fortunately, my journey into servers also happened the same time WSL was getting better. WSL2 is awesome - especially if you use docker. I actually tell some up & coming developers who use windows to start developing strictly in WSL2. So it becomes their "developer" world/environment. This builds confidence working in a command line, so when they're asked to get into a container or a dev server, they aren't shy about it. I use Ubuntu with WSL2 - seems to have the best compatibility with docker from experience. Also very excited for the ability to add a GUI for WSL2.
I also do graphics work and game on my windows 10 machine. Windows 10 is now a great (combination with WSL2) for development.
WSL, even with 2, is quite a broken hack. A lot of things simply do not work correct. One enormous issue is time, it is almost constantly wrong.
oh really? I don't really pay attention to time in there. I know there were some serious issues before, networking for example, but updates took care of that. wsl2 works well for what I use it - VS code remote and docker (docker compose not k8s). I do mainly php, Node.js work
In WSL2 there is also a memory issue due to normal Linux kernel behavior of disk caching. This will cause VM to eat into your normal memory.
See github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4166
whoa. and the issues is still open 😅.
thanks! I'll keep an eye out for that. currently seeing only 250mbs of memory being used by it.
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I think tha GnuLinux is more cool because you can manipulate the system at will and it's Open Source, but anyway the people should use the system which they feel more comfortable, but being honest GnuLinux is the better choice...😉😁👍✌️
I got Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn as my first Linux distro, back when Canonical were sending Ubuntu installation CDs all around the world, and then I got interested to try to build my own linux kernel and my own distro from source using Linux From Scratch on my spare time.
I am really glad that I did the Linux From Scratch thing, as it really helped me understand how computer works.
Oh thanks for the link! It is WAY past time for me to dive deeper into Linux
Yes, of course. Priorities sets in, then suddenly we need to focus on paying taxes and utility bills. :))
Most of what I know today as a developer wannabe, I know because I was messing around distro-hopping from the times of ubuntu 14.04. Breaking something is the best way to learn how it works, and linux is one of the best places for this to happen because of the community support.
I jumped into Linux before I was even close to ready. It was one of the best decisions I've ever made.
When I started college most kids where showing up with brand new MBPs, Surface laptops, or even gaming laptops, while I was lugging around a 5+ year old, 15 inch brick that just ran SLOW.
Solution: kill 2 birds with one stone, and dual boot with Linux, specifically the latest Ubuntu. After a weekend of setting it up and working out some kinks I had my Linux install along with windows.
After about 1 semester of "playing around" in Linux I figured out how to do the basics, and committed to full time Linux as I found myself never in windows. Since then I've used Linux as my primary development environment and haven't looked back.
I still use Windows from time to time for other tasks, but Linux still is my main platform.
I recently switched to Linux and I'm loving it ! I'm using Pop_os! and it is incredibly clean and polished. With such user friendly distros out there, newbies nowadays won't face much problems getting into Linux, they just need to make that initial leap.
Oh absolutely! I need to play around with Pop_os!
I can second this. It’s terrifyingly hard to do a tutorial on windows when the instruction is on Mac/Linux. I got through college on Ubuntu until I did my first internship and I’ve been Mac every since — my job pays for it so $$ hasn’t been an issue luckily.
I believe that knowing Linux is a very valuable skill. I got my first job because my soon to be employer was impress because I listed Linux as an skill. For many guys on that company Linux was like dark magic.
I agree, it's been one year since I've switched from Windows to Fedora and I haven't looked back, even for gaming.
That being said, it took me the course of 3-ish years from when I first installed Ubuntu, went back to Windows, and repeat until I finally felt confident in using a Linux system full time.
So if you're a new developer and you didn't make Linux work for you the first time, don't worry about it, you'll get there. Or just use WSL2.
Have u tried the new windows terminal? How is that compare to linux shell?
The new windows terminal is sleek, but in the end it's just a GUI.
You can always find a terminal emulator that you like or just customize / build you own. I use Alacritty for example.
There are more substantial benefits to linux such as filesystem, package management, programming support etc.
I was trying to develop Electron applications and I didn't find a way to make it work on WSL.
not good if you have a 128GB SSD and 1TB hard disk. Installing linux on SSD causes a storage crisis as you would have to install other applications on the same drive.
How come? You do not have a mandated location to install applications with Linux, install whatever you want on the SSD or the HDD.
You cannot do
sudo apt install someAppand install thesomeAppon the hard diskI'm wondering what computers Linux developers own?