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Discussion on: Is using Linux really productive?

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David Romero

If your goal is to deliver value out of the box as a developer, then go with MacOs or Windows. GNU/Linux in a nutshell is about customization and giving the end user the power to decide. Basic things as color themes or fonts to low-level stuff like kernel and drivers.

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Michael de Gans

I run Linux on my desktop but I wouldn't make that recommendation to everyone. I say that as a 20yr+ Linux user. My laptop is windows, but it runs an X server and I SSH everywhere. I'm using VS Code most of the time anyway, so it doesn't really matter what OS I use. I think a developer should have at least one Linux machine however, Even if that's just a raspberry PI or a VM.