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PavelFranta • Edited

hello, i have been entire life on windows and last year on ubuntu > pop!_os. After a year i realised how everybody talks about workflow and how everything is miracle on linux but in my case not. I just open vs code, dbeaver, browser, pomodoro and thats it. THATS IT!!! what others do so different to be 100x more effective on linux ? its same 😂... vs code, dbeaver, browser, everything opening and works same on any OS.... so i just wait to WSL2 on windows, tested, it worked very good so i am back on windows. I am not more productive on linux and dont have to resolve why nobody hear me on 50% meetings because linux has problems with many external devices etc. Only what i need is terminal and with WSL2 i can have it with solid performace ( honestly i dont see difference between ubuntu and windows WSL2 ) ... some tests says on windows it has -8% but i didnt notice.

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Dhruv garg

I totally agree with you. For the actual work, all tools are mostly the same, I am still using IntelliJ idea, vscode, chrome, etc.

I had just moved away from windows because of some problematic updates in 2019 and to learn Docker. But I do like the level of customization that can be done in Linux. I spent 3 hrs yesterday to manually customize my terminals look instead of installing zsh or bash themes 😂. That's why I sometimes question my choices.

After writing this post, I have done close to zero development and am just looking for perfect Distro, Now I want to install manjaro. It would take another 2 days to get everything on it according to my needs and customizing applications on it again. That's why I think overall my personal productivity has declined recently on Ubuntu 20.04.