So a lot of people tell me Linux is way better than Windows. And I know it's all personal preference but I was thinking about switching to linux. What's everybodies opinion?

do it

or dont

use whatever fits your needs 8)

I think I might just to try it out. I just wanted to see what everybody had to say about it. @dontPanic

@Thames it truly can be an amazing experience! just remember that on linux you are responsible for anything you do with it. What i mean is, don't type in random commands while root, or it'll be hard to unfuck it. Also read a lot of manuals (type in 'man <program>" in the terminal)

best of luck

Do it. And try arch if you feel like being adventurous

Thanks 👍@dontPanic

Always test in a VM first

I have Oracle VM VirtualBox downloaded but never really used it.@gitpush

@Thames run Ubuntu inside that VM it is the easiest distro to get started with

👍👍@gitpush

I don't use windows anymore since 2013.. but I recently switched from OS X to Linux and i don't regret anything..

I am probably one of the rarest species to start off with Linux (when i started college three years ago, of course I used windows as a kid), I switched to Windows for Gaming and mostly coz of my development stack (consider this before choosing), never regretted a single day about switching to Windows !

@lelp89 Yes Linux is great! There isn't much of a learning curve if you go for a system like Mint or Ubuntu :)

Unless you are developing for C++/C# or using your GPUs(like for CUDA or something), I think you should try out some Linux distro.

I wouldn't recommend trying it in a VM first. You're only going to really use it if it's your main system - applies the other way too.

I've been using windows for more than ten years and Linux for 4 years now - and I'm a lot more productive in Linux that, I understand the system way better and it feels more like 'my'system.
It's very flexibel and open in every regard (security aside :P).