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Should I Install Linux? Pros & Cons for Gaming & Coding (lemm.ee)
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I'm considering installing Linux on my laptop but I'm unsure if I should start with a virtual machine first. My main use cases are gaming and coding, so I want to make sure it's the right fit.

What are the pros and cons of using Linux for someone like me? Would starting with VirtualBox be a good idea before going all in?

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[โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Been a dotnet developer exclusively on Linux for around 7 years now and I've never wanted to go back. Since .net core and Rider windows doesn't really have anything to offer for me. It's different if you're stuck on .net framework of course.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Do you do that coding for a company, like for a job? I managed a team of .NET developers for a while, and although I don't know anything about C#, much less Windows, it sounded almost impossible to do any Enterprise development without pulling in a .NET framework. I think I did once try to compile one of our applications on Linux, and got stuck on a dependency that was only available on Windows.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I do. It's mostly micro services and everything is running .net 6+ at this point. In the beginning I did have to find a few work arounds and tweak some stuff, but it's been a while since I've run into that kinda thing. Everything we make is deployed on linux in production.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago

    we do cross platform stuff and I'm 99% of the time working on Linux, now I have to do some .NET core C# coding, was frustrated first with the language support on Linux - until I tried Rider. If I'll have to do more C# going forward I'll consider asking my employer to buy me a Rider license. The alternative would probably be me booting to Windows for that project (which I absolutely hate doing and only rarely have to)

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