I think this depends on the app. I've only had problems with fonts on Linux on a few apps, most notably text editors ... of course ... and most notably of those

I think this depends on the app. I've only had problems with fonts on Linux on a few apps, most notably text editors ... of course ... and most notably of those JetBrains products (though I am a fan of their products otherwise). There are things you can do in these situations to make things better. Right now I'm on Windows, though. Had to do some Windows dev and it's easier to run a VM and connect my IDE to that from Windows rather than the other way around, at least in my experience :)