If you only want a Unix environment then it's overkill because you do have to deal with Windows and pay some perf / usability penalties. But as the place to do

If you only want a Unix environment then it's overkill because you do have to deal with Windows and pay some perf / usability penalties. But as the place to do my unix-y things in a computer otherwise setup to run games and big software packages (Unity, Maya, etc) it is great and keeps improving.