> "Maybe Linux on the desktop doesn't suit your individual needs, but you seem awfully combative about it on the basis of your specific niche." I see your poin

> "Maybe Linux on the desktop doesn't suit your individual needs, but you seem awfully combative about it on the basis of your specific niche." I see your point. Devils advocate: we're each the center of our own universe, so whatever it is we find important is the marker for usability for us. Ideally an OS should have tools for everything. Though I'm not certain if "Graphics Programming" means like GUI in C++ (pjmlp often talks about C++ Builder and C++/CX, so I believe he means that kind) or programming GPU's via CUDA. I don't think it's the second one -- Linux is much easier for GPU stuff (IE most ML projects/tutorials are only set up for Ubuntu) than Win. I imagine the argument stems from a lack of Visual Studio equivalent on Linux. It looks like the only version that runs properly on Linux is VS 2005 -- LOL! https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?iId=892&sClass=application https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?iId=892&sClass=ap... If you work with some of the Visual Studio specific tooling around things like XAML or C++/CLI etc, yeah there's absolutely no substitute. It's like Sketch on Mac (god I hate that company for being Mac-only) or Xcode. You're SOL, better buy a Mac. Lettuce pray for the day WINE is good enough to run Visual Studio.