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> Linux is a lot better for developers Depends on he kind of developer. Web developer? Probably. Game developer? It's a joke. > Even a majority of Steam games
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
> Linux is a lot better for developers
Depends on he kind of developer. Web developer? Probably. Game developer? It's a joke.
> Even a majority of Steam games seem to work on Linux now, via Valve's fork of Wine.
That at least is true, it's getting a lot better. However, VR is still a hell of a lot more problematic on Linux even if you're using Valve's hardware.
Like I said, a lot of it comes down to how and why you use a desktop computer in the first place.
- shrimp_emoji 5y agoYep. I think it's better at technical things for any kind of developer or technical person, generally. (Even at non-technical things in some cases: KDE, as a desktop environment, wipes the floor with Windows's desktop environment, from the taskbar to the file manager.) But if one developer's "better" includes "playing <AAA game with anticheat>" or "using Photoshop" or "using VR", the betterness is sharply decreased. I count myself extremely lucky my need/want matrix has happened to align such that I'm much more comfortable on Linux than on Windows, but that alignment is sadly RNG. :p
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoJesus Christ am I sick of hearing this "technical people" bullshit like technical people never choose to use Windows over Linux.