You should phrase your question better. " for Programming, Deep Learning, AI, ML, DS", is incredibly generic and encompasses a whole shitload of things. I mean

You should phrase your question better. " for Programming, Deep Learning, AI, ML, DS", is incredibly generic and encompasses a whole shitload of things. I mean, I prefer windows because it lets me run all software, from everything linux (including graphical apps) under WSL2 to all the windows specific software like CAD and DJ software. But if for example you wanted to train llm models in any reasonable time, you need to spend some dough on a dual 4090 (or upcoming 5090) setup at a minimum, which will likely just be a linux server that you ssh into from a different machine (cause you don't want to use the graphics cards for rendering).