I did the switch from OS X to linux about six months ago and I am pretty much using the same tools for front and back end web stuff. Then there is a huge plus f

I did the switch from OS X to linux about six months ago and I am pretty much using the same tools for front and back end web stuff. Then there is a huge plus for all the free new knowledge you get from using linux as a "power user", so if anything, the switch made it easier to deal with all kinds of things. I suppose the question was more about low level development than in my case, where tools depend more on the system it's run on, but for me it has only been positive.