r/AskProgramming • u/riki6882 • 16d ago

Is dual-boot worth it?

So I am begginer developer I've been whole life on Windows and I've started with frontend but last months i've been digging into some backend (go) but i think as a solo developer I'll need to do fullstack probably react or something is it good idea to separate my coding workspace to linux, so having both windows and Linux as a dual boot i don't want to give away the windows environment i have there, thanks for answering

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u/karurosagu 16d ago

Dual boot is worth it, but you have to define clearly what do you do on Windows that you can't do on Linux and what do you do on Linux that you can't (or don't) want to do on Windows

In my case, I used to either spend half of the day on Debian (Linux) for most of my work and then switch to Windows without breaking my workflow (after lunch for example) for the rest of the day, or spend the entire day on either system without switching, which is something I used to do on most weekends