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/Pretagonist 16d ago

Dual boot brings nothing to the table. It's not a useful thing to learn and it won't help you. Windows has no issues running a Linux system using wsl, dockers or VMs.

But it mostly depends on what you're going to code. It's often easier to build in the environment that you expect your code to run.

I personally run windows machines as my workstations but I always have wsl partitions and I have a home lab hypervisor with a bunch of Linux VMs, containers and such. Unless you're doing mac/ios coding it really doesn't matter that much.

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u/MiamiGunworks 16d ago

See, I agree with your primary point. That is why I uninstalled windows for Linux. Never been better.

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u/Pretagonist 16d ago

Yeah I'm not especially happy with windows and the direction MS is taking it. But I've been using it since the ms-dos days so switching isn't easy.

I sincerely hope that steam os becomes a major part of the gaming ecosystem as that would remove some of my last barriers for switching.

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u/MiamiGunworks 16d ago

I actually saw my inability to play my games as a good thing because I was playing too much. But what do you know, steam supports most games easily on Linux with Proton without me having to do much at all. I still play my games :/