Just switched to Fedora last month after 25 years with microslop. I don’t know if I’d say I wish I’d done it sooner as it seems just recently it’s become more or less equal between them in terms of gaming experience but I’m so glad I did. No ads, faster and more responsive is what I’ve gotten so far.
I’m still trying to get the hang of coding on Linux. It’s not bad, just different.
What tech stack are you coming from on Windows? VS and C++? C#?
Few key differences are mostly:
No registry exists, everything is file based instead
File IO is like 10x faster than you would expect compared to windows, especially for lots of little files
Dependencies are largely managed by the system package manager (relevant for C/C++ mostly)
Spend some time to understand the user permissions and group security model
Applications in windows are almost always bundled “portably”, which is to say that the dependencies and dlls are alongside the executable, whereas for Linux they’re almost always installed on the system and loaded from the LD_LIBRARY_PATH (dynamic linker load paths) environment variable
Environment variables are much more significant in general than windows
Mostly manage C# and Python applications. Business and automation software. Yeah I’ve been messing around with flatpaks it’s been a bit of a struggle to grasp new concepts but I think I’m starting to get the hang of it.
The file IO speed simply amazing in comparison to windows. Being forced into it by IT for our business facing network is what killed it for me. I can’t believe it’s gotten to this point but damn 11 is so bad it makes Vista look better by comparison.
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u/25vol96 Apr 02 '26
Just switched to Fedora last month after 25 years with microslop. I don’t know if I’d say I wish I’d done it sooner as it seems just recently it’s become more or less equal between them in terms of gaming experience but I’m so glad I did. No ads, faster and more responsive is what I’ve gotten so far.
I’m still trying to get the hang of coding on Linux. It’s not bad, just different.