Behrauder wrote:
I'm probably going to study Information Systems starting next year. Do you think I should start using Linux? ChatGPT recommended Linux Mint, but I read some people online saying it's not really necessary, and now I'm confused. For programming and things like that, is Linux so superior to Windows?
I'm a student in a CS major and most students use Windows. At the labs, it is a mixture of Windows and Linux. Some teachers have expressed directly that they don't really like Linux. Ultimately,
many of the things you will learn during your time there will be on Windows, with Linux supported. If you want to use Linux, go ahead and install it. Linux Mint is honestly fine. Linux is, in my opinion, better for a developer, but it depends a lot on what you're also programming.
Karmine wrote:
If you're gonna use your pc for studies don't use Linux, you'll 100% have to use stuff that's only on Windows.
You'll also most likely have to use Linux too for basic programming and stuff but WSL or a vm are more than enough for that.
I was forced during the two years out of three of college here to use Windows
once because the library I used was from the DOS era and it was only ported over to Windows. Yes, you hear that right, WinBGI was something I """learnt""". WSL or a VM also works, however, if you don't want to bother with the full thing.
Isshiki Kaname wrote:
I don't know why people have this disposition that you have to be a programmer to use or need to use linux to program. Like, that makes no sense.
I mean, sure. Most Linux distributions have it easier when you want to install a dependency library or something, but like, on windows you could just download visual studio and start coding.
This disposition of "hacking" just to have a usable operating system makes no sense, too. People, we don't use Spectrums or C64's anymore. Even then, you usually just use a load command on such computers to run software.
If anything, I think TempleOS fits this false Linux disposition a lot more, because you could actually edit the OS code on runtime.
I agree with this. I honestly believe that, for basic things, Linux has a better desktop experience than Windows or MacOS. There are caveats, obviously, but seriously, for someone who does basic office work and multimedia, Linux works just as well as Windows, if not better.