Can be installed in about 30 seconds with something like flatpak too. Linux has the wrong reputation for easy install of software. I find it much better myself for the majority of things. I can update 95% of what's installed on Linux the same way. It's not a bunch of bullshit like Windows where I have the "java updater" and the "adobe updater" and all trying to constantly run. Two commands to run my dnf and flatpak upgrades every so often, whenever I feel like it, without being compulsory, and I'm done.
I still like actual Visual Studio at times, but low level programming and web projects work great in VS Code.
The "but my sound drivers" schtick is just half-remembered sneery nerd shit from 20 years ago at this point, anybody who goes into the routine now has absolutely no idea what they're talking about but wants you to think they do.
I can speak for exactly one brand of tablet (Ugee) that I sought out that was officially supported on Linux by the company and it works fine. I have absolutely no idea about any kind of generic tablet driver solution.
I think I had problems with a USB Wi-Fi adapter years ago that kept me from migrating to a Linux desktop 8 years ago instead of 4. It was a total piece of Chineseium Wifi adapter anyway. Gave me issues in Windows at times too.
Like the other said, I've heard about Nvidia issues, but I don't think I've tried Linux on an Nvidia system.
I bought a little tiny USB wifi thing for a desktop a few months ago and it plugged in and worked out of the box with no drivers or configuration. I've never had a single Nvidia driver problem and I've set up multiple systems with different Geforce cards in the last few years.
but low level programming and web projects work great in VS Code.
I suspect we have different definitions of "low level programming" since "low level programming" and "web projects" by my definitions would put them on almost the exact opposite ends of the spectrum, and for the former, VS Code is inadequate.
Well I had in my head C for microcontrollers, because that's what I've used it for the most recently. I also played around with Gameboy assembler a year or two ago. Granted both are uncomplicated projects, but I would consider pretty low-level.
Of course if you're doing some mega-project in C++ it would not be all that great. I still like Visual Studio don't get me wrong. Especially in it's more current formats. I didn't care for the early iterations, like when they first went from Visual Basic, Visual C++, etc. to the whole Studio.
Fair enough, I've used VS Code to do some Arduino projects and the like, but that's mostly because full Visual Studio isn't available for platforms like that.
And yeah, the earlier IDEs were not great compared to what Borland offererd, but after all the employee poaching, VS basically became a Borland IDE.
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux
Can be installed in about 30 seconds with something like flatpak too. Linux has the wrong reputation for easy install of software. I find it much better myself for the majority of things. I can update 95% of what's installed on Linux the same way. It's not a bunch of bullshit like Windows where I have the "java updater" and the "adobe updater" and all trying to constantly run. Two commands to run my dnf and flatpak upgrades every so often, whenever I feel like it, without being compulsory, and I'm done.
I still like actual Visual Studio at times, but low level programming and web projects work great in VS Code.
The "but my sound drivers" schtick is just half-remembered sneery nerd shit from 20 years ago at this point, anybody who goes into the routine now has absolutely no idea what they're talking about but wants you to think they do.
It really isn't, I had huge issues with wifi drivers on a raspberry pi that were fixed by turning it off for 24 hours and coming back recently.
Nvidia has entered the chat.
Many of my drivers, like with art tablets barely work on Windows. I have zero expectation that they would work on some Linux distro.
I can speak for exactly one brand of tablet (Ugee) that I sought out that was officially supported on Linux by the company and it works fine. I have absolutely no idea about any kind of generic tablet driver solution.
I think I had problems with a USB Wi-Fi adapter years ago that kept me from migrating to a Linux desktop 8 years ago instead of 4. It was a total piece of Chineseium Wifi adapter anyway. Gave me issues in Windows at times too.
Like the other said, I've heard about Nvidia issues, but I don't think I've tried Linux on an Nvidia system.
I bought a little tiny USB wifi thing for a desktop a few months ago and it plugged in and worked out of the box with no drivers or configuration. I've never had a single Nvidia driver problem and I've set up multiple systems with different Geforce cards in the last few years.
I suspect we have different definitions of "low level programming" since "low level programming" and "web projects" by my definitions would put them on almost the exact opposite ends of the spectrum, and for the former, VS Code is inadequate.
Well I had in my head C for microcontrollers, because that's what I've used it for the most recently. I also played around with Gameboy assembler a year or two ago. Granted both are uncomplicated projects, but I would consider pretty low-level.
Of course if you're doing some mega-project in C++ it would not be all that great. I still like Visual Studio don't get me wrong. Especially in it's more current formats. I didn't care for the early iterations, like when they first went from Visual Basic, Visual C++, etc. to the whole Studio.
Fair enough, I've used VS Code to do some Arduino projects and the like, but that's mostly because full Visual Studio isn't available for platforms like that.
And yeah, the earlier IDEs were not great compared to what Borland offererd, but after all the employee poaching, VS basically became a Borland IDE.