Windows 11 may be what finally forces me to switch entirely to Linux, if I can find a distro that isn't run by commies. I was happy the other day when my non-work-PC came up with a warning that it was not eligible for Windows 11, but I'm assuming that it will take some manual prevention efforts to keep it off of my work PC.
I'd have switched to Linux long ago if not for Visual Studio. It's simply leaps and bounds better than every other IDE. Back in the early '00s, Microsoft basically hired all of Borland's IDE talent (Delphi and C# were both designed by the same dude) making Visual Studio the only real IDE left in the world. (Sorry, XCode users. It has some nice features, yes ... when they work ... and it doesn't crash.)
And I'm always amused when I have this discussion with web or Apple developers who respond with, "an IDE is just a text editor that launches your app, XCode/Notepad++/VIM/whatever works fine."
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.
Windows 11 may be what finally forces me to switch entirely to Linux, if I can find a distro that isn't run by commies. I was happy the other day when my non-work-PC came up with a warning that it was not eligible for Windows 11, but I'm assuming that it will take some manual prevention efforts to keep it off of my work PC.
I'd have switched to Linux long ago if not for Visual Studio. It's simply leaps and bounds better than every other IDE. Back in the early '00s, Microsoft basically hired all of Borland's IDE talent (Delphi and C# were both designed by the same dude) making Visual Studio the only real IDE left in the world. (Sorry, XCode users. It has some nice features, yes ... when they work ... and it doesn't crash.)
And I'm always amused when I have this discussion with web or Apple developers who respond with, "an IDE is just a text editor that launches your app, XCode/Notepad++/VIM/whatever works fine."
Visual Studio Code has been officially available on Linux for years.
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.