Why is there a stereotype of it being better to developing applications inside Linux vs Windows?
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It’s not a stereotype. You’d have to actually be a developer to understand, but essentially it comes down to clutter.
In Linux you have an editor of your choice and the terminal to test the program on. And usually with Linux systems they come with the tools to make programs like the gcc compiler, and python interpreter to name a couple of examples.
On windows you have to use An IDE, you have to learn the IDE and how to use the IDE, and it’s annoying to work with because sometimes they make extra unnecessary files. You can’t even get gcc on windows without having to use some third party application called mingw.
Visual studio, as an example, is absolute overkill for writing C programs. When I could just go on Linux and just write and test my program as I see fit.
There are instances where you just can’t avoid Windows, like when you need to use its system libraries but I think you get the idea.
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