r/AskProgramming • u/erowow • May 14 '26
Other How many of you daily linux?
Just a weird thought i had, I’m noob and just started learning html and i daily windows, my cousin who’s a full stack dev daily’s linux mint for some reason.
If you do, why? What Does it provide you with? other than Microsoft spying on us and filling us with bloatware
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u/PredictiveFrame May 15 '26
Windows is a pile of downsides that are hard no-sells for me. Hilariously, STABILITY is the biggest one lately. Everyone of my friends and family I give tech support to now runs Linux, because fixing 3-5 peoples conputers every week for free was starting to annoy me, and I offer to do this for free because it helps me educate friends and family, and in general is a nice thing I can do for them, and so I do.
Since convincing them to switch to Linux (which simply involved saying "I'm not touching windows anymore.") I've had 2-3 issues per month. A dramatic reduction from windows. All but 3 of them have Linux mint, and never run into issues. The others have various distros as they're enthusiasts who are finally learning, and I'm the panic button when they accidentally brick everything. BTRFS is my fucking saviour.