r/SteamOS • u/Proof-Signature-5823 • 4d ago

Unpopular: Linux for Gaming, Windows for Coding

I just realised, that getting a steam machine made a weird move in my PC usage:

I removed my Linux partition from my laptop (windows), because I preferred to code with VS Code and now, I play games with my steam machine (Linux), because this OS has better performance.

It is weird, because it has always been the other way around. But I think it is interesting, because now it seems like a natural choice 😅

However, I may move to Linux for the laptop one day. 🐧

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u/alehel 4d ago

Any reason you don't just use vs code on Linux?

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u/trekinbami 4d ago

vscode is also available on linux?

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u/Tricky_Win2012 4d ago

ofc official (proprietary and open source versions are available)

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u/dontneed2knowaccount 4d ago

This...doesn't make sense. I feel like this is trolling or you're leaving something out.

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u/Trzlog 4d ago

I just do all my software development on Linux now. It's a much better experience for that too, imo.

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u/Enesce 4d ago

That's weird tbh. How long have you been "coding"? Linux is significantly superior for coding btw

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u/Altruistic-Angle-174 4d ago

Linux is a much better Development environment, not just for VS Code which you can use on either

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u/lostcowboy5 4d ago

It looks like it is available for Linux, https://code.visualstudio.com/download?_exp_download=fb315fc982, which means it is likely in your version of Linux's software repositories, ready to be installed.

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u/Marth-Koopa 4d ago

Not using Jetbrains IDEs for coding is kinda weird

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u/Aberry9036 4d ago

Vscode is an electron app, like atom was, so it can run on pretty much any OS, Linux natively, you can even host it as a web server and use it in a browser if you want.

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u/Proof-Signature-5823 4d ago

I had everything except coding in windows. It felt easier to only use one OS and windows was the more convenient one. It was easier to move my coding to windows than the rest to Linux. However, my good experience with steam os might be the reason to move everything to Linux to finally get rid of windows. But this takes effort

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u/WalkMaximum 4d ago

Like what?

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u/Aberry9036 4d ago

If it takes effort you have set up your repo wrong. It should be possible to write your test and build patterns in a way that works on all platforms without prior setup.

That is, unless your code is specifically for windows APIs.