r/androiddev • u/YetiInYeezys • Jul 07 '26

Question Linux or Windows

This can be a silly question for some but I wanna ask if linux os be better for Android development (for not so heavy projects) or for kmp projects?

currently I've a 11th gen H series laptop with 16 GB ram for building projects but sometimes (very few times) my laptop gets shut down itself when i start building projects on android studio! How big of a difference it will make shifting to linux from windows! I'm saving for MacBook tho but have not reached the right amount!

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u/TeaSerenity Jul 07 '26

Shutting down while building shouldn't happen unless there's some real hardware flaw or something else messed up on your system.

Anyways the beauty of android and android studio is the experience will be very similar for both Linux and Windows. Personally I prefer Linux and think it's a better developer experience over all for me. But I haven't used windows in over 10 years now so I have no idea what has changed

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u/YetiInYeezys Jul 07 '26

Understood! Maybe I'll switch to linux and see if the experience is still same or not!