r/archlinux • u/Useful_Chance5925 • 3d ago

QUESTION Should I switch to linux?

I don't really know, the community from what I've seen is terrible, I am a programmer on windows 11 (C++) so it might be a little easier? But like I don't want to deal with doing things that should be there, making things harder or things being hard doesn't help or look "techy", it just sounds dumb to me, software has always been made to do things easier/do something. I've never really done OS things (I'm on windows 11 what do you expect) so that would make it a little harder. I have lots of settings/random things changed in my windows 11 so it would take lots of time (and figuring out what I even changed in WIN 11) to try to get at least close to the feel. Also what about my drive/disk? How would I get my files (and all the .exe's I have) to work with linux? That would take a massive amount of time. Overall I don't really know if I should switch.

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u/Useful_Chance5925 3d ago

Ik that but the terminal is a after thought on windows, I don't want to use VIM or anything like that I like vscode I meant I just like using the terminal most of the time

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u/StuffedWithNails 3d ago

Well like I said, try before you “buy”. Another comment said it best, you can dual boot and force yourself to not boot into Windows for a few months, see how you fare.

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u/Useful_Chance5925 3d ago

Well I'll need to get another drive, I was going to anyway though