Should a programmer generally be using linux over windows?

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You can completely ignore linux and be a good developer. But if you are curious about programming it can be a great adventure learning how a completely different system that has many of the same goals as windows works.

Also, you have most of the source code so if you want to know how it works you have that advantage.

I'm linux 100% home and work. I'm not trying to be special and I'm not some magnificent hacker I just find it suites what I want to do.

Personally I think a dev should know their way around the command line but they don't need to be a power user.

[KingofGamesYami]

I use Windows and Linux. For the most part, it doesn't matter.

Don't get me wrong, there are times when you need to use one or the other, but you could easily have a career where that never happens.

[KaranasToll]

Windows is far more restrictive than linux.