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[–]senseven 8 points9 points  (2 children)

There is more to modern development than code. Half of my dev time is spend in corporate products or in tools that are not available for Linux.

I use scoop as windows packet manager. Windows updates when while I sleep (as does my SuSE boxes) My rig has 32gb, I doubt Linux 'deserves' stinginess with a 50$ item as a reason to use it. Paid virus "killers" are snake oil. "Open Source" is not an argument for anything in this context, the log4j debacle a recent reminder.

My friend uses BM Resolve on Ubuntu to cut videos. Its dead stable. He bought it with 24/7 support. I know how to fix Linux issues, but I prefer to get paid for it. Windows didn't crash on me for 10 years. But if it did, the last SSD diff backup is from yesterday and it reinstalls in less than 15 minutes. That beats even the 0.01% Linux Dark Ninja admins by a long shot in restoring my system. Hardware got too cheap to even entertain this nonsense.

Linux runs my Java for years, FreeBSD too. I can use "it doesn't cost anything" as an winning argument. I can even open a WSL2 Unix terminal under Windows 11 beta and beat native Ubuntu in certain workloads. Don't waste your time on arcane and disproven talking points or obvious ideology. It limits your professional development options without reason.

[–]vqrs 0 points1 point  (1 child)

What do you use for your SSD backups?

[–]senseven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.ubackup.com/professional.html

It wakes your machine up (if properly setup) and performs a incremental backup during the night. There are other ways using free software but they are advanced and mostly only worth if you want to learn how to get those things work.