Why use Linux instead of Windows?

I have seen people recommend doing development under Linux rather than Windows. Can anyone give me a list of reasons for or against using Linux for the development environment? I'd like to present a case to my bosses.

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Jan Cumps 6 months ago in reply to shabaz +3

This matches closely with what my company does. Developers can build software on their personal device, for develop, test and debug purposes. But the deployable software is built with build services…
Fred27 6 months ago in reply to dyessgg +3

I tend to find that anyone who peppers their response with "Windoze" or "Micro$oft" is rarely adding to the discussion and just wants to tell everyone what their personal allegiance is. By the way, before…
Fred27 7 months ago +2

Unless you're developing something where the tools only run on one operating system, I'd say just stick to what you know or like. However, being familiar with both is definitely a benefit. If you "pick…

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shabaz 6 months ago

If you're building firmware that will be released in a product, on your desktop or laptop PC as a sort of personal build server, or on your own DIY Linux installation then that's a complete mess.

Give the problem to the IT team (or the engineering support team if that exists in the org), it's their whole purpose in life to meet the computing needs for you to do your work. Installing the build tools on some random PC setup is not easy to replicate, when people move on or if an old project needs to be revisited and the re-built firmware image looks slightly different. Once you have a dedicated build environment (whether that is a physical machine or virtual, whether it is Linux or Windows), properly maintained and backed up! then you're completely free to code on whatever OS you feel comfortable with (and whatever the IT team is willing to support).
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Jan Cumps 6 months ago in reply to shabaz

This matches closely with what my company does.

Developers can build software on their personal device, for develop, test and debug purposes. But the deployable software is built with build services, based on assets that are checked into source control.

IDE and OS dependencies, except exceptions , are not to be checked in.
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Jan Cumps 6 months ago in reply to shabaz

This matches closely with what my company does.

Developers can build software on their personal device, for develop, test and debug purposes. But the deployable software is built with build services, based on assets that are checked into source control.

IDE and OS dependencies, except exceptions , are not to be checked in.
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