Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off

Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by yazan94 on Thursday November 16, 2017 @10:27AM (#15713362)

Are Mono and .Net Core on Linux as good as on Windows? If they are, as a developer, there isn't much reason to go with Windows

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Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by jenscow on Thursday November 16, 2017 @11:56AM (#15714239)

It depends on how much you like VS.

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Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by fgonzag on Thursday November 16, 2017 @04:01PM (#15716580)

I have actually moved to vscode and I love it so far. I still can't move to Linux since I need visual studio for some older projects, but I hope I'll be able to make the switch in the future. In the mean time vscode + windows subsystem for Linux has been extremely usable for me, no more virtual machines

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Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by thomastjeffery on Friday November 17, 2017 @03:25PM (#15725694)

You don't have to switch.

You can dual-boot. GParted or most distro's installers will resize your windows partition, just don't forget to disable fastboot in windows first.

You can run Linux in a VM. Granted, this means you can't really use a good tiling window manager, which is one of my main reasons for not using Windows.

You can run Windows in a VM. Take a look at Qubes to see just how integrated this can be.

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Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by fgonzag on Saturday November 18, 2017 @01:36PM (#15730084)

I've run dual boot systems before. Not a fan of having to reboot to switch basically between programs. Thats why I used a Virtual machine and now I use Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Once we move to fully .net core shop, I'll be making the move to linux completely.

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