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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
Linux is only free if your time has no value - keep that in mind. If you have work to do, use the OS that will make you immediately productive.
The proper tools are going to make you 10x more productive than merely acceptable tools - do not accept mediocrity when there are better tools available to you. If linux is merely mediocre at your intended task, choose something better.
Linux people spend a lot of time tinkering with...Linux! It’s a great OS, but its not, in my experience using it since the days when you downloaded individual floppy images from the local bbs (because there were no ISP’s for non-university students) the most productive OS out there for most people.
Edit: you mentioned Office and Visual Studio, both of which are world beaters in their fields. Linux is not the best choice for you right now, there is nothing as polished, and particularly with Visual Studio, as high quality for dev work.
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Yeah, that's kind of what I've been expecting to hear. The more I look into this, the more I see that Linux is just going to mean more fiddling and less time working.
Thanks for the input, everyone. I think we can put this one to bed for now. It's a shame, really. As a utility OS, it's pretty much second to none. I'm not sure it will ever be ready for primetime desktop use though.