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this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2025
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I use windows at work. even WSL doesn't make it great....
Half the time, we dont even deploy to windows boxes. They are too expensive haha. Its all Linux cause they are much cheaper and just as powerful. But mostly the cheaper angle. Still wont let us use Linux for development work though...
That's so weird, tons of people use Linux for dev. Do they say why you can't?
According to one of our adjuncts: "Windows just works for dev, why are we teaching Linux at all?"
He didn't last.
Maybe if you develop C# in Visual Studio then Windows does just work best.
In my companys case, they said it was an issue with intune compatibility for a good while. I'm hoping to switch off W11 soon!