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What's your "I switched to Linux because..." Story? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago by cm0002@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Lots of programming and server use for jobs at work. I spent whole days in WSL (just one window) or putty / cygwin and it was stupid. About that time, since I was using different hosts pretty frequently, I started to learn Vim and it was a gateway drug.

It was maybe 2 weeks into vim I made the switch in the office. When I switched to Linux at work, I switched to Linux at home for consistency (and because I wasnt really gaming at the time so no big deal). At that job I frequently would just remote in from home so it made sense. Once I learned the ropes I switched to arch and dwm and never looked back. I guess I'm an nvim guy now so I've evolved a little in 15 years or so.