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Asked: 2026-05-11T08:24:25+00:00

I was contemplating switching to Linux for C++ development, coming from a Windows environment.

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I was contemplating switching to Linux for C++ development, coming from a Windows environment. Is this a bad idea? My workplace uses Windows and Visual Studio for our projects (some C# and java too, but right now I’m only developing in C++). If they decide to put me on a C# project, would development still possible (mono?)? What are the difficulties in this sort of transition?

Would I have a problem working on their projects and vice versa? I read somewhere that there’d be problems with precompiled headers and such (we do use them), and encodings (tabs/spaces, line endings, etc)..

If it’s not too hard to do this switch, how do I get started? IDE? vim+make?

Thanks.

By the way, we make MOSTLY windows software..

EDIT: Thanks guys, I guess that makes sense..

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  1. That’s a bad idea. I can see at least two reasons :

    • Develop on the same OS you write software for
    • Visual Studio rocks
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