Why Do Programmers Prefer to Use Linux? | Linux Today

Why Do Programmers Prefer to Use Linux?

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Jan 31, 2022

Windows is the most widely used operating system, both in home and business environments. Most programs are created to run on this operating system. However, the people who create these programs (mainly developers, programmers, and system administrators) prefer to leave Windows aside and work on another operating system: Linux. Why? What brings them to this?

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