Developing linux software on windows is actually pretty painful.
Actually, running any linux software in general such as middleman or Jekyll is pretty painful on Windows- I recently had a horrible time trying to get git-crypt working for a colleague of mine who was using Windows..
There's a lot of value in being able to just run "linux" (with bash, grep, sed, awk, gcc, python) while being able to access your normal files on a Windows desktop.
You _can_ do this with VirtualBox but it's janky, slow, buggy and generally awkward.
I work in game dev. Good luck getting people to switch. Retraining thousands of developers, retraining all our IT staff on how to deploy Linux machines reliably. Retooling all our built up support tools.
Do you find the microsoft gui great? Honest question, because I have a desktop with windows and I find its gui a clusterfuck of randomness, especially since it seems two or three different ui "languages" are constantly fighting each other since w8.
I'm not talking about the desktop UI/UX philosophy but the system itself. It is much more stable than Linux, especially where there's ongoing chaos regarding Wayland.
Actually, running any linux software in general such as middleman or Jekyll is pretty painful on Windows- I recently had a horrible time trying to get git-crypt working for a colleague of mine who was using Windows..
There's a lot of value in being able to just run "linux" (with bash, grep, sed, awk, gcc, python) while being able to access your normal files on a Windows desktop.
You _can_ do this with VirtualBox but it's janky, slow, buggy and generally awkward.