Iāve been getting into Linux development for a while, but I grew up on MS-DOS and Windows. It is where I feel at home. While MS has been doing things that have eroded trust in them (but letās be fair so has Apple and Google, and yes even the Canonical), I still believe that Windows is the most complete and capable OS out there. I say this from a technical and software engineering perspective. I look at the hardware hurdles that only Windows has truly crushed. I look at virus prevention. MANY will probably baulk at that, but just think about this:
Windows is the single most targeted platform for vulnerabilities. It is exponentially more targeted than any other OS. The nature of software is that there is always a vulnerability, given enough time and resources. That Windows is not demonstrating having any more vulnerabilities than OS X demonstrates how MS has been forced to get good at this.
I do a lot of development work for windows, and I like to make games for windows as well. For this reason I still use Windows 10 on my workstation, but I run a PureOS VM as my actual desktop.
That said Iād recommend the following software as well:
-Keepass - it works on everything, and is solid. Make sure you support the developer with a donation. Open source may be free, but it is not free to develop.
-Resilio Sync - a robust and powerful file sync and cloud-like piece of software. This software allows you use any computer as a cloud, and the more computers you have seeding a download that faster file syncing can occur. Block level syncing means it is truly efficient as well. I routinely use it to sync virtual machines across several machines. Syncing computers are in fact the bottleneck. They simply canāt process network traffic fast enough.
-Own Cloud - the open source alternative to Resilioās Sync. Not sure it is as feature complete or as easy to use, but that is the intention.
-Brave Browser- what they are trying to do with ads should be supported. It is a solution that looks to make an industry that is vampire-like at the very least, privacy respecting. This browser blocks ads and harmful cookies by default. It also uses crypto currency to support content creators through your browsing behavior. Still in testing, but a very good idea that seeks to make content more genuine by removing the need to solely create revenue threw serving up ads.
-Bitwig - DAW with native multi-monitor (up to 3 I believe) support. Directly supports native touchscreen support. In conjunction with a Surface makes for a powerful portable studio.
