I'm considering using a secondary computer (linux) for all of my personal internet activity and making my windows box purely game dev / gaming.
I'm considering using a secondary computer (linux) for all of my personal internet activity and making my windows box purely game dev / gaming.
Took me a few weeks to completely replace my Windows workflow in OSX and Ubuntu but I'd say the broader perspective of knowing all three platforms when being a programmer is well worth the investment!
I'd have to say, Uncharted played a small role in this transition; I've been blown away by this series and they're not available for PC, so there :)
I personally just game on a Linux box (running Slackware, specifically). I don't get the best selection in the world, but most of the indie games seem to be paying attention to Linux/SteamOS, and said games tend to be the better ones anyway.
Do you own an Xbone? I hope not for your sake as Windows 10 is coming to that too.
(If I'm being pedantic, other consoles have used Windows in some way. I'm not sure about the Xbox 360 but IIRC the OS for the original Xbox was based on Windows 2000. The Dreamcast also had limited support for Windows CE, I don't think the main OS was based on it, but a few games used it).