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Thank's for the reply, how does this apply if you're developing software that more than likely is going to run in a windows environment, i.e. Hololens, or on a gaming rig? I would imagine developing for that environment would necessitate access to that environment fairly regularly.

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It doesn't if you're in the AR/VR or Video game space. It'll tend to be Windows centric. Server side stuff might be Linux but as you've alluded the client development will target Windows (e.g. HoloLens SDK requires Windows/MS Studio).

Only suggestion I'd make is learn to use the Command-Line with your tools (where possible) and practise writing scripts to optimise your workflow. If you do that it'll make the transition to a NIX a little less foreign.

I have a class next semester specifically on command line and NIX that I'm pretty excited about. When you say scripts do you specifically mean bash scripts or more generally like Python scripts ect.

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