I found that switching to Linux made me able to understand both OSes better, and computers in general. Half of my computer science knowledge comes from screwing around with Linux.
You can still dual boot to keep self-teaching yourself latest Windows concepts so you don’t fall behind there, while experimenting and learning on Linux in your free time.
Might want to give it another shot these days. Gaming has become exponentially better since then with Steam’s Proton software. Still not perfect, but being able to do 90-95% of them ain’t bad. The last technical hurdle is games with kernel-level anti-cheat.
I regularly fix Windows bullshit of my team members without actively using it myself. Windows doesn’t really change that much, I just make sure to check it out for a few days when some huge changes arrive, other than that I don’t care.
I work as a Windows/365 technician, I have thought about switching ti Linux at home, but I worry about loosing my Windows skills if I do…
I found that switching to Linux made me able to understand both OSes better, and computers in general. Half of my computer science knowledge comes from screwing around with Linux.
You can still dual boot to keep self-teaching yourself latest Windows concepts so you don’t fall behind there, while experimenting and learning on Linux in your free time.
I have actually switched once before, back in 2009-2010 I daily drove Ubuntu, but came back to Windows because of gaming.
At my last job I was a helpdesk technician, 365 admin, VIP technician and their only Linux sysadmin.
Might want to give it another shot these days. Gaming has become exponentially better since then with Steam’s Proton software. Still not perfect, but being able to do 90-95% of them ain’t bad. The last technical hurdle is games with kernel-level anti-cheat.
Oh yeah, if I didn’t have to do computer support at work and only dealt with the backend I would absolutely try it!
You won’t. Just install Windows in a VM once every few years and you’re good to go.
That is not enough I am afraid, I work both as an admin and as general user support, so I need to be in the user side with current skills.
I regularly fix Windows bullshit of my team members without actively using it myself. Windows doesn’t really change that much, I just make sure to check it out for a few days when some huge changes arrive, other than that I don’t care.
I am glad that works for you, sad to say, it doesn’t for me (: