

If you want to administer servers, use DevOps on the cloud, run supercomputer simulations, or develop programs for any platform other than Windows or the Apple ecosystem, you're working with Linux. If you are working in an organization that manages your systems and network, you probably get a Windows desktop to work on and are required to use Windows for many tasks.

Why would you want to do this? Simple: While Windows is the top desktop operating system, everywhere else it's Linux. With any of these, you can run Linux and Windows GUI applications simultaneously on the same desktop screen. Starting with the recently released WindBuild 19041 or higher, you can run real Linux distributions, such as Debian, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP1, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. With this programmers can develop native and cross-platform programs with tools like GNOME Builder, KDevelop, and Visual Studio Code. The answer? Microsoft.Īt 2020's Microsoft Build, CEO Satya Nadella announced that Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2 would support Linux GUIs and applications. What's the biggest company in the world that supports the Linux desktop? Red Hat? No.
