I really want to switch to Linux, up to this point there were two things keeping me on Windows, gaming and work.

Gaming nowadays is a lot easier than a couple of years ago thanks to Valve and Proton, so that’s not a problem anymore; with the other one I don’t know if I can make something work enough and that’s why I’m asking here.

I work as a fullstack software developer with windows products I don’t fear for the frontend part because typescript, angular, react, … those I know I can run on linux with no problem on VS Code; for backend thought: dot.net, visual studio, sql server, … I think there is no Visual Studio for Linux and I don’t know if I can run & debug .net 8 applications on a linux machine? I can use docker for things like databases. Does anybody else has a similar scenario and things that had to overcame? Tips, problems that I may not see now before making the switch, and solutions to my current problems are welcome

  • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    .NET is now fully cross platform. you can absolutely run and debug applications on linux as you would in windows.

    However Visual Studio IDE is windows only (theres a mac version but isn’t the same).

    You can use vscode + .net development pack.

    Personally I use Jetbrains rider (for home and work)

    SQL Server has a linux version I believe, but its been years since Ive done an install (for development I run sql server in a container)