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  • As long as you are okay with using the web versions of office, you can basically go with any distro, since all of them have at least a web browser and virtualbox in their repositories, as well as vs code. Jetbrains also works (I’ve only used intellij but I assume the others are just as easy to set up). I’ve never tried visual studio on linux though, not sure how well that works.


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    Most linux distros don’t need any tinkering to get up and running (sometimes drivers can be an issue), and you definitely don’t need to know any commands to get started. A good place to start is distrochooser.

    There are GUIs (graphical user interfaces) for basically anything nowadays. However, I definitely recommend learning the commandline later down the line, since it can be really powerful in automating mundane tasks or unlocking power you didn’t even realize.

    As for customization, a linux system is built in a modular way, so given enough experience, you will be able to replace any part of your system you don’t like. Be that the desktop environment, the kernel configuration or the init system (Don’t worry if you don’t know what those are yet).

    Gaming is fine if you make sure everything you want to play is supported. Protondb is a nice database where you can look up how well your games run under linux. It’s mostly the anticheat in games that have issues, not the game itself.

    EDIT: Don’t worry about what others think of the workflow that works for you. There will always be elitist assholes telling you to run arch when you encounter a problem. Just ignore them.