Running Linux on your own laptop is a differentiating experience for a web developer, precisely because it is the path less taken.

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• Linux now offers a desktop experience superior to the Mac's in many areas, though not all, just as open source already won the server and the web. DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson1 Jul 2025Linux
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• The agentic age needs a new operating system: if you can vibe-code any application, you should be able to vibe-code the operating system, and only Linux allows that. DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson26 Aug 2026Linux
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