--- title: Why the best programmers are switching to Linux | daily.dev description: A YouTube-style opinion rant argues that top programmers are increasingly ditching macOS for Linux, citing file-system performance benchmarks (Linux reportedly... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-the-best-programmers-are-switching-to-linux-d8lnygduu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why the best programmers are switching to Linux | daily.dev og:description: A YouTube-style opinion rant argues that top programmers are increasingly ditching macOS for Linux, citing file-system performance benchmarks (Linux reportedly... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-the-best-programmers-are-switching-to-linux-d8lnygduu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/D8LNYgDuu.png og:image:alt: Why the best programmers are switching to Linux og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why the best programmers are switching to Linux **[bigboxSWE](https://daily.dev/sources/bigboxswe)** · 6 min read · 44 upvotes · 14 comments ## Summary A YouTube-style opinion rant argues that top programmers are increasingly ditching macOS for Linux, citing file-system performance benchmarks (Linux reportedly 175% faster than Mac and 355% faster than Windows 11 on pnpm install and git clean per Phoronix-style testing), out-of-the-box control via cgroups and network namespaces for mirroring production environments, and suitability for running many parallel AI coding agents cheaply via SSH into Linux boxes. It closes with a sponsored pitch for Blacksmith, a faster GitHub Actions runner and its new Codesmith coding agent. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@golimpio** · 8 upvotes > The best programmers have always used/favoured Linux. The ones promoting themselves on YouTube and TikTok are more like influencers than the "best" coders. **@mavros\_lykos** · 3 upvotes > I love omarchy.. love to see some pre configured setup + high speed installation with already installed apps.. heck yeah.. its running speed as hell on my old laptop.. > >  **@andradei** · 2 upvotes > The more eyes on linux the better. > I'm using it on one of my machines, it's great. But my own dot files are much better (for me anyways), it's less buggy and the things I like about Omarchy were copied over. **@baz14** · 2 upvotes > Because the code is open and its behavior is predictable. The Linux kernel is not rewritten, only improved over time, which makes it stable. There are no forced features, hidden functions, or unexpected behavior. This applies to all FOSS products, not just Linux. **@sam7work** · 2 upvotes > i switched to linux more than 25 years ago, don't understand why anyone would use a mac, but it made then feel cool and rebellious to leave linux, i guess it's time to actually make the shift to linux , we have many distros over here, and nearly all of them are infinitely customizable ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I moved away from Windows 11, but I didn't go to Linux](https://daily.dev/posts/i-moved-away-from-windows-11-but-i-didn-t-go-to-linux-ea1f2z9ay) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Programmers, Don't Use Windows\!](https://daily.dev/posts/programmers-don-t-use-windows--8cmp3anti) · Yegor's Blog · 125 upvotes · 74 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#mac](https://daily.dev/tags/mac) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-the-best-programmers-are-switching-to-linux-d8lnygduu) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why the best programmers are switching to Linux","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-the-best-programmers-are-switching-to-linux-d8lnygduu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-the-best-programmers-are-switching-to-linux-d8lnygduu"},"datePublished":"2026-10-08T15:13:59.344Z","dateModified":"2026-10-08T15:14:13.417Z","description":"A YouTube-style opinion rant argues that top programmers are increasingly ditching macOS for Linux, citing file-system performance benchmarks (Linux reportedly...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_5oi5O2sNyI/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_5oi5O2sNyI/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"bigboxSWE","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"bigboxSWE","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--KMRj-zRu--/f_auto/v1711188128/logos/bigboxswe","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/bigboxswe"},"commentCount":14,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-the-best-programmers-are-switching-to-linux-d8lnygduu","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":44},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":14}],"keywords":"linux,ai-agents,cicd,docker,mac","timeRequired":"PT6M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Why the best programmers are switching to Linux","description":"A YouTube-style opinion rant argues that top programmers are increasingly ditching macOS for Linux, citing file-system performance benchmarks (Linux reportedly...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_5oi5O2sNyI/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-10-08T15:13:59.344Z","duration":"PT6M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/D8LNYgDuu","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/_5oi5O2sNyI"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"bigboxSWE","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/bigboxswe"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Why the best programmers are switching to Linux"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-the-best-programmers-are-switching-to-linux-d8lnygduu","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"The best programmers have always used/favoured Linux. 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