I use Linix for anything prodctive/school related iI have to do, maynly becase I get to separate work and muh games on an OS basis.
Ricing is something I do with a different User, and when I'm happy with a sspecific setup I copy it to my main User.
Lunux today
Mine is about 1k. But that's mainly because I don't have a fully fledged DE installed. Also, most things today are done in a web browser. You don't actually need a lot of programs.
I use gnu/loooonix at home and at work. Im an asic designer also doing some fpga and driver stuff.
Using it since February, tried Mint, Arch, Debian, CentOS and stopped on Ubuntu. I mostly do javashit in Idea, and it's not like there's something linux-exclusive that I couldn't possibly achieve using windows, it's just easier, faster and more user-friendly when it comes to using your pc for something more than browsing the Internet
i use arch linux and i3. everything seems easier to me on this environment. i plan to code on microsoft surface with linux developer tools, arch linux w/ i3 and touchscreen computer, or macos and see which one is best.
the micrsoft touch surface with linux developer tools seems pretty good i will try it out when get the money.
Almost everyone does their work in some sort of website now, usually G Suite. Google Docs runs just fine in Firefox and Chromium on Linux. There has never been less need for Windows than today. Unless you're positive that a piece of software you need (some engineering software comes to mind) then you probably don't need Windows at all--and there's probably an open source alternative that's decent to replace any Windows-only software.
Stop using proprietary DRM
GNU/Linux*
Linux is just a kernel.
Well.. Since Ubuntu has been my exclusive and one and only OS the last ten years, I guess some percentage has been useful usage. Though it mostly is a vessel for wasting time online on various websites.