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ravitripathi
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!rant. !Stack overflow either because I'm seeking an opinion.
I am an Android developer and I have an i7 5th gen 8GB ram HP machine which is has been very capable for both heavy gaming and Android development. Now kill me for it if you may, but I have been using AS on WINDOWS 10, and I honestly never had any issues.

But should I dual boot my machine with a Linux distro? (most probably Ubuntu).

I don't use the emulator, I test it directly on my device.

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  • 2
    7y
    I'm not an android dev, but if you don't want to learn linux stuff, than stick to windows.
    Switching would slow you down by much at first.
    Also, I think you have to install linuy first because it fucks up the windows mbr
  • 2
    7y
    Dual boot for Android development?

    It's not that you should. But if you want to try it, ok. Android studio is stable for Windows at the moment. Before the stable version there were issues for Windows and its emulators.

    I don't think you'll have an issue but if you wanna, try it. You might like it. If yes, I recommend Linux Mint with Cinnamon!!
  • 0
    7y
    @DjSall I honestly want to stick with developing for Android. If I can get a noticible performance boost on Ubuntu, I am willing to give it a try.
  • 0
    7y
    @lostinmyworld ya I actually feel quite isolated when I see some developers around me firing up Linux and stating it has "god-like" performance. The only thing that matters to me is that I want a fast Android Studio experience. If it's not significantly faster than that on Windows, I'm willing to give Linux a pass.
  • 2
    7y
    @ravitripathi I'm all into open source but I do not think it is that significant of a difference. Specially if you don't use emulators
  • 1
    7y
    Better install linux on a VM first. It saves you trouble ;)
  • 1
    7y
    @ravitripathi, in my experience, Android developer tools work best on Mac, then Windows, last in Linux (tried on Ubuntu and a couple "light" distros).
  • 1
    7y
    Something worth checking out - take a look at enabling the bash on Windows. It literally installs a Ubuntu sub layer but it lets you work with the windows file system. You effectively get both OSes in one
  • 0
    7y
    @DjSall you have to install Linux after Windows because while grub can not Windows, the windows boot loader can only boot Windows (if it works)
  • 1
    7y
    @benmcmahon100 welcome to devRant!
  • 0
    7y
    @shaji thanks for clearing that up, i must have remembered it wrong.
    Also, welcome to devRant!
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