Ubuntu’s Snap feature makes it the best Linux distro for programming as it can also find applications with web-based services. … Most important of all, Ubuntu is the best OS for programming because it has default Snap Store. As a result, developers could reach a wider audience with their apps easily.

Should I use Ubuntu or Windows for programming?

There are many IDEs to choose from, depending on the language you want to program in. There are better ones and also less convenient ones. My personal experience is, that an Ubuntu OS is by far faster and easier to setup for development than Windows.

Is Ubuntu bad for programming?

1 Answer. Yes, and no. Linux and Ubuntu is more widely used by programmers, than the average – 20.5% of programmers use it as opposed to around 1.50% of the general population (that doesn’t include Chrome OS, and that’s just desktop OS).