[deanhills]

Excellent post @ikk157 Really like it when members share hands on experience like this.

For a matter of fact, I didn’t use my “old computer” because all i have is my one and only laptop from 10 years ago which remains as my only Windows-compatible system to this day. So I utilized dual booting instead to venture into the linux world.

Am curious. Is this the device for which you had changed to Windows 8.1?

Many people also recommend trying stuff out on a local system before doing so on a VPS. But I completely disagree. There are many differences environment-wise between a local system and a VPS... what may work on one won’t necessarily work on another. And what has to be done in a certain way in one won’t necessarily be achievable with the same way on another. So you really need a VPS to learn/test stuff for a VPS.

Thinking about this again, I agree with you. VPS is a completely different experience and setup as a desktop computer.

In addition, I doubt that the move from windows to linux would be a thing... what will most likely happen is the movement to mobile in the future (which I’ve already done... I literally do everything on my iPhones and iPads now... people who say they can’t do much simply dont know how to use them.)

Although I agree completely that mobile has taken off and developments will favour it more and more in the future, for Web development I think desktop or laptop will always be a more comfortable way to work on Web pages.

I'm very happy to sit in front a desktop computer to read my posts and work on them. I also feel more secure using a desktop computer to mobile, particularly Android.