I love the Mac but recent changes, idiotic Liquid Glass and a company that has lost it's way has made me never want to upgrade to Tahoe. So, I think 2026 is the year of Linux for me. In a few months I will be "in between" projects so this might be a good time to change. The big issue is a C++ IDE. I'll give JetBrains a good try. I hear mixed things.
This time for sure!
@grumpygamer JetBrains now has opt-out LLM source code harvesting with the minimum level of anonymization, just so you're aware. I stopped using their products for that reason, but if you want a full-fledged and featureful IDE, they're kinda the only game in town.
https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2025/09/30/detailed-data-sharing-for-better-ai/
Better AI Depends on Better Data: We Need Your Help | The JetBrains Blog
Update (November 10, 2025): We’d like to provide an important update regarding the delivery of the detailed data-sharing functionality described in this post. While we originally planned to release
@serebit @grumpygamer JetBrains also led/founded/staffed heavily by Russians. so thats a security or ethical showstopper for some
@synlogic4242 @serebit Name another C++ IDE on Linux? One that can fully debug c++ code by breaking, stepping into and out of and even going into ASM. Surprisingly I think they are the only game in town.
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