I’ve always wanted to understand what is actually meant by this. I have wanted to get into programming for years, did some basic python and c, but could never really progress. Not necessarily a linux question but I know since most distros come with libraries already, it’s popular to use for programming.
I have trouble understanding what people are actually programming if it isn’t their job. Like, you go to your computer and start working on…what? I don’t know enough to make an entire program or debug a game, so im just unsure what people do especially when starting out.
Also I don’t really want to learn it for a job. I just want to learn it to know it. But im not sure how to apply it to anything realistic.
For me personally, it’s a couple of self-hosted apps. It’s not technically programming, more scripting.
But I’ve also dabbled in using Python for some personal data analysis. That works just fine on Windows since I use Power BI for the visualization.
I’ve had some folks at my school creating their own forks of open source software. Modding games, modding tools, modding the OS for whatever.