Well, that’s not true. Not according to the latest Godot Survey in 2025.
(Which I just realized @wchc already posted this information higher up in the thread.)
Windows users are about twice as common as Linux users. It’s possible that of the people you talk to the most, Linux is the most popular OS for Godot.
Just wanted to bring my 2 cents. I recently dual booted my PC and added Pop!_ OS (linux) and still have windows 11 too. I use a mac for work, and all 3 work well for Godot.
Pick what suits you. Yes linux can be nice but also a headache. If you pick a distro that already does wuite a bit for you, it can be pretty smooth sailing.
Windows 11 contrary to popular belief is still fine. I’ve not seen or used Copilot so you can just choose not to use it if that’s the issue. Yes, it signals to go somewhat downhill for windows, but at this stage it’s still a solid OS.
Mac is great. It has it’s quirks and in my opinion it’s expensive and the vendor lock-in should be thought of before hand, even though it’s more a long term problem.
In summary, all three are fine. See what suits you, both in usage preference, financially and availability!
You can install WSL 2 on 11 and run any Linux distro from within win11 if your CPU cores support emulation acceleration.
On my gaming laptop, no performance loss and no rebooting needed.
Cheers !
There should be a Samsung smart fridge in it somewhere…
LOL
Godot runs on FreeBSD too? At this point the meme is no longer “can it run Doom?”, but it’s “Can it run Godot?” 
Definitely. I bet at least 3 people said that.
2 ironically and 1 legitimately.
I wouldnt go that far! 
I will say this - I’ve burned out 3 “gaming” laptops on game development in 5 years.
The GPUs just aren’t capable of handling the long days involved in game dev.
I switched to a fairly recent refurb mac mini because with the explosion in prices on RAM and GPUs (and now storage, ugh) replacing a burned out card would be even harder now.
It’s been just fine.
(/edit: fyi, a dell, a system76, and an hp laptop are on the ‘dead gpu’ pile)
Are you making a 3D game with lots of detail?
This is a bit out of date, but here’s a little post I put here about it a while back:
Our prior games were all UE4, and this one was originally UE4 as well. Godot has been gentler on GPUs (my prior laptops lasted roughly one year, the one I used mostly for Godot lasted over 18 months) but it still takes a toll. Even with constant dusting and cleaning, IME laptop GPUs just wear out fast. My kids (both gamers in their 30s) have had similar experiences, though they tend to get 24-30 mos out of theirs.
Oddly enough, I got my same prebuilt PC since 2018 and have had no issues with any parts whatsoever.
I’ve used unreal 4/5 in the past before I switched to Godot, no issue. I’ve played a lot of games on this PC, no issue. Edited a lot of videos, no issue. Been through 5 houses and moves, no issue.
My parents got it for me pre-built because, like my OS, I’m not gonna deal with having to build the PC. One and done deal.
(I was also about 14-15 years old at the time as well. I can’t believe it’s been that long. I don’t think about the past much)
I really have no need to upgrade at all. Everything I need to run, just runs.
PCs, yes. Laptop GPUs were my specific point, especially if you’re going to push them.
Man, I low-key hate laptops. They’re so uncomfortable to use.
The one I have is a crappy $500 one I got for free via a technicality.
In my short college days (3 months/1 semester), FAFSA paid for it via financial aid. Then I dropped out, had debt, but then it was incidentally forgiven a few weeks later through no action of my own.
So, I got out of college scot-free. Lucky me.
On average, I paid (or my shop did, for the contract work on UE4 in some cases) between 1k and 2k per “gaming” laptop, which is right about the neighborhood the OP is looking at.
All had discrete nvidia GPUs, some linux, some windows. I just can’t recommend a laptop for graphics dev work unless you are either doing 2D only (they’re fine for 2D or coding all day), or using an eGPU (which seems… unlikely).
Laptop GPUs in my experience just don’t hold up. You get thermal issues like mad, you get cleaning issues like mad, and when they die, you can’t even replace them.
With the future looking like it does, with staggering prices on all forms of aftermarket hardware, any form of desktop (iMac, Mac Mini, PC, whatever) is probably going to be the way to go. I’d suggest anything with a really good replacement policy so you can hand it to someone and have it replaced under warranty is probably equally fine.
That’s my 2 bits.
Agreed. You just need a reliable desktop and an android phone. Which I have.
Having a $1,000 IPhone and being stuck in Apple ecosystem is NOT a perk. You can get a solid android phone at Walmart for like, $150 MAX. More likely much less. Even $50 buckaroos is enough.
You can then take out the StraightTalk sim card and replace with something else cheaper. For me, that’s Mint Mobile. I haven’t paid my phone plan in 7 months cause of the dirt cheap yearly plan ($15 a month), you save so much dang money.
That’s cool!
I personally don’t use a Mac so I cannot say I have experience but the majority of gamers are on a windows operating system. Mac cna be good but it is good to consider that you won’t be having the same testing environment as most users will.
That’s amazing. I KNEW IT!!!
Good info
