Difference between MonoDevelop and Visual Studio?

Hello, I'm pretty new to Unity (just downloaded it yesterday) and am currently going through tutorials. One thing that I noticed in the scripting tutorials is that it mentioned Visual Studio. However, to my knowledge, it's not supported on Linux, at least not completely.

I was wondering, is it fine to use Unity without it? Is MonoDevelop good enough? I also saw that it was recommended that you download both MonoDevelop and Visual Studio, so what's the difference between the two? Will it hinder me greatly if I don't have it?

Thanks in advance

 

Just using monodevelop is perfectly fine and it won't hinder you. It's more a productivity thing for experienced coders. I'm using Consulo on mac which also exists for Linux

https://github.com/consulo/consulo/wiki/Downloads

But just stick to default/monodevelop to start with as thats probably what most tutorials show.