Here's a summary.
The author uses Windows instead of Linux because:
1. Linux isn't as popular as Windows
2. He can't use Visual Studio on Linux
Compelling argument!
Why I use Windows and not Linux
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Re: Why I use Windows and not Linux
#12Makes you realise how it's a clever strategy to make excellent dev tools for a platform. Visual Studio is really one of the best, and developers will go where the tools make it easy for them.
Yes, because all the best C programmers use Windows.
Then again, most programmers today aren't C programmers.
And developing in Java/C# really makes a good IDE mandatory.
The point is valid, even if you have a point in what you write too.
Re: Why I use Windows and not Linux
#13tl;dr: The author failed to fully explore the tools available for Linux and uses Windows on account of his ignorance
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#15Interesting argument. Personally, for all the stuff I do, Linux is far superior. Give me Emacs, R and LaTeX working out of the box and available in easy downloads with no spaces in my paths, and I'm happy. I can understand that others may have different perspectives. That being said, has he tried Emacs? As far as I know with GDB and gcc and flymake, pretty much everything he wants to do is available.
Lol... trying to make this a Vim vs Emacs rant now? It started as a Windows vs Linux rant... :D
Re: Why I use Windows and not Linux
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, because all the best C programmers use Windows.
Then again, most programmers today aren't C programmers. And developing in Java/C# really makes a good IDE mandatory. The point is valid, even if you have a point in what you write too.
I have to disagree with the original opinion, that Visual Studio is the best IDE ever. It is, if you are developing on Windows and for Windows on Microsoft-endorsed languages. If this is not the case, it's far from optimal.
Re: Why I use Windows and not Linux
#17Maybe we should give an "enable up/downvote" cookie when the user clicks through the link and actually sees the article. I cannot imagine 5 people (currently with 6 points) upvoted this after actually reading it...
I read it, and I upvoted. I did that because I believe he has interesting points in it.
People commenting here are just focusing on certain points of the article and not the whole sentiment.
What the author is saying is that even though he likes linux a lot, he is more productive in windows. I can see that happening. Fixing things in Linux is difficult, specially coming from a Windows world.
Re: Why I use Windows and not Linux
#18Maybe we should give an "enable up/downvote" cookie when the user clicks through the link and actually sees the article. I cannot imagine 5 people (currently with 6 points) upvoted this after actually reading it...
I read it, and I upvoted. I did that because I believe he has interesting points in it. People commenting here are just focusing on certain points of the article and not the whole sentiment. What the author is saying is that even though he likes linux a lot, he is more productive in windows. I can see that happening. Fixing things in Linux is difficult, specially coming from a Windows world.
I re-read it and it still looks like a rant from an uninformed person. He spent a month with Linux and didn't notice NetBeans or Eclipse? Is there ANY programmer on Earth that doesn't know those? He claims Windows enjoys better "hardware, software, IT guys" because it's more popular. Linux is only unpopular in PCs. In every other segment it trounces its competition.
And maybe you have a point about fixing things. On Windows, people just reinstall or download a freeware tool that cleans up some specific mess and may (or may not) make things better. But the truth is it's much harder to break stuff on Linux than it is on Windows. And on Linux, you may be tempted to actually find out what the problem was (because you are able to) and fix it, which is much harder than just reinstalling the thing.
Except for the fact that, after you do a clean install, you'll have to download missing drivers, service packs, run Windows Update a couple times and reboot the machine each and every time something major gets updated, which happens a good couple times in this process). Last time I tried, reinstalling a Windows machine from scratch took me a day.
Reinstalling my Ubuntu box takes, usually, less than an hour.
Re: Why I use Windows and not Linux
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
I read it, and I upvoted. I did that because I believe he has interesting points in it. People commenting here are just focusing on certain points of the article and not the whole sentiment. What the author is saying is that even though he likes linux a lot, he is more productive in windows. I can see that happening. Fixing things in Linux is difficult, specially coming from a Windows world.
I re-read it and it still looks like a rant from an uninformed person. He spent a month with Linux and didn't notice NetBeans or Eclipse? Is there ANY programmer on Earth that doesn't know those? He claims Windows enjoys better "hardware, software, IT guys" because it's more popular. Linux is only unpopular in PCs. In every other segment it trounces its competition. And maybe you have a point about fixing things. On…
Does not matter how popular Linux is in other segments. That is not going to help things on my desktop. Unpopularity is a valid argument in this context.
Re: Why I use Windows and not Linux
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I re-read it and it still looks like a rant from an uninformed person. He spent a month with Linux and didn't notice NetBeans or Eclipse? Is there ANY programmer on Earth that doesn't know those? He claims Windows enjoys better "hardware, software, IT guys" because it's more popular. Linux is only unpopular in PCs. In every other segment it trounces its competition. And maybe you have a point about fixing things. On…
Does not matter how popular Linux is in other segments. That is not going to help things on my desktop. Unpopularity is a valid argument in this context.
He claims to be a developer (something hard to believe for all he knows seems to be Visual Studio). He's not a law student.
If you think Windows is popular, go to any respectable compsi department and look around. Go to any conference not sponsored by Microsoft. Go to any place where someone is pushing the envelope. You'll find plenty Linux, plenty OSX and a couple Windows machines.