Poll: What is your primary development system? Mac, PC, Linux, Other • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: What is your primary development system? Mac, PC, Linux, Other

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Post by shii » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 5:04 AM UTC

jarin wrote: post #23

shii wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. I use FreeBSD on production and dev servers. I use OpenBSD for other uses unrelated as well. Darwin is based off of FBSD. NetBSD runs anywhere, and OpenBSD is one of the most security-concious operating systems. Just because some people use Apple's shiny new fad doesn't mean everyone does.

A 10 year old operating system is a new fad?

Sorry, I meant to convey the idea of Macs often being fashion statements. All the cool, hip kids use it to build their social coupon webapp weekend startup from a coworking space in RoR with a NoSQL backend while listening to indie rock.

Re: Poll: What is your primary development system? Mac, PC, Linux, Other

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Post by jarin » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 5:46 AM UTC

shii wrote: post #31

jarin wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A 10 year old operating system is a new fad?

Sorry, I meant to convey the idea of Macs often being fashion statements. All the cool, hip kids use it to build their social coupon webapp weekend startup from a coworking space in RoR with a NoSQL backend while listening to indie rock.

Well I gotta admit you have a point, that's pretty much me except with Lil Wayne instead of indie rock.

Re: Poll: What is your primary development system? Mac, PC, Linux, Other

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Post by carucez » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 6:03 AM UTC

win7 not by choice

Re: Poll: What is your primary development system? Mac, PC, Linux, Other

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Post by daimyoyo » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 6:49 AM UTC

Once I decided to start a new career as a developer, the first thing I bought was a new MacBook pro. It's great. Keep in mind that the computer I'd had before this was a Dell Latitude from 2006. I bought it back in 2008 and while it worked for what I used it for, it was REALLY slow to boot, had almost no RAM, and the outside was broken. One thing I've believed in since I had my first job was to use the best equipment you can afford, because that way you can grow your business without outgrowing your equipment.

Re: Poll: What is your primary development system? Mac, PC, Linux, Other

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Post by rosenjon » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 8:17 AM UTC

shii wrote: post #31

jarin wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A 10 year old operating system is a new fad?

Sorry, I meant to convey the idea of Macs often being fashion statements. All the cool, hip kids use it to build their social coupon webapp weekend startup from a coworking space in RoR with a NoSQL backend while listening to indie rock.

I would never use RoR for my social coupon webapp. ;P

Re: Poll: What is your primary development system? Mac, PC, Linux, Other

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Post by asymptotic » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 9:52 AM UTC

baddox wrote: post #24

patio11 wrote: post #13

Windows Seven w/ Ubuntu running in a VM. It would be 100% windows but faking all the server-side components got too tough.

I haven't used VM software for ages. Do you get good enough performance on virtualized Ubuntu to do all your developing?

Yes. It turns out 12GB of RAM does come in handy. (I have the same setup, Win7 w/ Ubuntu VM).

What's more annoying is doing port mapping through VirtualBox's XML configuration files, but this is a one-off task and not too complex. I'm seriously considering purchasing Mac OS X Server edition and using that in a VM as well but I can't figure out if this actually works. Does anyone know?

Re: Poll: What is your primary development system? Mac, PC, Linux, Other

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Post by jensnockert » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 10:40 AM UTC

MacBook Pro with OS X for most of my hacking and a desktop running Fedora for when I feel like I want a nice proper linux desktop (instead of VNC/X11-forwarding to a server).

Re: Poll: What is your primary development system? Mac, PC, Linux, Other

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Post by ypirate » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 12:42 PM UTC

Good to see the Apple "defend the flag" alert list getting used to good effect this morning.

No, they're not fanboys. They're .... just ... enthusiastic.

Re: Poll: What is your primary development system? Mac, PC, Linux, Other

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Post by thirsteh » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 1:14 PM UTC

asymptotic wrote: post #36

baddox wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I haven't used VM software for ages. Do you get good enough performance on virtualized Ubuntu to do all your developing?

Yes. It turns out 12GB of RAM does come in handy. (I have the same setup, Win7 w/ Ubuntu VM). What's more annoying is doing port mapping through VirtualBox's XML configuration files, but this is a one-off task and not too complex. I'm seriously considering purchasing Mac OS X Server edition and using that in a VM as well but I can't figure out if this actually works. Does anyone know?

Just switch to Bridged networking in the VM and don't care about port mapping at all? (It will have its own IP.)

Re: Poll: What is your primary development system? Mac, PC, Linux, Other

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Post by sbalea » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 1:48 PM UTC

Main dev machine is an old MacPro, with 2 x 3GHz quad core xeons and 8 GB ram (and dual 30" cinema displays :) The laptop is an even older MacBookPro, first gen 1.83Ghz Core Duo, with 2GB ram. Still works like a champ. Windows 7 and Debian Squeeze run in vmware fusion VMs. Debian is also what runs on my deployment servers.