Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X

Post by tracker1 » Fri, Jan 06, 2017, 6:27 AM UTC

KurtMueller wrote: post #289

tracker1 wrote: post #169

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I run a full Linux VM in HyperV, I install git for windows, which comes with everything I need for the most part.. VS Code and my browsers. From there, I'll do samba sharing from the VM so I can edit in windows, and run in linux. I've tried docker for windows, and even WSL+Ubuntu+Bash, and it's just not as good. I use conemu, VS Code, and Chrome more than anything else.

Which linux distro do you use and what are your hyper-v settings?

Ubuntu Server 16.04, I give it 12GB (of the 32 on the host) and 2vcpu (iirc). I have a separate SSD for projects, which the VM runs on.

Post by severino » Sat, Jan 07, 2017, 5:24 PM UTC

nkozyra wrote: post #187

severino wrote: post #118

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If Rails is his sticking point, then there's no point in paying for something when you can have it for free.

Well there's no indication that he's against paying, just that he looked for and failed to find a viable OSX alternative. It's not listed in his requirements and Win10 may satisfy him. There are lots of free things in life that have an inferior free alternative or only free alternatives and this may be one of them.

Well, it was you who said he should pay for Windows if Rails was his sticking point.

And I said you don't need to pay for anything if you want to do Rails programming. In fact, here, the "inferior alternative" for this task may be the proprietary one.

Another thing would be using his computer for gaming. In that case, I wouldn't object, of course.

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