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Poll: What is your primary desktop OS?

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Re: Poll: What is your primary desktop OS?

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Post by dualogy »

jkrems wrote: post #31
dualogy wrote: post #16

I've been jumping between the big three every other year now over the last decade (OSX when I was into MacBookPros, Linux or Win when I was into other hardware vendors). They all have their own unique little annoying-quirks and favourable strengths. I've found that when your environment is say, Sublime Text + a browser + a command line, the outer OS matters surprisingly little.

Really curious (I only have second-hand experience with it) - you made cmd.exe or cygwin work for you? I keep hearing from people who tried it that they gave up after a while, switching to an OS with native bash/zsh.

I'm really not into Cygwin, just "Mingw / MSYS" works for me. But I'm not too much of a shell ninja to begin with--might rather script my needs in an x-platform way (whether that be Python or Node or Dart or plain Go) because I know I might be on Windows whenever I'm going through a gaming phase. Those come and go but when there is one, I'd want to take a quick break firing up Steam without needing to reboot, so I'd just work from Win7 to begin with.

Re: Poll: What is your primary desktop OS?

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Post by dustin999 »

I've used all 3 over the last several years. My favorite is Linux, but the app support just isn't there. Using free alternatives to apps like Photoshop (face it, Gimp sucks) and Office (LibreOffice sucks) was way too painful for me. Also, no Google Drive client (yes, Insync also sucks and constantly crashed/failed to work properly).

So to me, OSX was the only clear alternative to have a native *nix OS with all of the app support.

I would go back to Linux in a heartbeat if I had the app support. And wine isn't an option either, I don't want to spend countless hours configuring crap and having apps crash on me.

One thing I never did was experiment more with windows and Cygwin.

Re: Poll: What is your primary desktop OS?

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Post by javs42 »

steveklabnik wrote: post #53
javs42 wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

:3 that's going to be a lot of fun to set up. Enjoy that!

I've been using Arch for a few years, first on the desktop, and then on several servers, and it's an absolute blast. The ease of use and mostly-open-source aspects of OSX are great, but recently, Apple (and Google, and...) has been doing enough bad stuff that I need to swing back to as much open source as possible. The most recent situation: Apple still ships Ruby 1.8.7 by default, which is no longer receiving securi…

Yeah, OS X is still there for developer needs, but it's taken a step back from the uber power usability (aka, your example). At the end of the day, as long as you use an OS and software that meets your needs, use it.

Re: Poll: What is your primary desktop OS?

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Post by lucb1e »

sljd wrote: post #77
lucb1e wrote: post #27

Linux at home, Windows and Windows Server at internship. Makes me remember everything I disliked about server administration. Let's just say the commandline is really my thing. Edit: Oh and I got an Android phone that also runs Debian. Perhaps it's interesting to add iOS, Windows Phone and Android to the list? You can vote multiple options anyway.

Why you do not control your server by Powershell then?

I'd even rather use BASIC
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