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I mean, this site is called "Hacker News". Are you suggesting that a Windows desktop makes for a better development environment than a Linux one? Unless you're

I mean, this site is called "Hacker News". Are you suggesting that a Windows desktop makes for a better development environment than a Linux one? Unless you're targeting specifically Microsoft technologies, and using Microsoft tools to do it, that's not really the case. And I don't know what year you think it is, but in 2015 there are several Linux distros that make for very useable desktop OSes. Also, don't be sorry for not calling Android "GNU/Linux". No one calls it that, because it's not GNU/Linux. At any rate, even if I have to spend extra time making a Linux box useable when compared to protecting myself on Windows from the prying eyes of Microsoft and god knows who else - and even then just hoping I didn't miss something - I consider it time better spent.

roel_v 11y ago
For anything but web development, yes Windows is a vastly superior development platform to Linux.
- deciplex 11y ago
  Can you elaborate? Honestly curious why you think that.
  - gagege 11y ago
    Visual Studio
  - roel_v 11y ago
    Because Visual Studio is an order of magnitude better than all else.
  - WorldWideWayne 11y ago
    Here are a few: - Visual Studio. - Faster than OS X on same exact hardware. - Less bugs than any Linux desktop. - Not tied into one brand of overpriced hardware. - Runs the majority of popular web browsers. - More extendable GUI than OS X. - Better window management than OS X. - Better keyboard acceleration than OS X. - More high-quality dev tools that are free than OS X such as Paint.NET.
Amezarak 11y ago
> Are you suggesting that a Windows desktop makes for a better development environment than a Linux one? I've used Windows and Linux since 2006. I've yet to understand what makes Linux a better development environment. When I have a choice (or barring other factors, like the portably-sized Linux VM I'm using for a personal project, which would probably be much bigger if a WIndows VM), I use Windows for development. Can you elaborate on what makes Linux a better development environment? Most Linux tools run fine on Windows (though I believe Git is perpetually behind on Windows; I personally prefer Mercurial, for other reasons, which doesn't have that problem), and I think Ruby is also usually behind as well, but I can't really think of anything else. On the other hand, Windows has Visual Studio exclusively. If it's about the command line, Powershell has so far sufficed for development purposes(and sometimes pleased), though I'm much better in bash.

roel_v 11y ago

For anything but web development, yes Windows is a vastly superior development platform to Linux.

deciplex 11y ago
Can you elaborate? Honestly curious why you think that.
- gagege 11y ago
  Visual Studio
- roel_v 11y ago
  Because Visual Studio is an order of magnitude better than all else.
- WorldWideWayne 11y ago
  Here are a few: - Visual Studio. - Faster than OS X on same exact hardware. - Less bugs than any Linux desktop. - Not tied into one brand of overpriced hardware. - Runs the majority of popular web browsers. - More extendable GUI than OS X. - Better window management than OS X. - Better keyboard acceleration than OS X. - More high-quality dev tools that are free than OS X such as Paint.NET.

Amezarak 11y ago

> Are you suggesting that a Windows desktop makes for a better development environment than a Linux one? I've used Windows and Linux since 2006. I've yet to understand what makes Linux a better development environment. When I have a choice (or barring other factors, like the portably-sized Linux VM I'm using for a personal project, which would probably be much bigger if a WIndows VM), I use Windows for development. Can you elaborate on what makes Linux a better development environment? Most Linux tools run fine on Windows (though I believe Git is perpetually behind on Windows; I personally prefer Mercurial, for other reasons, which doesn't have that problem), and I think Ruby is also usually behind as well, but I can't really think of anything else. On the other hand, Windows has Visual Studio exclusively. If it's about the command line, Powershell has so far sufficed for development purposes(and sometimes pleased), though I'm much better in bash.