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I made a conscious decision a while back to simply use a Linux distro (Ubuntu) with easily/cheaply-available commodity hardware for programming. Correct me if I

by hd4 10y ago

I made a conscious decision a while back to simply use a Linux distro (Ubuntu) with easily/cheaply-available commodity hardware for programming. Correct me if I'm wrong but other than iOS development, there isn't anything I can't do on Ubuntu with a 2010-ish laptop that I can do with a 2016-ish Macbook.

sandworm101 10y ago
iTunes. Subnautica. That's about it.
- vermooten 10y ago
  Ableton Live.
  - avlasyuk 10y ago
    Bitwig[1] is a decent commercial DAW that works on Linux and is very similar to Ableton. 1. https://www.bitwig.com/en/bitwig-studio.html https://www.bitwig.com/en/bitwig-studio.html Edit: Not sure about the state of Linux VST plugins/emulation though :)
    - AsyncAwait 10y ago
      There's also Reaper[1], from the guy who made Winamp, that has a Linux version in testing[2]. And in many cases, Ardour[3], may be good enough. 1 - http://reaper.fm http://reaper.fm 2 - http://landoleet.org/dev http://landoleet.org/dev 3 - http://ardour.org http://ardour.org
nurettin 10y ago
In my personal experience, with everything else being equal, iOS development yields on average 6x more income than Android development. I haven't found a decent alternative, yet.
- hd4 10y ago
  Which is why I feel for a lot of us who don't own Macbooks, it's a major sticking point, and you get a lot of people trying out "Hackintoshes" (which I don't really have much of an opinion on). I just wish Apple had taken the Google route and made development a lot more open, not sure what they stand to gain by keeping even iOS development a walled garden but hey it's their platform to do with as they please.
  - nurettin 10y ago
    And they have every right to build a paywall and make the developers pay for it. The only redeeming Apple product I found is the mac mini which gives low-budget developers an easy access to their expensive platform.
iaml 10y ago
For programming yes, but there are some pretty neat tools for web designers such as sketch.app and tons of prototyping software.
vacri 10y ago
Battery life. Battery life sucks on linux, on the same machine it's worse than Windows or OSX. Plus a 2010-era laptop didn't have good battery specs (in comparison to 2016) and that battery is now 6-7 years old.

by hd4 10y ago

sandworm101 10y ago

iTunes. Subnautica. That's about it.

vermooten 10y ago
Ableton Live.
- avlasyuk 10y ago
  Bitwig[1] is a decent commercial DAW that works on Linux and is very similar to Ableton. 1. https://www.bitwig.com/en/bitwig-studio.html https://www.bitwig.com/en/bitwig-studio.html Edit: Not sure about the state of Linux VST plugins/emulation though :)
  - AsyncAwait 10y ago
    There's also Reaper[1], from the guy who made Winamp, that has a Linux version in testing[2]. And in many cases, Ardour[3], may be good enough. 1 - http://reaper.fm http://reaper.fm 2 - http://landoleet.org/dev http://landoleet.org/dev 3 - http://ardour.org http://ardour.org

nurettin 10y ago

In my personal experience, with everything else being equal, iOS development yields on average 6x more income than Android development. I haven't found a decent alternative, yet.

hd4 10y ago
Which is why I feel for a lot of us who don't own Macbooks, it's a major sticking point, and you get a lot of people trying out "Hackintoshes" (which I don't really have much of an opinion on). I just wish Apple had taken the Google route and made development a lot more open, not sure what they stand to gain by keeping even iOS development a walled garden but hey it's their platform to do with as they please.
- nurettin 10y ago
  And they have every right to build a paywall and make the developers pay for it. The only redeeming Apple product I found is the mac mini which gives low-budget developers an easy access to their expensive platform.

iaml 10y ago

For programming yes, but there are some pretty neat tools for web designers such as sketch.app and tons of prototyping software.

vacri 10y ago

Battery life. Battery life sucks on linux, on the same machine it's worse than Windows or OSX. Plus a 2010-era laptop didn't have good battery specs (in comparison to 2016) and that battery is now 6-7 years old.