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You don't develop on laptops. This is not what they are built for: they slow, keyboards are not capable of decent typing speed and screens are tiny. Stop tryi

by Ev 19y ago

You don't develop on laptops. This is not what they are built for: they slow, keyboards are not capable of decent typing speed and screens are tiny. Stop trying to look hip and get yourself a workstation.

nostrademons 19y ago
Some of us like to code in bed. Or on the floor, or outside, or while watching TV. For me, the convenience of being able to take my computer wherever I want far outweighs the bigger screens and hard disks of a desktop. And I've never found the keyboards to be a problem; I type 90+ WPM on a Dvorak-layout laptop keyboard.
Prrometheus 19y ago
How is Linux at supporting dual monitors?
- chris_l 19y ago
  That would have been my answer to the parent: I use an external monitor, mouse and keyboard at home. I've managed to get the ATI Radeon under Ubuntu to display both two desktops or only use one screen or the other. But it was quite a fight. And more fancy things like one large desktop on two screens didn't work out.
- eduardoflores 19y ago
  For ubuntu & ati check this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1773544 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1773544
- damien 19y ago
  Having used laptops with both ATI and nVidia chips inside, nvidia support is definitely the way to go between the two, especially for multi-monitor setups. I actually returned my old laptop with ATI graphics because their Linux drivers and support was terrible. I hear that the new Intel graphic chips are also quite nice, and the fact that they open sourced the drivers should make them the ideal Linux graphics adapters, but I don't have any experience with them.
- jmcantrell 19y ago
  if you're using nvidia like me, then it's as simple as adding a couple of lines to your xorg congfig
comatose_kid 19y ago
Depends. I've been developing our site on a macbook pro. I prefer a workstation for the faster hard drive, but when developing a web app based on an interpreted language, that doesn't really matter. And I'm using an external keyboard + LCD, so I have the best of both worlds.
jmcantrell 19y ago
I would have to agree. I can deal with a laptop in a pinch, but it slows me down considerably.

by Ev 19y ago

nostrademons 19y ago

Some of us like to code in bed. Or on the floor, or outside, or while watching TV. For me, the convenience of being able to take my computer wherever I want far outweighs the bigger screens and hard disks of a desktop. And I've never found the keyboards to be a problem; I type 90+ WPM on a Dvorak-layout laptop keyboard.

Prrometheus 19y ago

How is Linux at supporting dual monitors?

chris_l 19y ago
That would have been my answer to the parent: I use an external monitor, mouse and keyboard at home. I've managed to get the ATI Radeon under Ubuntu to display both two desktops or only use one screen or the other. But it was quite a fight. And more fancy things like one large desktop on two screens didn't work out.
eduardoflores 19y ago
For ubuntu & ati check this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1773544 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1773544
damien 19y ago
Having used laptops with both ATI and nVidia chips inside, nvidia support is definitely the way to go between the two, especially for multi-monitor setups. I actually returned my old laptop with ATI graphics because their Linux drivers and support was terrible. I hear that the new Intel graphic chips are also quite nice, and the fact that they open sourced the drivers should make them the ideal Linux graphics adapters, but I don't have any experience with them.
jmcantrell 19y ago
if you're using nvidia like me, then it's as simple as adding a couple of lines to your xorg congfig

comatose_kid 19y ago

Depends. I've been developing our site on a macbook pro. I prefer a workstation for the faster hard drive, but when developing a web app based on an interpreted language, that doesn't really matter. And I'm using an external keyboard + LCD, so I have the best of both worlds.

jmcantrell 19y ago

I would have to agree. I can deal with a laptop in a pinch, but it slows me down considerably.