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Why would any programmer who isn't actually programming for Windows use Windows? Unless you're writing .net applications in VS, Windows isn't a developer-friend

Why would any programmer who isn't actually programming for Windows use Windows? Unless you're writing .net applications in VS, Windows isn't a developer-friendly operating environment.

rbanffy 15y ago
Windows seems popular among programmers who also want to run PC games, even if they don't program for Windows.
- RyanMcGreal 15y ago
  I could see programmers running a dual boot with Windows and *nix.
  - dagw 15y ago
    I used to do that, but booting between two OS's was always kind of a pain and really Windows 7 generally just kind of works. I haven't booted into my Linux partition for month. For the times I need Linux there's vmware, but there are relatively few things that I can't get done on windows. Server side on the other hand I'm all *nix all the time.
    - RyanMcGreal 15y ago
      I also used to do that, but I landed on the other side - Linux generally just kind of works, and I dropped my Windows partition a couple of years ago. For the times I need Windows there's Virtualbox, but there are relatively few things that I can't get done on Linux. :)
  - foamdino 15y ago
    This is what I do, Win7 for games, debian for work. I like the dualboot nature as when in debian I have no excuse to startup a game and get distracted, when in windows I know I'm off work and I can relax. Also having access to good command line tools is priceless - I'm not conversant with powershell, so maybe windows is good for this now, but being able to quickly grep/sed/awk/vi/etc is so useful.
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skrebbel 15y ago
how, exactly is windows not developer-friendly? I'm a win dev by choice, so i wonder what makes you say that. I prefer VS over vim, TortoiseGit over remembering command line switches by heart, explorer over cp and F5 over 'make && ./myprog'. This is all just taste. But how is what i just described not developer friendly?

Why would any programmer who isn't actually programming for Windows use Windows? Unless you're writing .net applications in VS, Windows isn't a developer-friendly operating environment.

rbanffy 15y ago

Windows seems popular among programmers who also want to run PC games, even if they don't program for Windows.

RyanMcGreal 15y ago
I could see programmers running a dual boot with Windows and *nix.
- dagw 15y ago
  I used to do that, but booting between two OS's was always kind of a pain and really Windows 7 generally just kind of works. I haven't booted into my Linux partition for month. For the times I need Linux there's vmware, but there are relatively few things that I can't get done on windows. Server side on the other hand I'm all *nix all the time.
  - RyanMcGreal 15y ago
    I also used to do that, but I landed on the other side - Linux generally just kind of works, and I dropped my Windows partition a couple of years ago. For the times I need Windows there's Virtualbox, but there are relatively few things that I can't get done on Linux. :)
- foamdino 15y ago
  This is what I do, Win7 for games, debian for work. I like the dualboot nature as when in debian I have no excuse to startup a game and get distracted, when in windows I know I'm off work and I can relax. Also having access to good command line tools is priceless - I'm not conversant with powershell, so maybe windows is good for this now, but being able to quickly grep/sed/awk/vi/etc is so useful.

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skrebbel 15y ago

how, exactly is windows not developer-friendly? I'm a win dev by choice, so i wonder what makes you say that. I prefer VS over vim, TortoiseGit over remembering command line switches by heart, explorer over cp and F5 over 'make && ./myprog'. This is all just taste. But how is what i just described not developer friendly?