I completely agree. I've been using ubuntu for a few years now, but use OS X at work. A lot of coworkers are pretty hardcore developers but still insist on us

I completely agree. I've been using ubuntu for a few years now, but use OS X at work. A lot of coworkers are pretty hardcore developers but still insist on using OS X. Anyone who tells you that Macs "just work" and that linux takes too long to setup (or hardware isn't supported, etc) haven't used linux, and specifically ubuntu, in the last couple of years. It does what OS X should be doing -- easy to get started, but doesn't go out of its way to shield you from advanced features. Quick side rant -- OS X does in fact "just work" if you're doing basic to intermediate things (checking email, digital photos, etc). As soon as you want to do something slightly advanced, it isn't the beautiful experience anymore at all -- a coworker of mine got so frustrated trying to setup PGP in mail.app that he switched to using Thunderbird. Planning on doing any serious C development? There's no ldd command for OS X. Want to really tweak your terminal (see parent)? Good luck. If you're serious about development and want something that'll scale with your skill level, use linux.