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What cost(s) are you referring to? I can develop software comfortably on a $100 laptop and whatever choice of FOSS operating system. You can get a workable but
by chlorion 5y ago
What cost(s) are you referring to?
I can develop software comfortably on a $100 laptop and whatever choice of FOSS operating system. You can get a workable but less comfortable setup with an inexpensive device like the raspberry pi or a used system.
That is part of what makes CS special compared to other fields, the tools and information are available to everyone who has a working computer and internet access instead of being extremely expensive and locked behind gatekeepers like colleges.
Also keep in mind that the free tools and operating systems are not "junky" or whatever you might assume if you aren't familiar with them. GCC and LLVM are examples of extremely high quality FOSS toolchains, Debian and FreeBSD for operating systems.