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Alternative take as a dev that only uses Apple products for work, the local hardware doesn't matter that much. We've almost circled back to dumb terminals with
by manfre 3y ago
Alternative take as a dev that only uses Apple products for work, the local hardware doesn't matter that much. We've almost circled back to dumb terminals with everything running on a network connected server.
- Timshel 3y agoThat's kind of an expensive dumb terminal ;).
- ta8645 3y agoDumb terminals weren't exactly cheap. The vt220 released in 1983 was about $4000 USD (adjusted for inflation to today). Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VT220 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VT220
- vkazanov 3y ago...and this is why it shouldn't really matter. I real life, though, having a proper Linux kernel at hand is useful.
- Roark66 3y agoTo some extent I agree, but it really depends on what you do and for whom. When I asked why this company decided to swap windows for linux (for certain teams) I was told their tools (terraform, python, ssh via cygwin, helm, kubectl etc) would break very frequently with windows updates. So they had to do everything via ssh which isn't that convenient. I've used windows machines for years doing the same thing elsewhere and I had none of these problems. I run cygwin,wsl or a Linux VM and I had everything I wanted locally run on a Windows laptop. Now having a Linux laptop (based on rhel9) many things are really nice. For example: I cun run gui apps via x11 over LAN on my desktop, I can share many dotfiles from my desktop to have the laptop configured exactly how I like it. But there is a price to pay. Unsurprisingly having to use outlook and ms teams via a browser is a pain.