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"Developer profiles"? What does that mean? It will install node && jshint && vim for me or what? What I want out of a linux ready laptop from Dell (or anyone):

by sequoia 14y ago

"Developer profiles"? What does that mean? It will install node && jshint && vim for me or what? What I want out of a linux ready laptop from Dell (or anyone): 1. Make the hardware and OS play nice. 2. Nothing I can do the rest just please make the display, media keys, battery, drives, etc. work flawlessly. Profiles & all that stuff are no selling point at all.

tedmiston 14y ago
Hopefully developer profiles will come to mean something like a developer version of Ninite to configure and install common apps, frameworks, and libraries in literally just a few clicks. This is often a long, painful process that is all too familar, and should be totally automated.
- w1ntermute 14y ago
  On Linux it's a matter of writing a one-line shell script to automate that process. I wrote such a script to reinstall packages after doing a clean install of Ubuntu, and it was entirely painless.
  - ninetax 14y ago
    That's pretty useful, do you think I could get a copy of that"?
- chimeracoder 14y ago
  I've never used Ninite once... shouldn't your package manager take care of this for you?
- heretohelp 14y ago
  It would appear you've never used Linux in the last 5-10 years. sudo apt-get install nodejs npm sudo apt-get install django
  - gamzer 14y ago
    $ sudo apt-get install nodejs npm sudo: apt-get: command not found $ sudo apt-get install django sudo: apt-get: command not found
    - deleted 14y ago
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    - sequoia 14y ago
      lol... are you using debian? check your package manager ;)
asdffdsa33 14y ago
3. A middle mouse button.
- eschulte 14y ago
  replaces the [CapsLock] key with [Ctrl]
  - chimeracoder 14y ago
    At the hardware level? No thanks, this should be left as-is - I rebind Caps_Lock to Esc, and I'd rather be allowed to remap it to whatever I want without interfering with other keys. Within X? Sure, put whatever defaults you want - this is for end-users, not developers, so they'll probably end up overriding them anyway....

by sequoia 14y ago

tedmiston 14y ago

Hopefully developer profiles will come to mean something like a developer version of Ninite to configure and install common apps, frameworks, and libraries in literally just a few clicks. This is often a long, painful process that is all too familar, and should be totally automated.

w1ntermute 14y ago
On Linux it's a matter of writing a one-line shell script to automate that process. I wrote such a script to reinstall packages after doing a clean install of Ubuntu, and it was entirely painless.
- ninetax 14y ago
  That's pretty useful, do you think I could get a copy of that"?
chimeracoder 14y ago
I've never used Ninite once... shouldn't your package manager take care of this for you?
heretohelp 14y ago
It would appear you've never used Linux in the last 5-10 years. sudo apt-get install nodejs npm sudo apt-get install django
- gamzer 14y ago
  $ sudo apt-get install nodejs npm sudo: apt-get: command not found $ sudo apt-get install django sudo: apt-get: command not found
  - deleted 14y ago
    [deleted]
  - sequoia 14y ago
    lol... are you using debian? check your package manager ;)

asdffdsa33 14y ago

3. A middle mouse button.

eschulte 14y ago
replaces the [CapsLock] key with [Ctrl]
- chimeracoder 14y ago
  At the hardware level? No thanks, this should be left as-is - I rebind Caps_Lock to Esc, and I'd rather be allowed to remap it to whatever I want without interfering with other keys. Within X? Sure, put whatever defaults you want - this is for end-users, not developers, so they'll probably end up overriding them anyway....