> I've never seen a developer be more productive on Mac OS X than Linux. Completely anecdotal and not at all useful in the context of this discussion. I've see

> I've never seen a developer be more productive on Mac OS X than Linux. Completely anecdotal and not at all useful in the context of this discussion. I've seen some of the top minds in the Python community using Mac OS with extraordinary productivity, as well as some of my fellow developers at Pathwright. I myself run Linux, but think it's foolish to suggest that I'm automatically more productive on it just by virtue of it being Linux. I feel like you're missing part of the point, though. Even between different Linux distros (or versions of Linux distros) there exist differences in the packages. Some of these differences can lead to unexpected breakages. If you've got a smaller team, one or two guys are going to end up fixing everyone's disparate environments as things break unexpectedly (or you need to bump a package version or install something new). The Vagrant (or VM) setup in general lets everyone use their preferred OS/Distro, while having the same. exact. environment to run the product you're working on. It also cuts down on support time, and your dev environment will not be just "kind of close" across your team, i'll be "really close".