Exactly this! If you are deploying to Ubuntu, it is so much easier on you if you have your dev environment running the same thing. On OS X I found it not to be

Exactly this! If you are deploying to Ubuntu, it is so much easier on you if you have your dev environment running the same thing. On OS X I found it not to be too different an experience as well, I would run Ubuntu server, open terminal, SSH into the local server, and in the browser just hit the VMs IP, as opposed to open terminal, and hit localhost.