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Agree that I've had enough of Linux on the desktop. Windows is hit-or-miss for development, depending on language. Programming in Windows in C# is great. C and
by ufmace 13y ago
Agree that I've had enough of Linux on the desktop. Windows is hit-or-miss for development, depending on language. Programming in Windows in C# is great. C and Java seem fine too. Programming Ruby on Rails in Windows is a tricky minefield, where things mostly work right until you hit a gem that doesn't build or run the same or something, or the 3 different pseudo-linuxes that you need are different in subtle ways.
What really turns me off from it, though, is the way Windows 8 is evolving, the small selection of really nice hardware, and the updating. Even now, there are still like 30 different apps and OS subsystems that all have their own update infrastructure and all want to update themselves on their own timeline, with assorted random app restart and system reboot demands. That's the main thing that I was really hoping Chrome OS could get me away from, but Mac OS may be worth a try - I haven't really used it in years.