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I had been using Linux for years before finally buying a rMBP -- and it took another four months to install Windows 8.1 on it. Any OS has it's problems, and the

I had been using Linux for years before finally buying a rMBP -- and it took another four months to install Windows 8.1 on it. Any OS has it's problems, and the question is how easy it is to overcome them. Windows does not have a nice console interface, but everything else is fast and frictionless, there are practically no driver problems, etc. I can more ore less work around the lack of proper console (learning PowerShell helped a lot). On Linux, I had the fantastic, tweakable, console-centric world but I cannot make the GPU drivers to have better power management or implement proper audio-over-HDMI. Also, I cannot make my own Google Drive or OneDrive client. So it's very sad, really. :(

iaskwhy 12y ago
As a Windows user that needs to hack around every now and then, I can't recommend enough having something like cmder (or just Conemu) plus Vagrant (and a Ubuntu VM, for example) or a playground on a cheap VPS like DigitalOcean. You get to use Windows and Linux at the same time without any major cons.
- HeyImAlex 12y ago
  I have to use a windows machine at work and I've settled on cygwin, console2, sublimetext, and vagrant. Ubuntu at home, but I love the VM workflow so much that I've switched over; it has an obscene number of benefits for a low amount of upfront work. Every morning I pull changes if I need to, cd /to/the/project, vagrant up && vagrant ssh, and I'm in a perfectly configured dev machine. Work on ~2007 Dells and its smooth as silk.
- kijin 12y ago
  I also use Windows + Linux VM. Virtually all development happens in the VM. Since I don't need to run anything other than a bunch of terminals in the VM, I can use a lightweight DE that is lightening-fast and very light on resources. A few more tweaks, and you can make LXTerminal feel almost like a native Windows program. Add a few Windows gizmos to that, like Dexpot for multiple desktops and crazy keyboard shortcuts. Now you've got a top-notch DE that no FOSS offering can rival so far (at least in my opinion).
baldfat 12y ago
But Mac Books have no power management for Windows or Linux.
pjc50 12y ago
cannot make my own Google Drive or OneDrive client Could you elaborate on this please? "can't" as in "it's too much work" or "can't" as in "impossible for some technical reason".
- gknoy 12y ago
  I expect he means "can't" as in, "I do not have the technical knowledge or time to devote to doing this, so I'd rather run something with first-party support". That's what I mean when I say "I can't make my own _____". Similarly, I can't make my own rifle, or design my own airplane.

iaskwhy 12y ago

As a Windows user that needs to hack around every now and then, I can't recommend enough having something like cmder (or just Conemu) plus Vagrant (and a Ubuntu VM, for example) or a playground on a cheap VPS like DigitalOcean. You get to use Windows and Linux at the same time without any major cons.

HeyImAlex 12y ago
I have to use a windows machine at work and I've settled on cygwin, console2, sublimetext, and vagrant. Ubuntu at home, but I love the VM workflow so much that I've switched over; it has an obscene number of benefits for a low amount of upfront work. Every morning I pull changes if I need to, cd /to/the/project, vagrant up && vagrant ssh, and I'm in a perfectly configured dev machine. Work on ~2007 Dells and its smooth as silk.
kijin 12y ago
I also use Windows + Linux VM. Virtually all development happens in the VM. Since I don't need to run anything other than a bunch of terminals in the VM, I can use a lightweight DE that is lightening-fast and very light on resources. A few more tweaks, and you can make LXTerminal feel almost like a native Windows program. Add a few Windows gizmos to that, like Dexpot for multiple desktops and crazy keyboard shortcuts. Now you've got a top-notch DE that no FOSS offering can rival so far (at least in my opinion).

baldfat 12y ago

But Mac Books have no power management for Windows or Linux.

pjc50 12y ago

cannot make my own Google Drive or OneDrive client Could you elaborate on this please? "can't" as in "it's too much work" or "can't" as in "impossible for some technical reason".

gknoy 12y ago
I expect he means "can't" as in, "I do not have the technical knowledge or time to devote to doing this, so I'd rather run something with first-party support". That's what I mean when I say "I can't make my own _____". Similarly, I can't make my own rifle, or design my own airplane.