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Poll: Which OS do you prefer for development (coding) work?

3 points by techaddict009 12y ago

If possible please also share why you use that, what are pros and cons of the same. If you have switched from one to other, please share your experience too.

davidw 12y ago
I have been using Debian, and then Ubuntu since 1996. It "just works" compared to other OS's that don't let me do things like focus follows mouse. I also like having the source code for everything. You should probably also add the BSD's to your poll.
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jvictor118 12y ago
I like coding from a Mac, but running on a remote Linux box, as it's usually the deployment target. Recently I've been doing a lot of Unity, for which I _greatly_ prefer OS X (to Windows, there is no Linux version even though it can build for it).
n473 12y ago
I prefer to run on my workstation whatever is running on the environment I manage. Which is Ubuntu Server. Thus I run the same release on my workstation (14.04.2 LTS), with i3wm. I find that using the same distro on my workstation aids with local testing, not to mention just improving general familiarity. You could say the workstation is a "pre-dev" environment. While I haven't necessarily switched "config" OSes, I do run Windows 8.1 at home (because gaming), and tend to use MobaXterm for remote administration. It's frustrating, mostly because I lack the "intermediary" between multiple servers. Example: I needed to grab a bunch of files from a Mikrotik (no Bash there) with the format "syslog.(number).apr.09.2015.txt", only I wanted them all formatted as "syslog.(number).txt". So I just scp them over to my workstation and: for $(ls syslog.*); do N=$(echo $i | awk -F"." '{print $2}'); mv $i syslog.$N.txt This, obviously, is sorely lacking when running a Windows machine, even with the cygwinesque wrapper they so graciously offer. I suppose this is relevant to all variants of Linux (or rather GNU/Bash), and I'm sure the same could be done on other OSes, but seeing as I work on Linux, gaining this level of familiarity can only be beneficial.

3 points by techaddict009 12y ago

If possible please also share why you use that, what are pros and cons of the same. If you have switched from one to other, please share your experience too.

davidw 12y ago

I have been using Debian, and then Ubuntu since 1996. It "just works" compared to other OS's that don't let me do things like focus follows mouse. I also like having the source code for everything. You should probably also add the BSD's to your poll.

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jvictor118 12y ago

I like coding from a Mac, but running on a remote Linux box, as it's usually the deployment target. Recently I've been doing a lot of Unity, for which I _greatly_ prefer OS X (to Windows, there is no Linux version even though it can build for it).

n473 12y ago

I prefer to run on my workstation whatever is running on the environment I manage. Which is Ubuntu Server. Thus I run the same release on my workstation (14.04.2 LTS), with i3wm. I find that using the same distro on my workstation aids with local testing, not to mention just improving general familiarity. You could say the workstation is a "pre-dev" environment. While I haven't necessarily switched "config" OSes, I do run Windows 8.1 at home (because gaming), and tend to use MobaXterm for remote administration. It's frustrating, mostly because I lack the "intermediary" between multiple servers. Example: I needed to grab a bunch of files from a Mikrotik (no Bash there) with the format "syslog.(number).apr.09.2015.txt", only I wanted them all formatted as "syslog.(number).txt". So I just scp them over to my workstation and: for $(ls syslog.*); do N=$(echo $i | awk -F"." '{print $2}'); mv $i syslog.$N.txt This, obviously, is sorely lacking when running a Windows machine, even with the cygwinesque wrapper they so graciously offer. I suppose this is relevant to all variants of Linux (or rather GNU/Bash), and I'm sure the same could be done on other OSes, but seeing as I work on Linux, gaining this level of familiarity can only be beneficial.