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They probably won't mind if you choose to work on Linux (and as others have said, if they do it might be a bad sign), but I'd think about a few things first. 1

They probably won't mind if you choose to work on Linux (and as others have said, if they do it might be a bad sign), but I'd think about a few things first. 1. Are they relying on any OS X software? For example, at my last job the front-end developers relied on Codekit, an app for compiling CSS, etc. Now, it could totally have been replaced with Gulp or similar - but do you want the first thing you do when you join the firm to be proposing they alter their workflow around you? 2. Whilst you work best on Linux currently, perhaps you could learn to use a Mac too? Then you have experience with both platforms. You could always use Linux in a VM as a backup too. 3. If you have issues as the only person running Linux, you'll have a harder time fixing them and people will have less time for you. I've seen this a number of times. People choosing something different to the rest of the team because they prefer it and it improves their productivity, only for it to cause trouble (rarely their fault) and them get looked down upon because of it. Overall, it probably won't matter - but it might be worth thinking about it. If there were some other people running Linux too, I'd say go for it. If you're going to be the only one, you might end up making too many waves - it's up to you if you're comfortable with that.

Nexxxeh 11y ago
>You could always use Linux in a VM as a backup too. I'd have thought one would need to be doing some serious heavy lifting to really notice the impact by running your VM on fullscreen compared to bare metal. The host OS isn't /that/ bloated, is it?
mxxx 11y ago
At our work we give devs a choice of whatever hardware they want. Mostly that means Apple hardware, although some people use it to boot Linux VMs. We believe that if you're given the tools you want, you're able to work at your best. But having said that, there are plenty of instances where the one dude running Ubuntu can't get some thing working and it ends up eating up a couple of days of his time (and of course would happen vice-versa if the Apple guy was the only Apple guy in the office.) So I'd totally agree with the advice re "if you're going to be the only one"... Keep in mind though, if you go for the Apple hardware you're actually free to use whatever OS you want. You might just boot it straight into your favourite linux variant, but you'll still have the option to run OSX if need be. And honestly if you setup your toolkit properly OSX is pretty great, even for Linux users.

Nexxxeh 11y ago

>You could always use Linux in a VM as a backup too. I'd have thought one would need to be doing some serious heavy lifting to really notice the impact by running your VM on fullscreen compared to bare metal. The host OS isn't /that/ bloated, is it?

mxxx 11y ago

At our work we give devs a choice of whatever hardware they want. Mostly that means Apple hardware, although some people use it to boot Linux VMs. We believe that if you're given the tools you want, you're able to work at your best. But having said that, there are plenty of instances where the one dude running Ubuntu can't get some thing working and it ends up eating up a couple of days of his time (and of course would happen vice-versa if the Apple guy was the only Apple guy in the office.) So I'd totally agree with the advice re "if you're going to be the only one"... Keep in mind though, if you go for the Apple hardware you're actually free to use whatever OS you want. You might just boot it straight into your favourite linux variant, but you'll still have the option to run OSX if need be. And honestly if you setup your toolkit properly OSX is pretty great, even for Linux users.