If it's a small shop then depending on the atmosphere being the only linux-vm guy might cause undue friction? If you are really talented then sticking out of th

If it's a small shop then depending on the atmosphere being the only linux-vm guy might cause undue friction? If you are really talented then sticking out of the crowd with odd stuff might be considered as a positive characteristic but since you are not yet a PHP god I would approach the job from the point of view of learning their tools first - it's just me, though so I would not presume to give you any tactical advice. A few things come to mind of Windows if you choose to give it a try. 1. Vim for windows works pretty well 2. It's pretty fast to switch to a different application context on windows using win-key. On windows 7 still win + 1-9 switches to the cirresponding application on task bar - and the order of applications can be reordered by dragging a mouse. Windows nowadays is pretty solid tech but it's aimed at a general demographic so finding all the power user levers take a while. Of these: -powershell ISE is a really nice command line (well, better than cmd) and it comes out of the box - some people swear by automation through autohotkey scripting - win-r is a fast way to start apps and scripts - hitting win key and typing the name of an application is a fast way to start applucations by just the exe name Good luck on the new job!