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My history:
1995: started using Linux as a hobby dev OS
https://cinerenew.medium.com/best-torrent-program-for-os-x-yosemite-e82dc2ca9ea3. TL;DR: For reasons that are mostly no longer relevant. Edit 2020–04–02 I now manage the Kubuntu Focus which provides a complete hardware + software + service Linux solution that Just Works out of the box. I said when I started a company in SV Linu. Apple’s OS X operating system for the Mac seems to be a very popular choice among web developers. But why have so many of them forsaken Linux in favor of OS X? A Linux redditor asked about this.
2000: switched from Windows NT 4.0 to Linux at work ©
Mac Os X Vs Linux For Development 8
2002: moved to .NET, used Windows at work and Linux at play
2006: mix of Linux and Windows at work
Compare Os X To Linux
https://cinerenew.medium.com/minecraft-download-free-for-mac-os-x-92b194d60ceb. 2011: abandoned .NET entirely; mix of Linux and OSX at work, Linux for play
2013: entirely Linux
2014: mix of FreeBSD and Linux for work and play
Mac Os X Vs Linux For Development 2
So it’s fair to say I’ve solid experience in both, plus a fair amount of dev environment automation under my belt.
Linux vs OSX: Linux wins hands-down unless you’re happy hitting a wall when it comes to customisation and automation. Mint is in my experience the equal of OSX out of the box, and just gets better as you start automating things. Productivity with a decent keyboard-driven WM and editor (StumpWM + Emacs in my case) is great.
Recently I’ve become a bit concerned that some of the design directions taken by the Linux community aren’t aligned with my priorities, so I’ve been trying out FreeBSD. It’s awesome, and my current OS of choice, but hardware support is more limited and the desktop / laptop experience isn’t as polished as Mint.
