When I see a yet another post about Linux being superior to Windows for software development...

But its true

They're not being facetious

Anything is better than windows for development.

@ElectricCoffee oh right, so how do you build desktop applications for windows users? I hear this software called visual studio is pretty good...

@ThomasRedstone They all *stifles laugh* do it in *chortle* Vim!! Jokers.

I respect people that use Vim and Emacs A LOT. But when they try to convince me that Linux is superior because of it... Nah.

I'm currently using Linux, I've got a macbook pro, and missed windows, but virtualization in windows only works if you so some awkward bit sequence (into osx, them restart and select windows)...
so i installed Ubuntu :-)
but really, I want to work in all three OSes, they've all got strengths!

@ThomasRedstone What type of virtualisation are you doing? I never have issues.

Guys the thing is Linux is open source.
You can do a lot of cool things with it.
You can customise it however you want.
And if you think about Internet, it's all Linux.
Normally, geeks tend to use Linux. You get a lot of control plus the you can play around with a lot of cool stuffs.

@NoNameCode dude, most of it is Linux.

@NoNameCode Don't know the exact number.

@NoNameCode I'm not a Windows hater.
I use Windows for gaming.
Mac and Linux for coding.

Guys, shhh. Look at my cat.

http://i.imgur.com/wEHmxZU.jpg

@NoNameCode that's one thing with it. You're gonna have to do a lot of uncool stuffs. But good stuffs outweigh those.

@drRoss it was just docker, the current official docker package uses hyper v on windows, when I read around it it seemed to be a long running issue that used to have workarounds, but doesn't anymore.
now I'm using an alternative bootloader I might be able to fix it!

Linux is no more customisable than windows or osx, just because they're mostly closed source doesn't mean you can't customise them likev crazy.

First thing, if you boot it up from a USB device, you'll never get sound.

@shameer True story. And persistence on usb is more trouble than its worth if you ask me.

@NoNameCode Dual boot with Windows, that'd be the perfect thing to do. There are some workarounds to get sound, though.

@ThomasRedstone I wonder, have you ever heard about Arch Linux?

@NoNameCode Not necessarily.

@NoNameCode It's a common issue. Not just with sound.

@NoNameCode It could be. Or else it would be some driver problem.

@NoNameCode Can you save changes you make to the OS on thumb drive?

@kevbost no persistence, I guess.

@NoNameCode it persists between boot ups, right?

@shameer That was my first assumption, if @NoNameCode has persistence enabled then there is a chance the soundcard issue could be solved.

Bottom line, I understand how if one little thing doesnt work then it's hard to enjoy the experience. One dist i tried could not connect to the internet. Pretty freaking aggravating.

@NoNameCode Because persistence with linux on usb isn't enabled by default.

@drRoss least someone agrees with me...

Just say no to dual booting and yes to VM's.

Pretty much the only reason to use Windows is to develop Windows applications.

@liberaldog Ehh not entirely true. A lot of people and business are locked into windows, and in that have developed ways to program cross platform. So you can make a Windows application on another OS, it has become a lot easier.

It's just that Windows kind of sucks.
- sent from Windows 10

@liberaldog Err... What about Xamarin then?

@kevbost have you actually used windows since the 90s?
other than vista, every version of windows in a long time had been decent.
windows supports mass customisation, across many, many devices in ways Linux and osx just don't.
Arch may let you customise everything, but so what? what does that actually gives you other than an education in low level Linux?
Windows gives more than enough customisation than the vast majority of people need, and Arch doesn't give the functionality or useability that windows does.
here I am arguing Windows corner, and I don't even use it day to day!

@ThomasRedstone dude, I'm a non confrontational daily windows user, calm down.

You don't really hear many osx/linux users say "man this operating system sucks, I wish it could do this or that" unless they're talking about gaming.

What you hear is "man, Windows really sucks".

They say that because these other OS's have developed systems to make the user's life easier. MS is getting better but they're still way behind on the "is this fun to use" issue.

@kevbost I disagree. I think people hate on Windows because it's against the mainstream. Not only that, but Linux is used by such a small percentage of the desktop market, of course you're going to hear more complaints from Windows users.

@drRoss valid.

@kevbost really? osx frequently requires 3 or 4 button shortcuts to do what is a one or two button shortcut in windows, cmd + shift + 3 vs 'print screen' in windows

the simple reality is that windows has the most legacy of all desktop operating systems.
Microsoft's ability to break support for *anything* had been just about zero since 3.1!
There are registry keys that Microsoft realised weren't the best idea decades ago, but third parties using them meant they had to stay.
Apple bought out a whole new OS, and left their legacy behind, desktop Linux has broken backwards compatibility plenty, and it's so damn fragmented that it's no wonder it's mostly been a niche it's whole life.
I love Linux, like Windows and am growing to like it more, OSX/Mac keeps letting me down with its closed nature.
If Microsoft get this whole single experience across all devices right, they stand a real chance of returning to even greater success than they enjoyed in the 90's! Think apple are innovative? they've got nothing on Microsoft these days!

I fully support devs who code in linux.
they are give us all the good and high paid jobs. 😀

I just like to build cool shit that people can use and enjoy. I dual boot Mac and Windows. I don't use VMs because I don't like sharing resources between operating systems. I would add a Linux partition too, but Feel like i need the hard drive space and would only use it for messing around and not any hard core development.

It's the loud truth

damn this caused a dev civil war