PC vs Consoles

Which platform is home to you?

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It's cool being in college, and installing Linux or buying a Mac is cool because everyone does it, but if your main reason to like Linux more than Windows is because you can't find alternatives to the unix development enivronment that you use in class, you're probably just drunk on the kool-aid. Programming on Windows is different than on Linux, but the actual tools you use to program are not the reason why.
 
iKotomi said:
It's cool being in college, and installing Linux or buying a Mac is cool because everyone does it, but if your main reason to like Linux more than Windows is because you can't find alternatives to the unix development enivronment that you use in class, you're probably just drunk on the kool-aid. Programming on Windows is different than on Linux, but the actual tools you use to program are not the reason why.
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actually my main reason for using Linux is that I like the environment better, The fact that I hate proprietary software (excluding games) probably helps as well. But its not the main reason, which is why im open to using OSX.
 
iKotomi said:
It's cool being in college, and installing Linux or buying a Mac is cool because everyone does it, but if your main reason to like Linux more than Windows is because you can't find alternatives to the unix development enivronment that you use in class, you're probably just drunk on the kool-aid. Programming on Windows is different than on Linux, but the actual tools you use to program are not the reason why.
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and actually some of the capabilities that i like in *nix systems that arent build into windows are, for example, the ability to ssh into my home server. theres alot of really useful non-programming things in *nix environments that you have to either buy a tool for in order to emulate it, or you have to at least go and find an external tool to download in order for the same thing to work on windows.

sure i could set up samba, but thats just nowhere near as good or efficient as ssh-ing into the server, and using scp to copy files back and forth.

i could use PuTTy or Cygwin on windows, and I do, but again, those arent built in. those arent in every single windows environment i could ever sit down at, and a good working environment, is one that is standardized
 
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