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2049 points bpierre | 1 comments | 30 Mar 16 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.232s | source
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matt_wulfeck ◴[30 Mar 16 17:35 UTC] No.11391211[source]▶
microsoft is leveraging FOSS Linux to get Mac users. I think it's a real smart move.

The author points to using grep and Xargs and some other tools to quickly update a package. That's the key here. These bash/Linux utilities are productivy boosters for all the Linux and Mac/bsd people out there. I can't imagine living without them and they're necessary for any system I develop on (which is currently a Mac).

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simonlc ◴[30 Mar 16 17:53 UTC] No.11391411[source]▶
I completely agree. I only really switched to OSX because getting node tools to work on windows and cygwin is a pita.
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tostitos1979 ◴[30 Mar 16 18:27 UTC] No.11391709[source]▶
I've been "stuck" with a 2010 Macbook since Apple isn't refreshing it's laptop hardware soon enough. Plus I'm sick of soldered in RAM and other BS.

For devs that do heavy Linux work (but have stuck with a Mac OS for GUI/app reasons), is it time to move (back) to Windows? If so, what would be a good laptop to get at the moment?

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x1798DE ◴[30 Mar 16 18:45 UTC] No.11391857[source]▶
Why not move to Linux?
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matt_wulfeck ◴[30 Mar 16 18:57 UTC] No.11391950[source]▶
Just out of curiosity, what does a Linux desktop offer that's not also natively offered in Mac and also highly polished?

Every year I try a switch to Linux desktop. This year I made it as far as trying to get multiple monitors working well. I also dabbed in gaming. In the end I went back to my work=Mac game=Windows duopoly.

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1. toyg ◴[30 Mar 16 19:18 UTC] No.11392134[source]▶
Some tools (docker etc) are typically borne on linux and later (not always) ported to OsX. Nothing you cannot get around with a bit of emulation, of course, but it can be painful at times.

The whole python ecosystem is also better on Linux overall.

Anything strictly desktop-oriented is better on OSX of course.