Ubuntu or Win 7?

[minsco]

You can partition your hard-drive so you can keep both. There aren't very many virii/malware for linux (among other great features), but there is also not very much software available on linux compared to Windows.

If I had to choose one, I would use Windows. I have too much essential software that only runs on Windows. But if all you want to do is surf the internet, Ubuntu will be fine.

 

[Kiopa_Matt]

Linux Mint, eh? Thanks, and since I don't really have anything setup yet, I'll give it a spin later today. The one thing I like about Ubuntu though is Dell and Ubuntu have a partnership, so there's absolutely no screwing around with drivers. Everything just simply works.

But yeah, will go with LINUX this time. I seem to spend half my life in SSH terminals anyway, so only makes sense to go with LINUX. This will be good, because I actually understand LINUX administration, whereas I have no clue about Windows. I can lock down ports and services, setup my iptables, and everything else to keep the nasties out. With Windows, I just install the upgrades, and hope Microsoft knows what it's doing.

Except looks like I'll have to rewrite my IDE, and from what I've read, Qt is a pain to work with. Oh well, it's something I need to do anyway, so might aswell do it now.

 

[eliquid]

I'll have to rewrite my IDE

I thought this was a joke, did you really write an IDE?

 

[Netphase]

Linux Mint, eh? Thanks, and since I don't really have anything setup yet, I'll give it a spin later today. The one thing I like about Ubuntu though is Dell and Ubuntu have a partnership, so there's absolutely no screwing around with drivers. Everything just simply works.

Mint is made from Ubuntu, so everything will probably work just as well. It is a nice distro, definitely check it out.

 

[Kiopa_Matt]

I thought this was a joke, did you really write an IDE?

Yeah, I actually wrote my own IDE, and have been using it everyday since around 2006. Of course, it's been through some major changes since then. You guys have your methods, I have mine.

I needed something that supported standardized components, was organized, modular, and connected directly into the devel environments, so no code was ever on local computers. This does all that, and more.

For example, adding a nicely formatted data table with full AJAX functionality takes me 2 mins. Pissing around with Laravel or whatever would probably take me at least 20 mins. Plus since everything is flowing through the network instead of being on the local comp, it's automated version control, and one click to push upgrades out to client systems. Having multiple people on the same project is no problem, and training new developers is a breeze.

Considering I started this project back in 2006, it's still very relevant today, and still very beautiful.

 

[Amoxicillin]

Fedora + MATE = win

Never liked Ubuntu or it's package management. Each to his own.

 

[vikingred]

sudo rm -rf ~/

For even more fun:

cat /dev/zero > /dev/sda &&
(from the root prompt, of course)

 

[mattseh]

this thread is now about frameworks.

 

[Kiopa_Matt]

Thanks guys for the heads up on Linux Mint, as I'm loving it. Much better than Ubuntu.

Got my dual boot going while I rewrite everything needed, and ready to rock. Still getting used to typing "apt-get" instead of "yum" though, as I'm used to working on CentOS servers, but hardly a big deal. And I think sshfs has become my new best friend. No more of this having four Putty windows open at a time. Just mount to a directory, and pop in / out as needed. Love it!

Should be good! I'm quite happy my old laptop crapped out on me now.