From: Peter Cooper <peter@...>
Date: 2007-06-11T16:45:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Serious danger of being impressed

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On 6/10/07, Mark Carter <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>
> I'm also in two minds as to whether I should try to switch over from OS
> X permanently. I'm new to iMacs, and I have to say that OS X has a nice
> polish to it; but then Ubuntu, gotta love those repositories.


Do bear in mind that it's pretty easy to use /both/ on modern Macs. Linux
has a lot going for it from a development point of view, and most of the
documentation out there (not to mention most of the packages) is aimed at
Linux-based builds. OS X is great as the day to day desktop, though.. so a
lot of people use both. You can use Parallels or VMWare Fusion (the latter
currently being free and faster) and live in the utopia of a great desktop
but with a well-supported and popular cross-platform architecture on tap for
development purposes.

Cheers,
Peter Cooper
http://www.rubyinside.com/

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