On: Poll: What OS do you use everyday, or most often?

[jamesbritt]

I have a Mac mini and Linux laptop, and use both for development, but prefer Linux Kubuntu that Just Works.

<snarky comments about quirky Leopard UI elided>

Not sure what your specific issues are, but I've been finding development on Linux to be much more accommodating for me.

[path → jamesbritt]

Linux seems to be a development "Just Works" environment, e.g. apt just works, and getting dependencies is simple, or at least reliable.

On the mac getting libraries can be painful with MacPorts (I don't use Fink, does anyone know if it's better?)

[stewiecat → path]

Why bother with macports? I installed XCode and just download the source and do the ./configure;make;sudo make install dance.

[zimbabwe → jamesbritt]

What about the Leopard UI is snarky? As an interface geek, I'm curious to hear your thoughts on it.

The specific issues the OP mentioned were installing drivers and tweaking system preferences.

[jamesbritt → zimbabwe]

"What about the Leopard UI is snarky? "

My typed, then deleted, comments were snarky.

I didn't see any value in making biased, preference-based complaints about how Leopard does things vs. what I like to do (i.e., The Right Way. :) ). But I know that most discussions about UIs tend to be full of such subjective assertions, so my little aside was my meta-comment. Or something like that.

For me (as others have pointed out as well), the ease of apt-get, and the wealth of OSS tools that seem to play better on Linux than on OSX, is the real win.

(Perhaps my biggest complaint about the OSX UI is how much I have to use the mouse to manipulate GUI items. Maybe that's just lack of experience on OSX, but Kubuntu Just Works for me. )