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Matthew Batman
Matthew Batman
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Posted by Matthew Batman
Matthew Batman
30,187 Points

Linux for Web Development

Does anyone here use linux for web development? How satisfied are you? What distro do you use?

Last night, I dropped my expensive, relatively new MacBook Pro with the lid open. It was probably only four feet in the air, but it hit a coffee table on the way down and now seems to be inoperable.

I'm thinking about replacing it with a linux machine. My understanding is that Illustrator wouldn't work for linux, but is there anything else I should be worried about?

1 Answer

Ferdinand Pretorius
Ferdinand Pretorius
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Ferdinand Pretorius
Ferdinand Pretorius
18,705 Points

Hi Matthew,

Very sorry to hear about your MacBook

I use Linux for all my computing needs.

I am very satisfied running CentOS, however you can get the same results running Ubuntu/Xubuntu. I run Illustrator through WINE (Windows Emulator) and it works about 95% as expected. I have been working in a linux environment for 4 years as DevOps (With only a little Dev in DevOps ;) ). If you have any specific questions or would like some more info feel free to ask, I'm always happy to help where I can.

Hope this helps!