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Mohamed Mokhtar
9,651 PointsWindows or Ubuntu
well i started on the front-end web development track here at Treehouse couple of months ago , i'v a dell laptop with windows 8.1 ..... well at the beginning i didn't see the difference using windows , mac , etc ( tho i would love to have a mac but can't handle the prices at the moment ) but after going through few java , git , sass and other courses i feel that windows kind of annoying , so i thought of moving to ubuntu . but i'v this feeling that ubuntu is more about back-end dev work and not much difference than windows regarding the front-end stuff , so i would like to know if ether of the OSs will constrain me somehow on my path to front-end dev career , or i can just keep going with ether of them .
5 Answers
Victor Peralta
961 PointsI'd say you should go with the one which you prefer, the OS you choose will not stop you from doing what you want. Each OS has a set of different tools and compatible programs, but it all narrows down to which you personally like the most.
notf0und
11,940 PointsNeither will effect your ability to produce quality work. If you were on a budget, I might recommend Ubuntu, but otherwise it's personal preference.
If you really wanted to test it out for yourself, you could dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu, or run Ubuntu in a Virtual Machine.
Hope this helps!
Bryan Cerrati
5,880 Pointsubuntu has alot of the production packages either built-in or they can easily be pulled from the built-in repos its made for production and simplicity. i just dont like the UI its bulky and ugly... i love debian thou it has everything ubuntu does and much more... and if you think about it its been around for so long its SOO stable.
Alexander Kooij
2,501 PointsWell, pretty much every tool or package or language is build with Unix/Linux as the main platform. Especially if/when you want to move to something like Rails or Python, Linux is the default and you avoid a lot of problems by not using windows. Most tutorials also assume Linux. I boot to Linux for development, while keeping Windows for Office work and Steam and it made things a lot easier once i started doing that.
I found Ubuntu too bulky, so i went for Xubuntu, which is basically Ubuntu with a different skin, but it feels a lot better for me.
Mohamed Mokhtar
9,651 Pointsthx everyone you have been a great help:)