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Just out of curiosity, what dev work can't you do on Linux? I usually only hear that case for games or graphic/video editing.

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Haha actually that is the case! I need to use Unity and the latest Linux build[1] doesn't yet have all of the features like in the latest version 5.3.3 for Windows/OSX. It's still experimental but now that I think of it... I might not need all of the features in the latest release, hmmm.

Also I need Remote Desktop Connection to do some contract work. I know other non-Windows remote desktop applications exist but I'm currently stuck with what their IT department will give me. :)

EDIT: Thinking more about the remote desktop connection. I could just use a Windows VM on Linux. Dang, that never crossed my mind before.

[1] http://blogs.unity3d.com/2015/08/26/unity-comes-to-linux-exp...

Haha, sorry about that. I forgot about game dev :O

No worries! ^_^

The rdesktop (and GUI frontends) Remote Desktop client on Linux is perfect for this. Supports the Windows RDP protocol. All you need is to find the raw connection data (if they don't give it to you, e.g. if they use "remote desktop connection files"). We have various Windows servers at work yet no developer uses Windows (it's all OS X and Linux).

Whoa very cool! Never heard of rdesktop before but I'll definitely check it out. Thanks!

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