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Lol. Tell me all the good things about Windows for developers starting with automating the install and packages for setting up a new workstation.

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I'm not going to convince you given that you've spammed this thread with negative comments but perhaps do a bit more research before making blanket statements about Windows, developers and what can and cannot be done.

Also, for a long time, all a .net dev needed was Visual Studio, so setting up a workstation for a developer was really, really simple.

how is that any different than setting up a linux workstation?

Half the guys I know keep a bash file and all their vi configs on the cloud so they can move them over.

Honestly, when I did windows dev ~2008-2012 it was friggin -easy-. It literally "just worked". Way more so than osx obliterating it's compiler every update.

Well, for starters with Linux you can automate the packaging like most distributions do to include the latest packages. With Windows you basically have to clone an existing install leaving behind a bunch of junk. With Windows you are stuck using ADK and cannot include software without building complicated packages where you have to monitor all the changes made to the registry and file system. This process on Windows takes a lot of time vs Linux which includes it by default. There is a reason that Tor recommends Tails and not Windows as well for privacy and ephemeral operating systems.

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