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> The development workflow on linux is an order of magnitude better than on OSX.

I guess your workflow doesn’t include getting Linux to work.

As in, if you run into an issue, you’re somewhat on your own because of your unique Linux setup. Maybe except if you’re on Ubuntu or something.

On Mac, you can more easily Google search for people with similar environment settings who failed building dependencies in the same way

> As in, if you run into an issue, you’re somewhat on your own because of your unique Linux setup. Maybe except if you’re on Ubuntu or something.

But uhh, I do just use Ubuntu? I haven't even changed the wallpaper. Everything works, nothing has broken in years.

Surely Linux doesn't have to mean some kind of special snowflake Gentoo setup.

If you are spending time getting it to work, I'm not sure that's a bad thing. It makes you a better developer!

Sysadmining your machine doesn’t make you a better developer.