


There is absolutely no advantage with a mac machine except if you want to try and fix your broken self-esteem. other than that if you need freedom around your computer OS you go linux, if you want compatibility and game dev/ or any other development (you can develope on linux too, like android development) you go windows. There is no advantage for using apple machines unless you want to pay a lot of money to be able to develope IOS apps. moreCE bachelor here typing this from a linux machine Grab the popcorn I'm ready to see 250+ comments of technical. Downsides: The user-friendly distros are not very secure, no thorough code audits, hints of NSA backdoors (just hit backspace exactly 28 times at a grub2 password prompt, and you just bypassed full disk encryption on a system with SecureBoot), very poorly documented compared to BSD or even Windows.Īnonymous, This will be hilarious to watch.


Downsides: No compiler by default, ads all over the place, no built-in encryption for home editions, spies on you, targeted by everybody.Īdvantages to Linux: Make it work like you want, lots of interface customization, lots of software, up to date toolchain (using Arch or Fedora), rapid pace of development, most privacy for end-user. Downsides: Archaic file system, GNU toolchain is pretty old.Īdvantages to Windows: DEP, W^X protection, probably the most secure operating system by default not named OpenBSD great commercial software support, works on everything. The hardware is top-notch (I agree with OP I got burned by the new Thinkpad P50 and its crap display). moreAdvantages to OS X: It's basically a BSD userland with commercial software support. There is no advantage for using apple machi. AnonD-456472, CE bachelor here typing this from a linux machine
