Why Java Developers Should Switch to Linux
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| A Windows monoculture is not healthy. Judging from my students'
| crapware-infected laptops, it is actually extremely unhealty.
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| In the last five years, I regularly used Windows XP, Mac OS X, and
| Linux (Fedora and Ubuntu). In my experience, Windows XP is just fine
| when well-tuned, but not easy to keep that way, and totally wretched when
| it is not. Mac OS X is pretty if you are into blue and brushed metal and
| the mouse and Java 1.4.2--as you should be if you are a right-thinking
| citizen. I much prefer Linux, particularly for Java development. I'd like
| to convince you to switch to Linux as well. My motivation is simple
| and selfish. If lots of programmers work on Linux, then Java support
| will for Linux will get even better.
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| After you switched to Linux, there is one remaining problem--the
| coolness factor. Nobody can see that you aren't running Windows. The
| solution is, of course, a Linux sticker. Pick up a garish one at a
| trade show, or print one from here, here, or here, and slap it on
| your laptop.
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http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cayhorstmann/archive/2006/06/why_java_develo.html
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