On 08/04/13 09:45, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:14 AM, Gavin Flower
<GavinFlower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Not to mention that it appears that Postgres runs better on Linux than on
Microsoft. Linux skills are increasingly in demand, while MIcrosoft's
market share is dropping (partly as a result of the Metro fiasco!).
Are you allowed to call it that, since they lost the rights to the
name "Metro"? *dive for cover*
I most humbly apologise!
I sit here suitably humbled and chastened.
(I you believe that,
I have a pile of scrap iron in Paris for you...)
Should I have referred to it as the '_NOT_ Metro fiasco'???
It seems that good software works really well with other good
software. Pike and PostgreSQL and Linux work beautifully together; VB
.NET and PostgreSQL and Windows, not so much. I wonder if that's
because smart developers use awesome tools, and so build the linkages
between them first, and only support the less-awesome tools later on
as someone else asks for it... in any case, that's a theory that lets
me feel good about how smart the PostgreSQL guys are, so I'm happy
with that :)
I have a friend (20+ years experience) who earns his money writing and
supporting software in a Microsoft Environment, but at home he uses
Linux exclusively. He is not shy at work in mentioning the advantages
of Linux over Microsoft!
I have a small number of Windows computers that I still support (and
somewhat use), and an increasing number of Linux boxes. My development
platform consists of Linux, Xfce, five workspaces, and SciTE set to
"Always on visible workspace". So as I switch between sets of terminal
windows, my editor is always there, with as many files up as I need
(and on a 1920x1080 screen, that's a lot of tabs).
About a year ago, a friend lent me his 30" monitor while he went
overseas for a few months. Initially it seemed far too big - then after
3 days, I got used to it, then I thought I could do with a bigger one!
I have a 2560 * 1600 screen and that is not big enough,
but it is bigger than yours ! - nyah, Nyah , NYAH... :-)
On my workstation, I use xfce with 25 virtual workspaces, 8 currently
empty, I've been logged in for about 20 days.
On my laptop I use mate 1.6, but that only allows me 16 :-(
But otherwise, I find mate better than xfce.
Five minutes trying to use GNOME 3, was way too much time to waste on it
- GNOME 3 is a triumph of Fashion over Functionality. Hence I fled to xfce.
I have terminals and directory windows with multiple tabs (features not
available with Microsoft as standard?), not just my editors and web
browsers. It is a pity that LibreOffice does not support tabs yet.
Screen real estate is precious, I try to husband it as best as I can.
The beauty of Linux is that you are free to chose components like
Desktop Managers that best suit your style of working, unlike Apple &
Microsoft. My youngest son (15) is very intelligent, except he prefers
Ubuntu's Unity D/E - but that is his choice, yet he does admit mate is
more capable.
That's really all
the IDE that the system demands; that and a good set of makefiles.
Caveat: I develop *with* PostgreSQL, I don't actually do anything with
the core code. You may find the requirements different as you tinker
with the guts of a database engine.
ChrisA
I don't even use Postgres now, except to try and keep up-to-date.
However, in the next phase of my current project I hope to use it
extensively.
For my sins, I have a client I support who uses MySQL - Ugh!
Cheers,
Gavin
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