Nolan LawsonMay 10, 2020

New blog post: "Linux on the desktop as a web developer" https://nolanlawson.com/2020/05/10/linux-on-the-desktop-as-a-web-developer/

A lot of web developers can't imagine life without a Mac, so I decided to write up my Ubuntu experiences. Hopefully it's interesting!

Linux on the desktop as a web developer

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Show threadedmistondMay 10, 2020
Thanks for this writeup - I've been a split Mac laptop/Windows desktop user for years and I'm increasingly finding myself unenthused about the direction of the Mac and its hardware, so this is a jump I've been thinking about making - either with an XPS 13, or possibly something like the new System76 Lemur Pro. I do a lot of .NET stuff, but mostly on Core, so not being on Windows isn't a big deal per se. @nolan
Show threadNolan LawsonMay 10, 2020
@edmistond Yeah the hardware was kind of the thing that drove me to take the plunge. At the time I bought the XPS, the top-of-the-line MacBook Pro was $1k more expensive and had the last year's Intel processor. 😞
Show threadedmistondMay 10, 2020
@nolan Yeah... I like Apple’s hardware, but other brands are getting good enough now that it’s getting harder for me to justify the price premium, plus my dev workflow for my own projects these days is very Docker-centric and that’s always been a bit of an afterthought on the Mac, unfortunately.
Show threadDoeNietZoMoeilijk 🥔
@edmistond @nolan not so much "an afterthought" as "something that requires a bit if a kludge on anything that isn't Linux", which makes sense as it depends on functionality in the Linux kernel. But yeah, docker on Mac is not perfect.
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Show threadedmistondMay 10, 2020
@doenietzomoeilijk @nolan True - I’ve heard it’s a much better experience with WSL2 on Windows, but I’m not on the insider builds so I couldn’t say; my home Windows machine mostly gets used for gaming.