Tag Archives: linux

Macs Make Terrible Development Platforms

Mac’s are not a panacea for programming/web development. There! I said it. I feel like an alcoholic finally admitting he has a problem. So desperate to cling to the ideal that Macs make the perfect development machines but I was kidding myself all along. As a web developer/coder I used Windows and Linux (mainly Debian, [...]

Tabs vs. Spaces

Every time I’ve seen one of these “vs” posts its gone into great length about the philosophy behind such and such.  You’ll never convince someone based on ‘religious argument’. So I’m going to take a different approach here and state who does what and hopefully the weight of ‘who does what’ will make the point [...]

Best Linux Filesystem?

The executive summary in my own words of which filesystem to pick if you’re wondering which is best. I’m avoiding jargon or anything overly technical. I also provide some made-up* graphs to help with quick decision making. Overview Ext2 – Old. Don’t bother. Ext3 – Lacking in performance though very solid and reliable with a [...]

13 OS Reviews in Seconds

After the success of my previous quick-fire review on Ajax frameworks I decided to do another on operating systems. I’m taking a good chunk of Linux, Windows and Mac here. So here’s the no-holds barred reviews on the major OSs. Debian – A proper man’s OS and although the installer doesn’t look friendly its got [...]

Ubuntu – Fisher Price OS

I wish I could take credit for this image because I’ve wanted to do something like this for a while.  The creator and some other OS images can be found at Best Techie forums.