Linux desktop going mainstream for web devs?

Seeing David Heinemeier Hansson so excited about Linux on the desktop and building his ultimate web developer setup https://omarchy.org/ is inspiring! Check out the first 5 minutes of the video on the front page

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jaredwhite@piefed.social · 21 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Ah yes, NeoNaziOS. We definitely want that to go mainstream.

(seriously, if you don't know who DHH is please do some research…his HEY World blog + X account is rife with stuff that'll make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end. 😬)

sukhmel@programming.dev · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You mean things like this?

It seems flying the English flag is now as transgressive as posting you're not a big fan of mass immigration on Facebook. And given that the latter is already likely to land you in trouble with the increasingly authoritarian state, it seems likely that the former might soon too.

I'm not exactly using Xitter, and his blog looks like a lot of reading only to find out who DHH is

Edit: oh, it seems like not much reading was needed, I'm starting to see your point after reading how good it feels to be in the Reagan's era again:

[L]et me tell you about the 80s. They were amazing. America was firing on all cylinders, Reagan had brought the morning back, and the Soviet Union provided a clear black-and-white adversarial image. But it was the popular culture of the era that still fills me with hiraeth.

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It feels like we're finally emerging from this constant 90s Seattle drizzle to sunny 80s LA vibes in America. The constant pessimism, the cancellation militias, and the walking-on-eggshells atmosphere have given way to something far brighter, bolder, and, yes, better. An optimism, a levity, a confidence.

BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

I experienced the Reagan 80s. It felt like that for exactly one very specific group. For everyone else, it was a horror show that never truly ended. Burn in hell, Ronald Reagan.

ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Haha, amazing what Windows users get exited about. Everything he shows is like 20 years old tech.

I get it though. I had to build one of my apps on Windows the other day and setting up the environment (in a VM) was way more painful than I expected. Windows is simply not built for devs. You can develop on it if you really want but it just doesn't feel natural.

henfredemars@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 1y

MS tried to turn Windows into a good dev environment, and they best they could come up with was WSL.

NostraDavid@programming.dev · 14 pts · 1y (3 replies)

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hallettj@leminal.space · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Yes, NixOS - and also Niri so your tiled windows don't resize themselves, and you get the extra-fancy screen cast and screen shot features. That's what I use, therefore it is the best.

victorz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Tried Niri. Didn't like the default shortcuts, but those can be changed of course. However, I couldn't get the current darkman state to be recognized by apps. Not sure what I have to do there.

Joker@piefed.social · 6 pts · 1y

I would love for him to find NixOS and then create a better version.

just_another_person@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (9 replies)

Large numbers of developers only work in Linux, and refuse to work in MacOS. No dev worth their salt works in Windows.

hallettj@leminal.space · 9 pts · 1y

I work with a very competent dev who uses Windows. I've even gotten him to the point of helping me to champion Nix dev shells. But he prefers to use those through WSL ¯\(ツ)/¯

dinckelman@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

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FailBetter@crust.piefed.social · 7 pts · 1y

So you're saying if I pivot to windows, I can find a real job?

mesamunefire@piefed.social · 6 pts · 1y

Yep most devs work with Linux in some way. We have to use windows for work but we deploy on linux.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

I prefer Windows over Mac

Apple sucks

victorz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

No dev worth their salt works in Windows.

lol. Tell that to my team who has been developing our product for Windows for 25-30 years, generating probably a billion euros over the years.

Can't tell if you're just joking or not but either way. 😄

just_another_person@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Nobody telling you, so let's here ALLLL about the Windows shit you build and all the metrics.

Java, I'm assuming? 🤢🤢

victorz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

C++, desktop scientific mathematical software for Windows.

By the way, you seem a bit on edge. You okay?

Disclaimer, I am using Linux at home and work, I work on a tangential thing to the rest of my team. I'm just saying, these are very much senior devs worth their salt, and that you made a bad take. But I do agree with you that Windows is not nice to work in.

sukhmel@programming.dev · 3 pts · 1y

No True Scotsman, ey?

markstos@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 320d

None of the Mac web devs I know are talking about it. I’m not sure they have even heard of it.