Ask HN: Python+Ruby hackers - which OS/distro are you using?

Posted by newsisan on Friday September 03, 2010 @09:19PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I was reading somewhere that a good way to choose an OS is to use the same one that your future communities will be using, so I was wondering - what OS are python and ruby hackers using? If Linux, please specify the distro, as that is basically what I am choosing between.

I am sure there would be no issue with Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Mandriva or OpenSUSE, so it makes sense to use the one most of you guys are.

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Re:Ask HN: Python+Ruby hackers - which OS/distro are you using? by martey on Friday September 03, 2010 @11:06PM (#1661880)

If Linux, please specify the distro, as that is basically what I am choosing between.

I use Ubuntu 10.10 (I generally switch to the development versions of Ubuntu around the second or third alphas), but I am not sure that there is much difference between similar versions of Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint (with mostly the same applications, all that would differ would be some customization). I imagine RPM-based distributions like Mandriva, OpenSUSE, and Fedora would be similar.

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Re:Ask HN: Python+Ruby hackers - which OS/distro are you using? by adbge on Friday September 03, 2010 @11:27PM (#1661913)

As a Rubyist, I hack on a Linux desktop and a MacBook Pro. On my desktop, I'm running Gentoo unstable, Snow Leopard 10.6.4 on the MacBook Pro. It's been my experience, however, that Ubuntu tends to dominate the community of Rubyists using Linux.

That said, OSX seems to be the most popular choice among developers, followed by Ubuntu/Fedora/CentOS.

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Re:Ask HN: Python+Ruby hackers - which OS/distro are you using? by mhansen on Friday September 03, 2010 @09:44PM (#1661728)

IMO, there's more important things to choose an OS based on. Especially since Python and Ruby are both well-supported on all of the unices.

Find an OS that makes you happy. Like the Mac interface? Go OS X. Like tiling window managers, and automatic package management? Go linux.

FWIW, I use Ubuntu 10.04.

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Re:Ask HN: Python+Ruby hackers - which OS/distro are you using? by 0abdd0e66h on Friday September 03, 2010 @11:09PM (#1661884)

This guy has a good point. I'm using FreeBSD 8.1 at the moment. I push my app up to a git repository and then pull it down to Linux(debian) to test it and it works. My friend pulls it down to a Mac and it works.

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Re:Ask HN: Python+Ruby hackers - which OS/distro are you using? by maxtilford on Friday September 03, 2010 @11:26PM (#1661911)

I use linux: gentoo, arch, and ubuntu. But if you're using ruby, you should just use rvm. Then the distro doesn't matter that much.

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Re:Ask HN: Python+Ruby hackers - which OS/distro are you using? by baremetal on Saturday September 04, 2010 @12:13AM (#1661999)

Debian

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