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Re:Ask HN: How do you develop on OS X by peter_l_downs on Thursday February 09, 2012 @06:56PM (#3573796) 

  > I'd definitely recommend using a virtual machine; even if I were running Linux I'd be using one.
Why?
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Re:Ask HN: How do you develop on OS X by patrickpkt on Thursday February 09, 2012 @10:20PM (#3574345)
For me, it's to keep software versions consistent between development and production. Our servers run Ubuntu LTS, whereas I'd probably be using something more up-to-date if I were running Linux locally.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you develop on OS X by peter_l_downs on Thursday February 09, 2012 @11:49PM (#3574562)
Ah, yeah, that makes a lot of sense. I haven't had to deal with that sort of problem yet - thanks for the explanation!
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