I was woundering if it is a common theme for most "Pro" programmers to use linux. I mean a book called C;Programming I have was written on linux. So which OS is it that programmers or hackers, per say, use?
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Anonymous2012-12-26 11:02
They use what ever their employer needs them to use.
In 95% of all cases that would be Windows and I'm one of those programmers that uses visual studio and all that. Sure, sometimes I need to use linux for specialized software, but never any other unixes.
That said, I've been using linux at home for well over 10 years (well, I don't keep count) and love to program with it, not sure why, because I hate everything about unix and linux. Maybe it's because the tools involved got hardwired into my mind when I was young and impressionable.