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Hey /prog/

what OS do expert programmers use?

I get the feeling most Linux users aren't that great at programming

The real experts have experience with numerous operating systems and programming environments. They do not confine themselves to a single system.

Mac OS X

The real experts use **** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 ****

>>4
I love N64.

MS DOS 6.22

Gentoo

>>7

Back to /g/nu please.

>>8
I'd just like to interject for moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

>>8
fuck you faggot

>>1
See: http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1295550272/1-

Windows ME or Vista.

>>9
I'd just like to interject for moment.  I don't care about that.

>>13
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as that, is in fact, GNU/that, or as I've recently taken to call it, GNU plus that. That is not a thing unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called that, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a that, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. That is the thing: the program that does something. The thing is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. That is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with that added, or GNU/that. All the so-called that distributions are really distributions of GNU/that.