Probably was asked before but I can't find it. And it's probably been long enough anyway so it makes sense to ask again.
Windows20.3%
Linux48.4%
MacOS26.6%
Other4.7%
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688 sats \ 2 replies \ @niftynei 25 Dec 2023
nifty’s OS collection:
- stock ubuntu for core LN work
- nixOS for LN node/bitcoin node; any personal deployment infra
- macOS for video recording and editing + animations/graphic editing
- windows for working on the LARP’s arduino codebase/making stickers for pleb print shop
yes i own + maintain a lot of computers 😭
really want to get my core dev work onto nixOS fwiw!
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314 sats \ 1 reply \ @itsrealfake 25 Dec 2023
Any recommendations for a good intro to nixOS? I've got a buddy who's been preaching that gospel but I've not yet explored.
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200 sats \ 0 replies \ @bataroot 26 Dec 2023
this is the video that made me jump into NixOS for every machine I have...
It can be challenging, but never forget that Nix is a language, a package manager and an OS.
You can start with the package manager on the OS you already have (note: I went straight to the OS on a spare computer and a month later moved my config to all my other machines, portability and reproducibility is where Nix shines)
Once you have been inside the Nix rabbit hole, you can't to back 😉
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344 sats \ 2 replies \ @benthecarman 25 Dec 2023
Linux for work, windows for games
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 25 Dec 2023
Dual boot?
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247 sats \ 0 replies \ @benthecarman 25 Dec 2023
No just separate devices
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311 sats \ 0 replies \ @wingalt 25 Dec 2023
KDE Neon on slimbook laptop, never looking back to using Windows
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299 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 25 Dec 2023
Mainly Linux (and I prefer Gentoo), although due to laziness I still haven't reinstalled my new Thinkpad T470s travel laptop, it's still running Win 10 Pro and I use Ubuntu with WSL for development there.
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299 sats \ 0 replies \ @And1 25 Dec 2023
Own Desktop and Server/ Bitcoin stuff on Linux
Work laptop unfortunately runs under Windows
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331 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake 25 Dec 2023
Pleasantly surprised so many Linix users :)
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293 sats \ 5 replies \ @030e0dca83 25 Dec 2023
Android. My smartphone is the only thing I have at the moment
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100 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek OP 25 Dec 2023
That also counts as Linux imo
But I'll let it slip. MacOS is also kind of Linux :)
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621 sats \ 2 replies \ @kristapsk 25 Dec 2023
Android has Linux only for kernel.
MacOS isn't Linux at all, Darwin (kernel of macOS) is fork of BSD, completely independent UNIX.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 25 Dec 2023
Oh, interesting, didn't know that. Thanks for calling me out, lol
I just guessed that it's some branch of UNIX.
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90 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 25 Dec 2023
macOS kernel is fork of 4.4BSD, which later become FreeBSD. It comes from NextSTEP era, when Steve Jobs wasn't with Apple.
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255 sats \ 0 replies \ @030e0dca83 25 Dec 2023
Xactly. I wanted to point on the type of hardware
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247 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullama 25 Dec 2023
I wonder what people use in the Other option.
Maybe BSD?, can't think of any other big OS
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56 sats \ 0 replies \ @Eobard 25 Dec 2023
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @raymond50romero 25 Dec 2023
I have a MacBook so I mostly use that but I use Ubuntu on my old laptops and my desktop. Also I have a full node running on Ubuntu on one of my old laptops
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Relight_Motion 25 Dec 2023
Windows.
As a 3D and motion graphics artist, I just can't work without my apps and instruments which require Windows
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