On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 21:18:15 -0400, Slimer wrote:

On 2015-06-21 8:44 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 06/21/2015 05:57 PM, Snit wrote:
OK, so it is a good techie playground... a good place to learn about
computers and offers great command line shells. That and it can be had
at no
cost and, like OS X, the risk of malware is far lower than on Windows.

Anything where it handles tasks better: things where you can show it
benefitting productivity, efficiency, or error-reduction?

you've just answered your own question. We develop on Linux and port the
product to Windows. Why? The development tools on Linux, such as gdb,
valgrind, electric fence, and so forth are superior to what is available
on Windows and are no cost. A Windows memory debugger like Purify is
relatively expensive to license and complex to use. The Windows support
has gotten better over the years, but if you wanted to cross compile for
a PIC or Atmel device, Linux was there with the toolchain.

Excellent advocacy. Thank you. It is indeed impressive what Linux
provides to developers free of charge.

Isn't it amazing what a little X-Posting can produce?
Gives me new faith in the Linux community.

Within a couple of hours, others have done a dammed good job of
advocating Linux, mentioning specifics and basically telling why
Linux suits them.

I cannot find fault with a single post.

BRAVO!!!!

Compare this to the silly, lunatic, Linux freaks in COLA who can't
even produce a single example of why Linux is superior.

Go take a shower COLA Linux advocates because the real world, the
REAL linux advocates, have shat all over you.