However, In Stack Overflow's 2016 developer survey, OS X topped the most used Desktop Operating System, followed by Windows 7 and then Linux. StackOverflow says: 'Last year, Mac edged ahead of the. Programmers who work on a lot of back-end web server code often like macOS for their personal computer, because it's based on Unix and easily runs nearly all Linux software - combined with the fact that Apple makes great hardware, and everyday things like watching a video work a little easier on macOS than on Linux. Besides loving Mac OS X as an OS compared with either Windows or Linux, I use it because it runs everything. I boot into OS X, but can run Windows 7 (for Visual Studio development as well as desktop application and web application testing) and Ubuntu (for desktop application and web application testing) within Virtual Box.
My history:1995: started using Linux as a hobby dev OS
2000: switched from Windows NT 4.0 to Linux at work (C)
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2002: moved to .NET, used Windows at work and Linux at play
2006: mix of Linux and Windows at work
2011: abandoned .NET entirely; mix of Linux and OSX at work, Linux for play
Antivirus software for mac os x 10.7.5. 2013: entirely Linux
2014: mix of FreeBSD and Linux for work and play
So it's fair to say I've solid experience in both, plus a fair amount of dev environment automation under my belt.
Linux vs OSX: Linux wins hands-down unless you're happy hitting a wall when it comes to customisation and automation. Mint is in my experience the equal of OSX out of the box, and just gets better as you start automating things. Productivity with a decent keyboard-driven WM and editor (StumpWM + Emacs in my case) is great.
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Recently I've become a bit concerned that some of the design directions taken by the Linux community aren't aligned with my priorities, so I've been trying out FreeBSD. It's awesome, and my current OS of choice, but hardware support is more limited and the desktop / laptop experience isn't as polished as Mint. Powerpoint for mac os x 10.8.5.