@alyx @mona I use a Linux laptop at home and at work. I've consciously exited the entire MS stack because it's such an aggravation to deal with as an expert user. That's not an uncommon path for software developers - many stop over at the Apple issued BSD, but they have exciting times with the BSD + desktop integration.
@pnathan @alyx@icosahedron.website I should perhaps interject that Alyx (and myself, since we are basically two aspects of one personality) are not computer people by training or temperament. Our education is in the physical sciences (chiefly chemistry) and in the liberal arts (I am a classicist, among other things, with a B.A. in the subject) but we feel driven to learn more of computer programming for creative reasons.
@alyx@icosahedron.website @pnathan Hence neither of us has entirely succeeded in getting used to an environment that, by self-selection, seems to favor chiefly people who like endless tinkering and fussing over tools. We'd rather get stuff done quickly and with a minimum of fuss; Alyx's favorite programming experience was with HyperCard.
