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Which OS you use for your Java Development?
URL: Arpit Agarwal's Blog
At 11:45 AM on Nov 27, 2007, Arpit Agarwal wrote:
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From then I had been using Ubuntu for all my Java Development. Not to say, Sun too has made some major improvements in Java (especially on desktop) in order to support Linux. I have discussed more on my blog , if anyone of you is interested.
Anyways, Which OS are you using for your java developments?
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Ubuntu.Re: Which OS you use for your Java Development?
OS X. I have no complaints and don't care that Java 6 isn't supported yet.Re: Which OS you use for your Java Development?
OpenSuse at work and Ubuntu at home.These are great environments with first class Java support.
In the past few months i've been using the Quanta web development tool that comes as part of KDE Webdev to edit and build visual web pages, it's as close to Dreamweaver as you can get in the open source world. (Sorry to all you html by hand coders, I need to design pages Visually)
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OS X. If Java 6 must be used I do it in Ubuntu within a virtual machine on OS X.Re: Which OS you use for your Java Development?
Red Hat Fedora Core 7, anxious to try out Fedora 8.I haven't liked Ubuntu, because:
- don't like the runlevels
- don't like how there's only 1 cd, with everything else online, which sucks if you're not always connected
But I will try again - IF I can download more than 1 CD of packages. The default collection is very incomplete.
I use IceWM for its snappiness and nice and easy to adjust C++ source code.
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Hi, I have setup a poll on my blog for this. It would be great if you all participate in this. I will publish the results in JavaLobby after we are completed with it. Thanks.Re: Which OS you use for your Java Development?
You can download the DVD instead of the CD. Scroll down this page to the 'DVD downloads'section.Re: Which OS you use for your Java Development?
XP at the office, OS X at home, OS X on the laptop. If I were looking for a new computer, I'd still buy a Mac with OS X.Re: Which OS you use for your Java Development?
Indeed, thanks. Which one is fresher right now, F8 or U7.10? Does Ubuntu come with any virtualization like kvm?Re: Which OS you use for your Java Development?
Why the limited list?I use RHEL at work and OSX at home
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XP at work. Ubuntu at home.Re: Which OS you use for your Java Development?
XP at work, OS-X at homeRe: Which OS you use for your Java Development?
Ubuntu @ work & @ home (same laptop).W2K @ home for games though.
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sidux for me.sidux is a live CD Linux (that can install to hd) distro based on Debian Sid. It is directly compatible with Debian Sid, and uses the Sid repos. It uses the Knoppix and Kanotix live scripts, and other scripts to make hardware detection world class. It uses other scripts and GUI utilities to make system configuration, setup, installation, and general usage easy. It also has GUI utils that make doing a system upgrade, with the sid reops much more stable and safe (simply doing an apt-get dist-upgrade with sid, without being aware of potential issues, is very risky).
What I like about sidux is that it is extremely fast, and light on resources. It uses about half the RAM that Ubuntu uses, with all the same functionality. It's also very up to date / cutting edge (being based on Debian Sid). But even though Sid can have bugs, sidux goes to extra efforts to make the system more stable.
What it does lack is a GUI (like Synaptic) for installing new software. You can install something like Synaptic, KPackage, or Adept, but it's not recommended you use those to install new software or do upgrades with those GUI front ends, as it can lead to problems when working with the Sid repos. But alas, I like to use KPackage to browse packages to see what's there and what packages are called, then I use apt-get in the command line to install stuff. It works great - fast, easy, safe.
Of course, it's easy to enable non-free repos, and install the Sun Java6 JDK, then NetBeans, Eclipse, JDeveloper, jEdit, Ant, JUnit, any app server, etc, on sidux.