Comments on: Best OS for Web Design and Development http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/archives/2003/12/18/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/ Software, Mac and other Goodness Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:26:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: henry http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/archives/2003/12/18/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-14588 henry Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:20:18 +0000 http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/index.php/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/#comment-14588 Don't know if you'll ever look back here, but it would be cool if you redid this piece now to reflect any changes. Don’t know if you’ll ever look back here, but it would be cool if you redid this piece now to reflect any changes.

]]> By: alex kent http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/archives/2003/12/18/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-17 alex kent Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:27:53 +0000 http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/index.php/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/#comment-17 i agree, i wish Macromedia would make their mac versions as well as their Windows versions. i personally prefer MacOSX. being able to run the exact same software setup as my live server (apache/mysql/php/mod_perl) on my 12"powerbook and hack perl scripts on the train is just too nice. n0dez in case you have been under a rock for the last 8 years WindowsNT (then 2000 and XP) was designed from the ground up to be networkable, multitasking, etc. etc. i agree, i wish Macromedia would make their mac versions as well as their Windows versions.

i personally prefer MacOSX.
being able to run the exact same software setup as my live server (apache/mysql/php/mod_perl) on my 12"powerbook and hack perl scripts on the train is just too nice.

n0dez in case you have been under a rock for the last 8 years WindowsNT (then 2000 and XP) was designed from the ground up to be networkable, multitasking, etc. etc.

]]> By: Noah http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/archives/2003/12/18/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Noah Fri, 19 Dec 2003 17:15:41 +0000 http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/index.php/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/#comment-6 Wow - this article sums up my experience over the past 2 years almost perfectly. Here I sit - G5 on my left, Slackware server below my desk, and Windows workhorse next to the server - and every comment this author has made resonates perfectly. I have given OS X and Slackware (with win4lin even) every chance to become my working platform, but alas, in the end windows (XP) wins the the battle for web-design. Honestly though, if Macromedia could reach the same quality standards for OS X as it does for windows, I'd never leave my G5. And in my heart of hearts, linux is King. It's annoying when your least favorite OS is the best one for your job. Bah. Wow – this article sums up my experience over the past 2 years almost perfectly. Here I sit – G5 on my left, Slackware server below my desk, and Windows workhorse next to the server – and every comment this author has made resonates perfectly. I have given OS X and Slackware (with win4lin even) every chance to become my working platform, but alas, in the end windows (XP) wins the the battle for web-design. Honestly though, if Macromedia could reach the same quality standards for OS X as it does for windows, I'd never leave my G5. And in my heart of hearts, linux is King. It's annoying when your least favorite OS is the best one for your job. Bah.

]]> By: n0dez http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/archives/2003/12/18/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-2 n0dez Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/index.php/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/#comment-2 It seems you've forgotten some things to say about Linux, Mac OS X and Windows XP. You also have forgotten FreeBSD (UNIX), which is very popular as a server OS. I agree with you; GIMP is a nice piece of open source but lacks of some tools. FreeBSD, Linux and Mac OS X don't suffer constant new viruses and worms. Stabilty and Windows are two different things; they never go together. Tip of the day: never use Windows as a server OS (I agree with you!) Windows was never design to be networking able, multitasking, multiuser, etc. However, Windows IT IS a great gaming OS (as far as the BSOD -blue screens of death- doesn't bother you). I would personaly choose FreeBSD as a server OS. It does the job. For the desktop, I run FreeBSD (Slackware Linux as well). I have never suffered any stability and virus/worm issues. However, for designing, I would choose Mac OS X, for Web development (perl, php scripts, etc), FreeBSD. Linux is also a good choice. n0dez It seems you’ve forgotten some things to say about Linux, Mac OS X and Windows XP. You also have forgotten FreeBSD (UNIX), which is very popular as a server OS. I agree with you; GIMP is a nice piece of open source but lacks of some tools. FreeBSD, Linux and Mac OS X don’t suffer constant new viruses and worms. Stabilty and Windows are two different things; they never go together. Tip of the day: never use Windows as a server OS (I agree with you!) Windows was never design to be networking able, multitasking, multiuser, etc. However, Windows IT IS a great gaming OS (as far as the BSOD -blue screens of death- doesn’t bother you). I would personaly choose FreeBSD as a server OS. It does the job. For the desktop, I run FreeBSD (Slackware Linux as well). I have never suffered any stability and virus/worm issues. However, for designing, I would choose Mac OS X, for Web development (perl, php scripts, etc), FreeBSD. Linux is also a good choice.

n0dez

]]> By: neutral http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/archives/2003/12/18/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-3 neutral Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/index.php/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/#comment-3 TO PREVIOUS COMMENTER WHY U GUYS ALWAYS WANT TO ANTI-MICROSOFT? TO PREVIOUS COMMENTER

WHY U GUYS ALWAYS WANT TO ANTI-MICROSOFT?

]]> By: melmoth http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/archives/2003/12/18/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-4 melmoth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/index.php/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/#comment-4 Did you read the article, nodez? He's talking about designing, not server stuff. Did you just copy and paste that rant from /. or something? Bah. A bit thin on the details, but for roughly a page of text, this is a pretty good treatment of the subject. Did you read the article, nodez? He’s talking about designing, not server stuff. Did you just copy and paste that rant from /. or something?

Bah. A bit thin on the details, but for roughly a page of text, this is a pretty good treatment of the subject.

]]> By: Krioni http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/archives/2003/12/18/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Krioni Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/index.php/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/#comment-5 BBEdit!!!! How in the world can you talk about web development (of course, it covers much more) without mentioning BBEdit as an advantage for Mac OS X? I've seen hard-core UNIX gurus drop the vi/emacs battle and settle on BBEdit. Geez. BBEdit!!!! How in the world can you talk about web development (of course, it covers much more) without mentioning BBEdit as an advantage for Mac OS X? I’ve seen hard-core UNIX gurus drop the vi/emacs battle and settle on BBEdit. Geez.

]]> By: rojaro http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/archives/2003/12/18/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-7 rojaro Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/index.php/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/#comment-7 well, i've just ditched my mac yesterday and i am about to kill my windows machine and make it a linux fileserver as i basically just used it to play games. but now where i have photoshop, the games and pretty much everything else i need running under linux, there is really no way to say that windows can beat my linux workstation anymore ... well, i’ve just ditched my mac yesterday and i am about to kill my windows machine and make it a linux fileserver as i basically just used it to play games. but now where i have photoshop, the games and pretty much everything else i need running under linux, there is really no way to say that windows can beat my linux workstation anymore …

]]> By: kidproto http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/archives/2003/12/18/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-8 kidproto Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/index.php/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/#comment-8 You all should check out INKSCAPE. It is a great new vector editor for win32/linux/osX. Come help us build it up to be the greatest open source vector editor: http://www.inkscape.org/ You all should check out INKSCAPE. It is a great new vector editor for win32/linux/osX. Come help us build it up to be the greatest open source vector editor:

http://www.inkscape.org/

]]> By: elie http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/archives/2003/12/18/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-9 elie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/index.php/best-os-for-web-design-and-development/#comment-9 If you don't need to do CMYK (which you wouldn't need to for Web anyway), there's no reason why you can't use GIMP instead. The "disadvantages" that Photoshop users see in the GIMP mostly have to do with force of habit (there are some differences in the interface). With the newest version of GIMP (1.3), most of these UI differences are smoothed out anyway. It's different, for sure, but not inferior. If you don’t need to do CMYK (which you wouldn’t need to for Web anyway), there’s no reason why you can’t use GIMP instead. The “disadvantages” that Photoshop users see in the GIMP mostly have to do with force of habit (there are some differences in the interface). With the newest version of GIMP (1.3), most of these UI differences are smoothed out anyway. It’s different, for sure, but not inferior.

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