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UNIX based / like OS suggestions to dual boot with Windows
Post 302651363 by egill on Tuesday 5th of June 2012 11:14:29 AM
06-05-2012
UNIX based / like OS suggestions to dual boot with Windows
Hello everybody! I'm a long-time windows user with some very limited experience with some Linux distributions. I'm a programmer (in training), but I've worked mostly with .NET stuff.
I started a new job a couple of weeks ago and was issued a MacBook Pro to work on. I have fallen in love with the UNIX terminal and shell scripting (before, I had only written a couple short scripts for a class in a Linux OS).
I was wondering if you guys had any recommendations for a good UNIX based or Unix-like OS to install on my Windows laptop so I can dual boot.
I currently have Ubuntu installed. I'm fairly happy with it, and it's similar to the Mac OS X with its launcher and left-corner buttons, but I haven't had experience with really any other Unix-like systems and I'm afraid I just don't know what I'm missing out on!
I would like to just get a MacBook of my own, but I don't really have that kind of cash sitting around, and I've already got a perfectly good Windows laptop.
I'm not wanting an argument on which one is the best, I'd just like to know which ones you all use and why, or if there's any major differences at all, really.
I started a new job a couple of weeks ago and was issued a MacBook Pro to work on. I have fallen in love with the UNIX terminal and shell scripting (before, I had only written a couple short scripts for a class in a Linux OS).
I was wondering if you guys had any recommendations for a good UNIX based or Unix-like OS to install on my Windows laptop so I can dual boot.
I currently have Ubuntu installed. I'm fairly happy with it, and it's similar to the Mac OS X with its launcher and left-corner buttons, but I haven't had experience with really any other Unix-like systems and I'm afraid I just don't know what I'm missing out on!
I would like to just get a MacBook of my own, but I don't really have that kind of cash sitting around, and I've already got a perfectly good Windows laptop.
I'm not wanting an argument on which one is the best, I'd just like to know which ones you all use and why, or if there's any major differences at all, really.
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