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I'm buying a new PC, should I move to Linux for a purpose built java environment

 
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Hi, some apologies for posting on Linux versus Windows, but I am just about to make an important decision so this is not an intellectual activity for me.

I'm a sole one web app Java developer self taught from absolute beginner. I now want to set up a purpose built development environment. Technologies used in the app are Java, Javascript and MySQL. My IDE is netbeans with subversion as version control. I envisage using Ant sometime in the future when I start deploying on a server owned by a third party provider.

I have been developing in Windows for sometime. I am familiar with Windows and the environment, and my current support is Windows (ie, the person selling me the computer supports Windows. I have never been exposed to Linux.

Is it a good idea for me to build a new system on Linux? I have done the survey Here which recommends kubuntu, Linux Mint, openSUSE, Mandriva, and ubuntu for me.

Any practical advice on setting up a new environment would be appreciated.

Thanks

Marten
 
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use what ever you are currently comfortable with on your desktop and experiment with other operating systems inside a virtual machine ?
 
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Switching to Linux is going to be a learning experience if you haven't used it before. But if that's one of your goals -- and it seems like it might well be one -- then give it a try. But do budget some time for learning and/or futzing around. I couldn't tell you how much but there's going to be some time getting up the learning curve.
 
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Running Linux in a VM is a good suggestion, or you could dual boot Windows and Linux.
 
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OK thanks.

Based on this feedback, with Java productivity my main aim, perhaps best I stick with the dreaded Microsoft I'm familiar with.

When I was starting off it seemed that the Java environment and related tools were better suited to a Linux/unix environment, but now reflecting this is probably not really the case. My attraction to linux is more romantic rather than practical anyway.

I'll buy a new Microsoft box then, unless someone can convince me otherwise in the near future.

Cheers

Marten

 
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