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tkatchev is offline tkatchev
2011-06-21 , 13:35
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#202
Let me explain for the idiots: when I develop on my Ubuntu box, I don't need to buy a second Windows machine, sign up with Canonical, and download a 9000 jiggibyte proprietary 'SDK toolkit'.

I just type 'apt-get install build-essential' and type away my code.
It just works.

Moreover: I can download any old random .tar.gz off the Internet, unpack it, run 'configure' and 'make' and expect it to work out of the box.

That is what a true ecosystem looks like.

Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
That's of course, complete and utter rubbish. Because, you know, when you develop for GNU/Linux, you just imagine the code while sitting in front of your Mac, Windows or Linux, and then it materializes the bits and pieces from this air and brings them together in one big zzzzzingggGGGG that results in a package.

Yes.
 

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