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So this is finally the year that Linux will take over. Again.

I see no evidence that dev's are switching to Linux for their dev machine.

And this recent peak in anti-apple sentiment stinks to me of the same mentality that led to Britain leaving the EU and Trump becoming president. It goes along the lines of...

"This thing isn't perfect by the definition of perfect that matters to me. So I declare it to be fundamentally and irrevocably broken. It should be thrown away and everyone should do this other ill thought through thing that I like"

There's a case to be made for Linux, but if your case is always presented with an "Apple sucks" pre-amble, then I think you're really just a fanboy.

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Wait, you're tarring op with Brexit and Trump, but op's the fanboy?

[edit] To be fair, op/article mention no statistics to support the assertion that "developers are switching from Mac OS X to Linux", so on that basis I think it's fair to say the piece is pretty anecdotal or fluffy. But there are plenty of reasons why people switch from OS X to Linux (see other comments, for example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13317879 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13317234 ).

Current anti-javascript sentiment that is going on? Yes, you guessed it, Trumpism.

Oh, you don't like React? Damn Brexiteer!

Future is here.

Pepe and the alt-right promote Android, everyone knows this. We're just smart enough to ignore fake-news and see Apple is still king.

This is classic..

Im talking about the faulty logic and wooly thinking that underpins all of those issues. Its all a symptom of that problem.

The thing is that around 5 years ago Apple made OS X really convenient for developers. Like Ruby, Python, Emacs preinstalled. Now they removed the Escape key which is really bad for voluntary and even involuntary vi users (SCM messages etc.) - of course there's a fix but WTF. Also the Graphic cards in the Macs aren't exactly top notch unless you spend 2000$+. Not to mention all these safety belts making usage of tools like dtruss/dtrace complicated and risky. Switching to Linux as soon as there's a convenient opportunity...

> And this recent peak in anti-apple sentiment stinks to me of the same mentality that led to Britain leaving the EU and Trump becoming president. It goes along the lines of... "This thing isn't perfect by the definition of perfect that matters to me. So I declare it to be fundamentally and irrevocably broken. It should be thrown away and everyone should do this other ill thought through thing that I like"

I don't really think that is a good analogy... If I move to linux, as long as I have the tools available, I just affect myself. The move to Brexit has wider reaching effects than just personal ones.

That being said, linux is becoming more and more accepted in the mainstream. MICROSOFT supports .NET Core on linux. Pretty much every language/IDE/tooling kit is supported on linux first. Most devs are probably using Macs like linux boxes anyway, with Homebrew and Macports.

I think previously the barrier to entry/change was higher going from Osx to linux. That barrier is pretty much gone. linux installations, especially on current/slightly older mac hardware, is plug and play. People seem to be upset about the moves that Apple is making, and for those people (admittedly this may be a vocal minority), it's easier than ever to switch. So they are.

I'm not sure name-calling is the best way to make your case. Couldn't someone who defends Apple against their shortcomings be written off as an Apple fanboy too?

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