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> a lot of tools are made primarily for Linux. Surprisingly this even includes very popular ones like Git

A bit off-topic but this particular example becomes less surprising if you look up who created git :)




Not only who create git, but why specifically they created git.


How to make people who were there to witness it and migrated projects from subversion before GitHub was a thing feel old. Twas only yesterday dammit


Imagine how old you feel when you remember Subversion being the new thing replacing CVS…


Or moving from RCS to CVS.


But why did they create it?

Linux (UNIX) is an engineering OS. Windows is a slap dash Product chaotically rushed out and now buried under several layers of fad-strata that was meant to help moms store recipes on their kitchen PC. This is directly reflected in the development experience and culture.


This is wrong on so many levels. Linux started out as a hobby project. In contrast, Windows NT started out as a well designed system made by seasoned professionals.


... Linux was a hobby project copying UNIX. And Windows NT's "good design and professional pedigree" must be subtle because Windows is a hot, disorganized mess that's hell to use or develop in.


Well Linux needs Docker containers to make deployment and dependency handling manageable, so I’m not too sure which one is the hotter mess.




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