Re: procedure to contribute this community - Mailing list pgsql-general
From | Gavin Flower |
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Subject | Re: procedure to contribute this community |
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Msg-id | 5161F2E3.3010407@archidevsys.co.nz Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Re: procedure to contribute this community (Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>) |
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Re: procedure to contribute this community
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List | pgsql-general |
On 08/04/13 09:45, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:14 AM, Gavin Flower > <GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz> wrote: >> Not to mention that it appears that Postgres runs better on Linux than on >> Microsoft. Linux skills are increasingly in demand, while MIcrosoft's >> market share is dropping (partly as a result of the Metro fiasco!). >> > Are you allowed to call it that, since they lost the rights to the > name "Metro"? *dive for cover* I most humbly apologise! I sit here suitably humbled and chastened. (I you believe that, I have a pile of scrap iron in Paris for you...) Should I have referred to it as the '_NOT_ Metro fiasco'??? > > It seems that good software works really well with other good > software. Pike and PostgreSQL and Linux work beautifully together; VB > .NET and PostgreSQL and Windows, not so much. I wonder if that's > because smart developers use awesome tools, and so build the linkages > between them first, and only support the less-awesome tools later on > as someone else asks for it... in any case, that's a theory that lets > me feel good about how smart the PostgreSQL guys are, so I'm happy > with that :) I have a friend (20+ years experience) who earns his money writing and supporting software in a Microsoft Environment, but at home he uses Linux exclusively. He is not shy at work in mentioning the advantages of Linux over Microsoft! > > I have a small number of Windows computers that I still support (and > somewhat use), and an increasing number of Linux boxes. My development > platform consists of Linux, Xfce, five workspaces, and SciTE set to > "Always on visible workspace". So as I switch between sets of terminal > windows, my editor is always there, with as many files up as I need > (and on a 1920x1080 screen, that's a lot of tabs). About a year ago, a friend lent me his 30" monitor while he went overseas for a few months. Initially it seemed far too big - then after 3 days, I got used to it, then I thought I could do with a bigger one! I have a 2560 * 1600 screen and that is not big enough, but it is bigger than yours ! - nyah, Nyah , NYAH... :-) On my workstation, I use xfce with 25 virtual workspaces, 8 currently empty, I've been logged in for about 20 days. On my laptop I use mate 1.6, but that only allows me 16 :-( But otherwise, I find mate better than xfce. Five minutes trying to use GNOME 3, was way too much time to waste on it - GNOME 3 is a triumph of Fashion over Functionality. Hence I fled to xfce. I have terminals and directory windows with multiple tabs (features not available with Microsoft as standard?), not just my editors and web browsers. It is a pity that LibreOffice does not support tabs yet. Screen real estate is precious, I try to husband it as best as I can. The beauty of Linux is that you are free to chose components like Desktop Managers that best suit your style of working, unlike Apple & Microsoft. My youngest son (15) is very intelligent, except he prefers Ubuntu's Unity D/E - but that is his choice, yet he does admit mate is more capable. > That's really all > the IDE that the system demands; that and a good set of makefiles. > Caveat: I develop *with* PostgreSQL, I don't actually do anything with > the core code. You may find the requirements different as you tinker > with the guts of a database engine. > > ChrisA > I don't even use Postgres now, except to try and keep up-to-date. However, in the next phase of my current project I hope to use it extensively. For my sins, I have a client I support who uses MySQL - Ugh! Cheers, Gavin
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