I still like UNIX better
3 years ago
But at least now I have learned enough to actually get stuff done in Windows. That, and enough of my favorite tools have been ported over that I don’t have to feel homesick.
Knit Geek has written 4 entries about this goal
Sticking with Vim
3 years ago
I’ve been experimenting with several excellent editors for Windows, including UltraEdit and Crimson Editor. The experiments will continue, but for now I am going to stick to a Windows install of Vim. Becoming familiar with Windows doesn’t mean I have to drop everything I already know in the dust!
Crimson Editor
4 years ago
The free Crimson Editor is a nice Windows-based text editor for the programmer types who aren’t keen on learning the unusual chords involved in Vim and Emacs. I’ve been using it more frequently on the windows partition of my computer, and I gotta admit: you could do worse.
I know, I know
4 years ago
All the cool kids are using OS X and Linux. The really cool kids are using FreeBSD. I love these operating systems myself, and spend every possible moment on them. But that means I don’t really know what can be done on my Windows partition besides play games and mess with PhotoShop. My vision of Windows is stuck somewhere around Windows 98—in other words, my vision of Windows is woefully outdated. Heck, I didn’t even know much about the OS back then!
Getting comfortable with Windows includes the pointy clicky things, sure, but for me it really means digging into cmd and finding out what I can do from the command line.
Maybe I’ll never truly be comfortable on a Windows machine, but I know I can get more comfy than I am today.
