> We're trying hard to keep Windows well-supported
As another Go developer on Win7, thanks, I think a lot of people really do appreciate this.
I've worked for years under Linux and OSX as well, but when I started dabbling in OpenGL via Go last year, I switched to Win7 for better nvidia gpu drivers (and Steam), simple as that. If you keep other MS crap I mean software off a Win7 system, it's a rock-solid developer OS with msys/mingw and Sublime Text and Go. I wouldn't touch Win8 but my 7 setup is absolutely working for me as of now. Ultimately I'll have to head back to a Unix seeing the direction Windows is taking, but I'm really happy to be able to work in Go as a first-class citizen for the time being.
Also given today's prevalence of Unixes in developer circles, Win7 is ironically the only OS giving off that "bad-ass underdog" vibe..
As another Go developer on Win7, thanks, I think a lot of people really do appreciate this.
I've worked for years under Linux and OSX as well, but when I started dabbling in OpenGL via Go last year, I switched to Win7 for better nvidia gpu drivers (and Steam), simple as that. If you keep other MS crap I mean software off a Win7 system, it's a rock-solid developer OS with msys/mingw and Sublime Text and Go. I wouldn't touch Win8 but my 7 setup is absolutely working for me as of now. Ultimately I'll have to head back to a Unix seeing the direction Windows is taking, but I'm really happy to be able to work in Go as a first-class citizen for the time being.
Also given today's prevalence of Unixes in developer circles, Win7 is ironically the only OS giving off that "bad-ass underdog" vibe..