


After some pretty hefty setup costs my freelancing business had little or no overheads and the expensive hardware I purchased was completely rock solid.

I was able to turn up at a client and start working straightaway. I plugged in TextMate, Adobe Creative Suite and MAMP and my setup was done. I purchased the original MacBook Pro and found Tiger to be a great Operating System for my needs. I was mostly a front-end developer who knew how to make things work in IE. Here is why Arch is a superior development platform for my needs.Įstimated reading time: 7 minutes Table of contentsīack in January 2006 I left an agency after three years and started freelancing. Last updated Saturday, From OSX to Arch Linux Six months ago I migrated from OSX to Arch Linux.
