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Originally Posted by Nitinol
Most of the Linux community already uses a combination of Makefiles and Emacs for nearly all of their programming needs.
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Emacs?!?!?!?!? Vim ftw
But I agree with your point, Makefiles + text editors are definately the most flexible and robust way to go. While Eclipse is certainly better than MPlab, it has its own set of limitations which should not be overlooked.
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Originally Posted by Astronouth7303
From the sound of it, there are only issues when you use a 64-bit operating system on top of a 64-bit processor. The 64-bit version of Windows XP is not widely used, IIRC. There are 64-bit Linux distros, but they are still somewhat unstable.
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Yes, 64-bit Windows is virtually worthless because nobody makes decent drivers for it. Maybe that's changed with Vista.
But with Linux, 64-bit is a perfectly valid option. I'm running 64-bit Gentoo over here, and it is 100% functional and stable. Maybe some distros like Ubuntu or Fedora aren't quite as flexible when it comes to 64-bit, but 64-bit Linux should not be discounted.