Operating System Choice

Has nothing to do with old. So far no better input devices have been invented for productive work in front of a computer than a mouse and a keyboard. Simple as that. Also the larger screen real estate makes for more productive use.

Jack_Larkin said:
Holy crap.. you said something I actually strongly, strongly agree with.

Maybe I'm just getting old and set in my ways, but I find myself the most productive on 'desktop metaphor' user interfaces when it comes to workstations. Regardless of the OS in question.
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volpunter said:
Has nothing to do with old. So far no better input devices have been invented for productive work in front of a computer than a mouse and a keyboard. Simple as that. Also the larger screen real estate makes for more productive use.
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You got that right.
I feel pretty annoyed when having to do too many things on a laptop with 1 pittyful screen and a stupid touch pad, or even worse doing data research from the phone (usually just to get something to back up a Facebook flame war while on the move)
Nothing beats a nice ergonomic keyboard with a mouse , 40"+ of screens and a good chair.

:)

And yeah, windows 8's phone wannabe complex is annoying...
 
volpunter said:
Silverlight on Linux is called Moonlight, which is an open source port of Silverlight to Linux. But who needs that anyways?
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Well, Fidelity Active Trader Pro requires the ability to run either Silverlight or win32 binaries. (One can trade via Fidelity's web site, but there are limitations there, such as allowing only 2 decimal places in prices).
 
that would of course be a problem with currencies that require 5 decimal places ;-)



loufah said:
Well, Fidelity Active Trader Pro requires the ability to run either Silverlight or win32 binaries. (One can trade via Fidelity's web site, but there are limitations there, such as allowing only 2 decimal places in prices).
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"The news of Linus joining Microsoft has outraged the hardcore Linux users. Forums and Google Plus are flooded with reactions from angry users who felt like cheated on this news. "

-> This is precisely the reason why one sometimes can't argue objectively with certain kinds of people. Some get emotionally involved instead of focusing on facts, only. A new kernel for Windows in long overdue and with growing user acceptance of using special "emulators" or other software solutions to maintain backward compatibility this could actually become reality. "No viruses on Windows anymore? That was the give-away, utter and complete hoax. But then again, would you not break with past principles if you were offered couple millions and a team of multiple hundred engineers, developers, project managers, to develop something revolutionary that Microsoft had no issue with pumping unlimited funding into?

eusdaiki said:
looks like windows is going to get a decent kernel for version 9!!
:)

http://itsfoss.com/linus-torvalds-to-join-microsoft/
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volpunter said:
"The news of Linus joining Microsoft has outraged the hardcore Linux users. Forums and Google Plus are flooded with reactions from angry users who felt like cheated on this news. "

-> This is precisely the reason why one sometimes can't argue objectively with certain kinds of people. Some get emotionally involved instead of focusing on facts, only. A new kernel for Windows in long overdue and with growing user acceptance of using special "emulators" or other software solutions to maintain backward compatibility this could actually become reality. "No viruses on Windows anymore? That was the give-away, utter and complete hoax. But then again, would you not break with past principles if you were offered couple millions and a team of multiple hundred engineers, developers, project managers, to develop something revolutionary that Microsoft had no issue with pumping unlimited funding into?
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Some ppl can be almost religious around this subject.
I see it as windows going 1 step closer to being a Linux distro :D
 
Stockie said:
Choose a distro - probably one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution#Popular_distributions

If running headless (on a server) then your criteria will be different than for a desktop.

Three major considerations are hardware compatibility, package management and GUI / windows manager. A fourth consideration might be which distributions are offered by hosting companies.

GUI / Windows manager is normally GNOME or KDE. Either is fine, down to personal preference.

If you have a spare laptop or PC it's easy enough to install and test out and compare. Installation typically can be done is under 30 minutes. You can test many out using a live CD version.

I've been using Ubuntu for years and Gentoo previously, and RedHat before that. I'm considering switching, maybe to Mint. I mostly work from the console, so it doesn't matter too much.

Other opinions welcome.

Are you backtesting or wanting to automate your trading or other?
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Would you please tell me the link where I can install? Ubuntu or Mint, whatever you recommend?

Also, anyone have trouble to use the web trading system, such as Etrade, Scottrade, .... And how about the API use in IB and TradeKing under Linux?
 
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