Rasberry Pi 4 and IB TWS

[Same Lazy Element]

In the industry, Linux is more popular as a server platform (database server, web server, app server), not a client platform. If you're on a very tight budget, then Linux with an open source produtivity suite can replace MS Windows and MS Office, but the difference in cost is really quite small as you can purchase MS software, one or two versions old, for almost nothing.

In real life, all machines doing the actual trading (i.e. connecting to the exchange and submitting the orders) are running Linux. So if he's trying to play in the algo trading space, it's worth learning how to do that.

PS. Windows 10 truly suck. I am forced to run Win10 on my PC at work because of the Bloomberg app and the experience is so bad that I do most of my work on my Macbook.

 

[Trader13]

... PS. Windows 10 truly suck. I am forced to run Win10 on my PC at work because of the Bloomberg app and the experience is so bad that I do most of my work on my Macbook.

Which Bloomberg app runs on Win10 PC? I thought their app runs on mobile devices.