Contrary to popular belief, I'm not a linux-purist. That does not mean I'm a Windows freak, or anything of that sort. I just use the environment I see fit for the task at hand. When I code from home, I mostly use Komodo under ubuntu. When I'm at work, I still use Komodo, but I need to use Windows — work policy. Obviously, if I need to code in Java, I use Eclipse and if I need to code in C/C++ I'll use good ol' notepad2. When I'm on Windows, I IM from Digsby, it's a great application and I'm an alpha tester, so I get to see the cool features even if they're never pushed to the public. When I'm under Linux, I use Pidgin, because it's a great piece of software. When I need to chat from my mobile, I use fring, because it simply blew my mind. The point is: I'm trying to not get tied to one platform or application. It's like buying an uber-keyboard. It's great, at first. You have all those shortcuts, a scroll wheel right on the  keyboard, quick application launchers, a layout that makes better sense — and then you go to work and it's a totally different keyboard and half the time, you're looking for the on-keyboard scroll wheel. All because you got used to YOUR keyboard. So I changed IDE's, changed themes, kept the taskbar on the top of the screen, used very different IM clients — all that huey. In that spirit, I've tried out a lot of operating systems. I've tried out most public versions of Windows, Debian(not ubuntu), Red Hat, Ubuntu,and even UNIX, though not for long. I've found features I've loved in all of them and picking a favorite is impossible. I've spent most of January 2009 on Windows 7.

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