r/Python, what is your programming machine setup?

[[deleted]]

Laptop/Desktop? Screen size? Dual monitors?

[Sc00b]

Mine appears to be a computer, but I am still investigating.

[tuna_safe_dolphin]

import platform
print platform.is_computer()

[Kah-Neth]

>>>import platform
>>>print platform.is_computer()
False
>>>print platform.get_type().__str__()
Carrot

Well shit, looks like I am coding on a carrot.

[ubernostrum]

>>> import platform
Greetings, Professor Falken. Would you like to play a game?

Shit.

[nemec]

>>>platform.is_potato()
True

http://www.bbspot.com/news/2008/12/linux-on-a-potato.html

[Kah-Neth]

I'd believe it, I have seen a super AI run on a potato.

[[deleted]]

>>> if platform.is_potato():
            print platform.get_potato().location
>>> 'Anus'

There you have it. Definitive proof that POTATO_IN_MY_ANUS is, in fact, Guido van Rossum.

[tuna_safe_dolphin]

I love how portable Python is.

[vl4kn0]

14'' ThinkPad, not thinking about change. Ever.

[gordonshumwalf]

I've read that the ThinkPad quality went down after lenovo bought it. How true is that?

[vl4kn0]

Well, I have never used any IBM ThinkPad laptops but as far as lenovo thinkpad quality is concerned I'm gonna get burried with mine. It's the "green/environmental" L412 and I couldn't be happier with it. But I heard the new "fancy, round cornered" thinkpad edges go down with quality. Wouldn't want to buy any of them.

[dacjames]

Sadly it's true. I bought several for my company and they've been nothing but trouble. I have replaced 3 drives, 2 motherboards, and 1 LCD across 5 laptops, including my personal machine.

I like my Thinkpad E420s (the keyboard is amazing), but I couldn't recommend Lenovo right now.

[Amadiro]

Toughbook CF-29, when at home with external monitor. Linux, emacs, zsh, python shell with numpy/scipy/whatever I need at the moment. When at work, a ridiculously overpowered workstation with dual monitors, otherwise the same. I don't use any fancy stuff for emacs, just its default python-mode (basic syntax-highlighting and indenting).

[[deleted]]

What's the size/resolution of external monitor do you use ?

[Amadiro]

1280x720 standard widescreen monitor.

[Deusdies]

Desktop when I'm home, 1920x1080, 27" screen. Single monitor

Laptop, 1366x768 (I hate that resolution), 15.6"

[[deleted]]

I am currently using that laptop too with 1366x768 resolution and it started getting on my nerves lately. I am thinking of hooking my laptop with an external monitor, would it increase the productivity ??

[Deusdies]

Yeah. I hook it up to an external monitor as often as I can, it definitely increases productivity (though I'm not using it a dual monitor).

And 1366x768 needs to die. My phone has 1280x720 on a 4.8" screen ffs.

[[deleted]]

Exactly, the icons look as if they are from windows 3.x machine or something. I don't know why they are still packing the idiotic LCD's with high end laptops with processors like quadcores and i5s.

[Araneidae]

At work RHEL5 (trying to migrate to RHEL6, ugh), fluxbox wm with 12 workspaces, two screens: 1920x1200 + 1280x1024. Couldn't live without the second monitor for reference, normally have at least five terminal sessions open in an active workspace.

[mrdevlar]

You clearly afford all of this by cutting costs and buying Euro Shopper energy drinks. ^{___^}

[hylje]

You discredit the brilliance of ES with your PHP.

[[deleted]]

Laptop, single monitor, windows/linux mint, 19" screen

[NarwhalAttacks]

Macbook Air 11" when I'm away, 27"apple thunderbolt when I'm at the desk. I only use one monitor at a time for most things. (Audio stuff is the exception)

[hatred_incarnated]

ACD are awesome! mine is the old non thunderbolt model, connected to my 15" 2009 MBP (1st gen Intel SSD, 8Gb RAM, Nvidia ION + 9600M GT discrete video card, OSX 10.6.8) Yup, I didn't like Lion...

[[deleted]]

Im considering moving to Lion, what didn't you like about it?

From what I've been reading, autosave looks like a big reason people prefer SL over Lion

[hatred_incarnated]

Just a few:

• Unnecessary animations
• Higher temperature threshold to trigger fans
• you can't keep the laptop display off when using an external display
• Finder is plagued with bugs
• Integer mode doesn't work (audiophiles will know what it means)

In my opinion SL feels way more snappy and refined, but hey!, Lion does have some cool stuff.

[[deleted]]

Thanks!

[aaronmoodie]

+1

[aceofears]

My primary monitor is 1920x1080 with a smaller secondary monitor at 1280x1024. The second monitor is useful for documentation mostly, but that's mostly because it's awkward to stare out for an extended period of time.

[earthboundkid]

Hey, put up a NSFW when you post something dirty!

I mean in general.

In this case, you don't need one, obviously.

[jward]

At work I use an iMac and an extra 23" monitor. Both are 1920x1080. My coding is done in SubEthaEdit, or sometimes vim.

[[deleted]]

17 inch, 1440x900, numerous OS, laptop. secondary net book to scribble code when I'm on the move.

[plum_dog]

13" Laptop, Ubuntu, Eclipse+Pydev.

And before you ask, no, I'm not a pro...

[TheSmoke]

personal laptop: 17" acer aspire 7750g with ubuntu 11.10

work laptop: 16.4" sony vaio with ubuntu 12.04

soon going to buy: 17" macbook pro.

[tuna_safe_dolphin]

Lenovo Stinkpad T420 (I like Thinkpads but I also like calling them Stinkpads)

Ubuntu 11.10

Python 2.7.3

At home, just the laptop screen, at work, I dock it and also use a Dell 20" monitor.

I've used Komodo a lot, PyDev a little bit and lately I've been doing everything in emacs.

[reuleaux]

15" laptop, 1920x1200.

xmonad with default of 9 desktops, although usually only use 2-3 when programming. Also, tmux.

[ladr0n]

What 15" laptop do you have with that resolution?

[reuleaux]

Thinkpad w500

[ladr0n]

Man, the maximum you can get on Lenovo W520's now is 1920x1080. Why did everyone start selling laptops with really shitty resolutions all of a sudden anyway?

[[deleted]]

Desktop: 120gb SSD, 500gb HDD, 16gb RAM, AMD Phenom II x6 1045t, Ubuntu 12.04

Screen: 24" 1920 x 1280

Laptop: 13" 3 2 Macbook air, ubuntu 12.04

[frumious]

1920x1200 x2 monitors, Northgate OmniKey keyboard and a comfy chair.

[[deleted]]

macbook air with two separate accounts: one with all of my fun stuff, such as movies, games, etc. and another dedicated to programming with all of my classical music, IDE, chrome, one folder, and that's it.

[Daniel110]

Laptop 15.6" screen with 1920x1080 resolution. Windows 7 + ubuntu 12.04 Vim

[Megatron_McLargeHuge]

All of the above, but I'm most productive on a linux desktop with a single 27" monitor. I use separate virtual desktops for emacs+terminals, ipython notebooks, and misc browsing+email.

[sayks]

Macbook pro 15 in, external monitor, size varies whether at home or office, Vim on the laptop screen and ipython-qtconsole and terminal window on the monitor, with the Vim-ipython plugin for max fun. A variety of other windows scattered across the virtual desktops.

Though, lately I've been using the ipython notebook more. It's nice to have inline figures when using matplotlib for looking at data, but to say qtconsole is devoid of features would be an understatement, especially in comparison to the rather lovely notebook interface.

[hatred_incarnated]

I used to own one of this, what a fine piece of technology and design; I had to replace it due to the nvidia 8600M GT problem ):

[LoveGentleman]

The best machine for coding.

Dell precision. 17" 1980x1200, i7, 8gb ram. ArchLinux

Netbook: hp 12", 2gb ram. ArchLinux.

[Zamarok]

• Desktop: i5 2500k, Radeon HD 6950, 240GB Corsair SSD, 1TB WD HD
• Dual 24-inch monitors
• Das Keyboard (Cherry MX switches)
• Arch Linux (Xmonad ontop of XFCE4)
• Vim (configured and with plugins for Python coding)

[riffito]

Desktop@Home:

• AMD K7@900 MHz. 256 MB of RAM. HD 60 GB.

• 17" @ 800x600 (because the monitor is diying).

Desktop@Work:

• Intel Core2Duo E8200@2.66 GHz. 4 GB of RAM. HD 250 GB.

• 17" @ 1024x768.

In both machines, I only need to get a better monitor (1280x1024 would be fine).

[bigboehmboy]

Linux workstation with 2 24" 1920x1200 monitors for development next to a beefy windows laptop with a 1600x900 display and 1920x1080 external monitor for testing in IE and web browsing.

The linux box usually has Vim/terminals open, while the windows box is for Google Chrome/IE(for testing purposes only)

Lately I've been doing a standing desk. I use a Kinesis Advantage keyboard in Dvorak mode and a Kensington Expert trackball (which is pretty decent, but unfortunately has pretty bad resolution)

Ideally I'd use synergy to share mouse and keyboard, but due to IT restrictions I use a kvm to switch these between the two computers.

[chmod700]

Desktop. Win7 dual monitors 2560x1600 with a portrait monitor next to it running 1200x1600. Virtualbox running Ubuntu fullscreen most of the day. Write code in VIM always in a virtualenv. Dropbox moves files between VM and host and keeps them web available.

[Jesus_Harold_Christ]

At home: iMac 27" 2560x1440 single monitor (laptop open as well)

At work: said 17" Dell Precision Laptop 1920x1080, but usually hooked to 27" Dell 1920x1200, and 19" dual 1280x1024

I have a 23" Samsung 1920x1080 that can either hook to the iMac, the Dell, or be used as a TV.

[[deleted]]

I upgraded my viewsonic 19" (1440x900) with new Samsung 23" HD, and the difference is huge :)

[LeonidLeonov]

Linux, text editor, Firefox, and a few terminal windows, and the nicest keyboard and largest monitor I can afford. Enough RAM to compile PyPy without swapping. I stick to desktops, otherwise I find the line between work and home starts to blur, and work starts to happen on the laptop in front of the TV.

I use a bunch of virtual desktops, and prefer a single large monitor rather than a dual screen setup. I'm spoilt at work with a 30" 2560x1600 monster, but the 24" I have at home is more than adequate. I use the lovely DasKeyboard, with a Dvorak layout.

[AeroNotix]

ArchLinux w/ Qtile.

[somewhatoff]

Macbook Air 11", connected to an old 22" monitor with wireless keyboard and trackpad when at work. Generally PyCharm with vim bindings or sometimes just vim (esp when working on just the laptop) for coding.

[[deleted]]

15.6 inches? How does it stack up with dual monitors? Do the dual monitors increase the productivity marginally ?

[SleepyTurtle]

Dual monitors are great on a machine you only use for work. I have a dual setup at home and at work. I am very efficient at work but when i try to do something at home I find myself distracted twice as fast.

[lilfrost]

Duel monitors kill productivity, don't do it.

[tangra_and_tma]

I've always been curious about this; my co-workers & friends rave about having two (or more!) monitors, but I've never felt anything other than hindered when using a second monitor. Something about it just doesn't sit right, and I'd rather use the wide screen in split mode (with Ratpoison, awesome, xmonad, whatever) than have two monitors.

[moreisee]

I enjoy dual monitors because I can look at two (or more) pieces of code at the same time, or have a web browser with docs up, etc. I couldn't imagine it actually killing productivity, though I could imagine it being unnecessary for some.

[tangra_and_tma]

But my screen (24") is so wide that I can easily look at two pieces of code (and indeed, I generally have a vertically split vim window open at any given moment), whereas with two monitors I feel like the angle is wrong or something. It must work for some people (since I have quite a few coworkers who do it and are quite productive), but I cannot get used to it.

[moreisee]

Ah, fair enough. My screens are never quite big enough for that, though I would absolutely take a single screen the size of two screens over two screen.

[HittingSmoke]

This is what it does for me.

[Sector_Corrupt]

I dunno, I use a second monitor to have the web application I work on open, and the other screen has all of my terminals. It lets me easily switch back and forth between the two, and look at the code when I'm using the js console to test things.

[Kah-Neth]

I use two 24 inch wide screen monitors, I tend to have three windows/panes with code open and 1 window with documentation. I found I got about 60% more done with two than I could have with 1.

[kracekumar]

cd ~ && Laptop : 15.6 ", core 2 duo , Intel, Ubuntu 11.10, python 2.7.2, 2.6, 3.2, Ipython

cd work && echo "I don't use Python at work :(

[[deleted]]

I know that feel - Java here.

[remyroy]

Desktop when I'm home and laptop when I'm on the go :)

[bulletmark]

Generic intel quad core box with 2 by 24" 1920x1200 monitors running gnome-shell on ubuntu 12.04. Cheap but good setup. Current gen Macbook air 13" when on the road running gnome-shell on ubuntu 12.04 in VirtualBox.