Where to begin - Windows or Linux


ball.gif Newcomers should go with the platform they know best.
  
ball.gif Windows has the advantage of a more comfortable debugging environment, but this is usually at a price.
  
ball.gif Linux, is of course, a lot cheaper. And building code from source is usually much simpler under Linux. But debugging is harder.
  
ball.gif Both platforms are actively supported and worked on by core developers.
  
ball.gifOther posix platforms are also actively supported, but not to the same extent as Windows or Linux.