Develop on Linux !

Linux is a standard-respectful  platform.

 When you develop on Linux, your software will likely use standardized APIs from standardized
programming languages (Perl, Bash, Tcl/Tk, Java, Posix, Ansi­C, C++...)
so that your software will be easily ported on other operating systems:
 • BSD
• Mac OS­X
• Solaris
• HP­UX
 • AIX
• True­64
• Irix
• Hurd
• QNX
• ... With a bit of care, it is even possible to develop directly pure portable code. So Choose Linux to develop platform­ independent code