I do. I still log on to the computational cluster via SSH, but so do people from under Linux. However, most of the programs I use, have more capabilities or are more convenient than their Unix analogues. So the need for Linux on my desktop is eliminated.

Here I would discuss some tricks/adjustments/settings that make my work more pleasant and productive. Mostly it touches my work with SIESTA, but people writing their own programs in C or Fortran may also find it useful.

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