Only if that's the only dimension you care about. It's one dimension and it's an important dimension (for me). More important than that (for me) is "it should be Unix-like and I should have easy access to a typical Unix toolchain."
My experience is that for the last 5 years OS X and Windows are in roughly the same ballpark in terms of how much I have to think about non-software issues, although Windows is better in that dimension, as you say. Linux is not really in the same ballpark, or at best it's way out in the nosebleed section.
My experience is that for the last 5 years OS X and Windows are in roughly the same ballpark in terms of how much I have to think about non-software issues, although Windows is better in that dimension, as you say. Linux is not really in the same ballpark, or at best it's way out in the nosebleed section.