Perfect setup for a geomatics engineer

Warning

This is really opinionated!

macOS Linux Windows

• Package manager: Homebrew for pretty much everything
• Python: PyCharm as IDE; Python Package Index (PyPI) as package manager; pyenv as environment manager
• C++: CLion as IDE; Homebrew as package manager; CMake as builder
• GIS: QGIS
• 3D data: MeshLab as viewer/editor of 2-manifold meshes; CloudCompare for point clouds; ParaView for volumetric meshes
• LaTeX: MacTeX as compiler; your favourite text editor as IDE; JabRef for BibTeX management

• Package manager: APT for pretty much everything (we assume you use a Debian-based version like Ubuntu)
• Python: PyCharm as IDE; Python Package Index (PyPI) as package manager; pyenv as environment manager
• C++: CLion as IDE; Advanced Packaging Tool ( apt) as package manager; CMake as builder
• GIS: QGIS
• 3D data: MeshLab as viewer/editor of 2-manifold meshes; CloudCompare for point clouds; ParaView for volumetric meshes
• LaTeX: apt install texlive as compiler; your favourite text editor as IDE; JabRef for BibTeX management

• Package manager: Chocolatey to easily install packages without having to click
• WSL is really important to be able to run Linux
• Python: PyCharm as IDE; Python Package Index (PyPI) as package manager; pyenv-win as environment manager
• C++: CLion as IDE; brew as package manager; CMake as builder
• GIS: QGIS
• 3D data: MeshLab as viewer/editor of 2-manifold meshes; CloudCompare for point clouds; ParaView for volumetric meshes
• LaTeX: MikTeX as compiler; your favourite text editor as IDE; JabRef for BibTeX management