Which is the best linux program for a C++ programmer? [closed]

Question

I have always wanted to step away from windows and go completely linux, but the only thing that prevents me are the programs. The problem is that I am use to the intellisense in Visual Studio 2008. I have looked for many alternatives to a program which displays the functions as visual studio does, but none seem to have what I am looking for. I have found programs such as notepad++ and it is awesome, but I don't like how it only uses color codes for the text. I know you can do CTRL-SPACE to get the Auto-Completion function to appear, but it is nothing like the one in Visual studio. If anyone knows of a linux program which does as specified, please tell me the name. I really want to put Windows away and go into linux. It has been interesting me for quite some while now. Also, I would like to know which programs you use to program in linux and why you like it. Thanks for your time.

Answer 1

I'd recommend vi. Intellisense et. al. is a crutch, spend some time coding without it, you'll be amazed at how much better your code is when you actually have to think about what you're doing instead of just picking through packages. If you really can't live without, either NetBeans or Eclipse are good. Nothing's going to seem "as good" as VS, because it'll be different (and let's face it, VS is a pretty nice dev environment), but it's not hard to make the switch. And you'll be getting all the benefits of Linux to offset whatever you might feel you're losing: a real shell, a search command that actually works, tools that don't make you step through a five-dialog "wizard" just to set up a database connection...