Ok, not relevant to Meteor but really, it's a pleasure to use Meteor under linux. it's very fast to get things done; at the end of the day, that's what you need. Put your idea on paper, make a new folder, "meteor create myshinyapp", run it, go. read more
" Meteor is a complete open source platform for building web and mobile apps in pure JavaScript. Meteor.js is a cohesive development platform, a collection of libraries and packages that are bound together in a tidy way to make web development easier. read more