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OSUFlatland
Windows is far more user friendly in day to day use.
This is something I read often, and which is hard to believe to me. Recently I set up XP just for testing Configtool and I found a lot of obstacles. I installed Git and got kind of a secondary shell system. I installed Python and it wouldn't start a .py script from the command line. There is no package management system. Much easier with Ubuntu: apt-get whatever and go ahead. Or Synaptic, the apt-get with GUI. Or Ubuntu's app shop.
Anyways. Tastes are different. Does this micro pro based programmer work now? Wiring is decribed here: [www.arduino.cc] (with an extra note for the 32u4).
Then get Gen7 Arduino IDE support installed: [reprap.org] to get the bits neccessary for the ATmega1284P.
For doing the actual programming, command line version is on the lower part of the same wiki page. Using the GUI, these appear to be good instructions: [letsmakerobots.com]