I personally recommend linux for reprap. Stops issues like Microsoft randomly rebooting your pc to apply updates at 3am, even though you have set it to not apply updates... but thats just my preference.
Most reprap software is platform independent. It will run on any common OS
And a ftdi driver is available for common os's
Most reprap software is platform independent. It will run on any common OS
And a ftdi driver is available for common os's