Poll: What Operating System do you use and why?
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Um, clueless newb here, any chance of an explanation on WAIK and Vlite? If it helps that much I may try it on my older machine too!-[Badger said:
I use Ubuntu Linux "Lucid Lynx" 10.4 LTS, but only until 10.10; new OS every six months FTW!
I use Ubuntu because my laptop ran vista, and like all windows OS'es (at least all i have used) it gets slow, so i decided to install Ubuntu, just to get a fresh start.
In addition i have also always been a fan of the open source philosophy. The super fast boot, awesome customizing abilities, and the fact that it's free is not bad either.
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Sure, i might have to open a terminal and sudo up once in a while, but overall i think it is both faster and easier to use than vista.
So, i urge you all: Download the .iso and sacrifice a disk; its worth it!
EDIT: quick pics of desktop, yay!
[http://bildr.no/view/683535]
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I use Ubuntu because my laptop ran vista, and like all windows OS'es (at least all i have used) it gets slow, so i decided to install Ubuntu, just to get a fresh start.
In addition i have also always been a fan of the open source philosophy. The super fast boot, awesome customizing abilities, and the fact that it's free is not bad either.
hat
Sure, i might have to open a terminal and sudo up once in a while, but overall i think it is both faster and easier to use than vista.
So, i urge you all: Download the .iso and sacrifice a disk; its worth it!
EDIT: quick pics of desktop, yay!
Where are all the other options? I smell an xbox troll...
I use windows on all my machines soley because 99% of all software out there is written for it.
If I had my dream set-up, my media server would be managed by novell, because novell is awesome. One of the most secure and solid OS's out there. Pain in the ass to use, but damnit, it works. And all of my workstations would be linux based. The only reason they aren't now is because I don't like messing with WINE, and it doesn't always work.
As it is, I have XP on all but one machine, and my media server is running on xp as well.
I use windows on all my machines soley because 99% of all software out there is written for it.
If I had my dream set-up, my media server would be managed by novell, because novell is awesome. One of the most secure and solid OS's out there. Pain in the ass to use, but damnit, it works. And all of my workstations would be linux based. The only reason they aren't now is because I don't like messing with WINE, and it doesn't always work.
As it is, I have XP on all but one machine, and my media server is running on xp as well.
Exactly this. It's the minor changes that make it awesome (scrolling background, drag to fill half the screen/maximize, pretty interface, etc.)meticadpa said:
I'm using a Mac.
Due to my aura of bad luck involving electronics, I've had better luck gaming on my Macbook than I ever have on any PC ever.
And when I say "Bad luck" I mean possibly being the initiator of a bug that crashed the GM of an MMORPG.
And in general, I prefer OSX to Windows. I thought that, when given the ultimatium of either getting a mac or not getting a new computer at all, I'd loathe the damn thing, but now I find myself happier with a computer than I ever felt with windows. In getting Wine to run, I've begun to learn how the software what-nots of a computer work. I'm prolly going to try making a Linux partition to see if I like it in the future.
Due to my aura of bad luck involving electronics, I've had better luck gaming on my Macbook than I ever have on any PC ever.
And when I say "Bad luck" I mean possibly being the initiator of a bug that crashed the GM of an MMORPG.
And in general, I prefer OSX to Windows. I thought that, when given the ultimatium of either getting a mac or not getting a new computer at all, I'd loathe the damn thing, but now I find myself happier with a computer than I ever felt with windows. In getting Wine to run, I've begun to learn how the software what-nots of a computer work. I'm prolly going to try making a Linux partition to see if I like it in the future.
Just built my new i5 computer, and I am using Windows 7 64 bit. Why 7-64 bit?
1. It is basically invulnerable to root kits (64 bit I mean)
2. XP is now 7 years old. In my eyes it is the equivalent to running Windows 95 during XP times.
3. XP IS OLD! And it is slowly being fazed out in games.
4. I like having more than 3.5 gigs of ram thank you. (Have 4 gigs DDR3 1333, soon to be 8 gigs)
5. Very stable, have had only one incident of a drive failing, but it recovered and my computer didn't even crash.
1. It is basically invulnerable to root kits (64 bit I mean)
2. XP is now 7 years old. In my eyes it is the equivalent to running Windows 95 during XP times.
3. XP IS OLD! And it is slowly being fazed out in games.
4. I like having more than 3.5 gigs of ram thank you. (Have 4 gigs DDR3 1333, soon to be 8 gigs)
5. Very stable, have had only one incident of a drive failing, but it recovered and my computer didn't even crash.
On my laptop:
Ubuntu 10.04
Windows 7 Professional 64bit
On my desktop:
Windows 7 Professional 64bit
Gentoo w/Gnome
On my dev box:
Linux From Scratch - LFS ID 21947
The Ubuntu is for programming, the Windows is for gaming and compatibility, the Gentoo is because I wanted to test my automation script, and the LFS is for the challenge.
Ubuntu 10.04
Windows 7 Professional 64bit
On my desktop:
Windows 7 Professional 64bit
Gentoo w/Gnome
On my dev box:
Linux From Scratch - LFS ID 21947
The Ubuntu is for programming, the Windows is for gaming and compatibility, the Gentoo is because I wanted to test my automation script, and the LFS is for the challenge.
I use Windows XP, primarily beacuse my PC is too old to handle any of the newer operating systems (like Vista/7).
