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What OS do you run?
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:45 pm
by AlecH
Hello all,
I was kinda wondering what OS everyone is running lately, and some of you would probably say, ugh.. windows, what else, LOL. But for alot of people I geuss that aint the case, especially for me, a mac/linux user.
-maddog39

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:48 pm
by Roja
My vote goes for Linux (*ix), but I run multiple machines.. 2 Linux, 1 Windows, and OpenBSD in a VM.

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:22 pm
by Chris Corbyn
3 variants of Linux. Ubuntu, Gentoo, ArchLinux.
I have windows xp installed on my laptop but I seriously think I've never even logged into it... it's just ther because it was pre-installed when I bought it. I'd use it if I needed to though, but windows just doesn't offer what I like sadly.
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:34 pm
by neophyte
Sadly I'm still a 50/50 Linux/Windows user. I'd like to go more fully to Linux. I like KDE. I like Debian Distro's for my desktop. So far I've tried: Mepis, Kubuntu, and Linspire. For the last 3 years I worked on a Mac at work.
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:54 pm
by alex.barylski
I enjoy developing custom controls for Windows and I love Visual studio as an editor...
I can also do all of my PHP development on Windows and upload it to a better suited Linux machine when it's ready for prime time.
Sadly, hitherto, I have had little interest in learning anything linux...
I was into hardware and A+ years back, but I decided then that I just enjoyed programming more...
I've used M$ products basically since the dawn of their existance, I understand them well...
So sadly or not...I vote 110% Windows as of now...
Although I must admit I love looking at linux kernel source code...I have 3 books floating around somewhere on the linux kernel...one which I glance over and occasionally read (O'Reillys - Understanding the linux kernel). If I could think of something that would interest me enough to bother going in and changing the code...
I'm sure i'd become a linux supporter soon enough

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:15 am
by shiznatix
was about a 60% windows user up until yesterday afternoon. Now I finally have ubuntu running very cleanly on my laptop so I will use that always now and at work we run Debian. So aside from things that must be done on windows at school I will be keeping with my debian based linux distros.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:12 am
by Maugrim_The_Reaper
90% Linux/10% Windows user. Most of the 10% is spent shooting grunts in F.E.A.R....

Games ensure even a hardened Linux nut will have Windows installed somewhere - assuming they play games.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:15 am
by jayshields
Well, I'll break the ice. I've never used Linux...
I've always used Windows and never found a fault with it.
When I build my new machine in the next couple of weeks I'm hoping to make it a dual booting system with Linux on one half, haven't really looked into it yet so I don't know about which flavour to choose or how to do it.
Even with Linux on it, I can imagine I will only use it to play around, everything I need is on Windows.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:50 am
by Ree
I'm 100% Windows user. I have everything I need on it so I never thought about switching to Linux and have no plans to do so in the future either. Games is also something I enjoy from time to time, so it does have its weight as well.

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:58 am
by Jenk
Windows mostly, tried converting fully to linux a while back but I just couldn't be bothered getting everything to run on it, only for a small patch to be released within a few months and the whole cycle to happen again (WineX/Cedega) so have gone back to XP.
Still have a Gentoo boot option though.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:03 am
by shiznatix
I completly understand the 'windows works for me' idea and I was one of those people too but here are the 2 real reasons for my switch:
-I conquered windows, I could do perdy much everything with it and even had my cd key memorized by heart. I just felt like it was time to learn somthing new, keep the mind moving.
-Looks great on your CV when applying for any IT job. 'Ya I know Linux, I run it at home and on my laptop'. People definatly like that as has been my expierence.
But, what windows version you run? XP, 2000, ME (outdated but some people still like the oldies)?
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:23 am
by jayshields
I'm on XP Pro. Hopefully gunna make the switch to Vista when it's released, providing there aren't a million bugs in it at launch. When I've got the new system running it should handle all this snazzy visual stuff from Vista quite well.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:14 am
by Ree
shiznatix wrote:-Looks great on your CV when applying for any IT job. 'Ya I know Linux, I run it at home and on my laptop'. People definatly like that as has been my expierence.
You're right here. If only I had a spare machine I would definately install some Linux distro on it.
shiznatix wrote:But, what windows version you run? XP, 2000, ME (outdated but some people still like the oldies)?
Like most, I use XP Pro SP2 as well.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:29 am
by Roja
Ree wrote:shiznatix wrote:-Looks great on your CV when applying for any IT job. 'Ya I know Linux, I run it at home and on my laptop'. People definatly like that as has been my expierence.
You're right here. If only I had a spare machine I would definately install some Linux distro on it.
If you didn't know, you can run a "Live" distro, which runs from CD.
It doesn't disturb your OS install, change the harddrive, or anything of the sort. Doing so will allow you to get a feel for Linux without having to use an entirely different machine, or setup a virtual machine. Its a nice starting point if you want to get your feet wet.
If you find you like it, you could use VMWare (the server package is now FREE!) to build a Linux machine that runs as a window - just like it was a game or another application!
Point being, you don't have to give up Windows if you only have one machine, to try Linux.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:32 am
by Roja
shiznatix wrote:But, what windows version you run? XP, 2000, ME (outdated but some people still like the oldies)?
I run Win2k. Its less that I 'like the oldies', and more that I refuse to phone home to Microsoft everytime I want to change my hardware. I change motherboards rather frequently, and virtually every time you do that, you have to get reauthorized. If I pay my money for an OS, and the license, I shouldn't be treated like a criminal (guilty until proven innocent by calling in) if I change my hardware.
I am an avid gamer, which is why I keep Windows around, but I draw the line at 2000. I won't go to XP and above, so if a game ends up requiring it, they've lost my business. In the alternative, I will be buying a MacBookPro hopefully close to the time Vista launches, so I can get games for it instead. (I'm primarily addicted to WoW and Civ4).