Linux or Os/2?

[GeorgeWbushisanidiot]

I know that linux and Os/2 are very different systems, but i have narrowed down the selection of OS's for my next machine to these two. Does anyone have any suggestions about either of these operating systems? Pros? Cons?

 

[Cyph3r]

Between those 2 OS's, I think Linux has the upperhand, for the fact that it is free, has better(and growing) support and a large community to help you go through the process of becoming familiar with the OS..

OS/2 is also a decent OS, but it's time has long since passed, support for it, be it application or otherwise is very limited. In most cases, you will end up having to run a Windows emulator on your OS/2 machines to get any app's going..I'm also not even sure how much support there is for the latest hardware in OS/2..

But as far as Linux and new hardware goes, if there isn't support there today, it will be there shortly..Regards

 

[jkdude]

Linux ALL THE WAY!!!

how many people still use OS/2, and compare that to the growing number of Linux users......

 

[Motero]

go with linux. Although os2 was pretty kewl. however, cyph3r is right. support is very little now.

 

[Changlinn]

I have both, definately go with Linux, it supports more hardware and is easier to use, it is also more future use orientated, as far as I know though os2 is free now too, personall If I were you i'd dual boot for a while see which one is more used then remove the other one.

 

[Noriaki]

I'm with Cyph3r's estimation. I found OS/2 to be good in it's time, but it's time is past The OS/2 machine I've seen in the last year-18months is the built-in workstation that controls our tape robot, and it's an IBM tape robot.

 

[danielshoes]

If you enjoy museums: get OS/2 Warp 4
If you are a gamemaniac: get Windows Me
If you plan to use your computer seriously: get Windows 2000
If you plan to use your computer seriously and are a computermaniac: get Linux
If you have nothing to do, try:
BeOS...
FreeBSD...
DOS...
Windows 3.11... (Wow! Give a break!)
Or a girlfriend...

 

[jyrixx]

linux.