Operating System of Choice?

[zerocomm]

Just wanted to know what is the popular OS for anand kiddies. I use Slackware Linux 8.0 and FreeBSD. Put an explaination if you have time why you use that OS.

 

[bmacd]

win2k: i've always used windows and i was looking for something semi-stable
win2k AS: for a box i'm working on.
mandrake 8.2/switching to 9: just to say i've tried linux

-=bmacd=-

 

[Entity]

RH8 at work, because it is more productive for me.
XP at home, because I like Word. 😀

Rob

 

[aphex]

os2warp.

 

[Mucman]

FreeBSD

[*]t's free
[*]it's versatile (use it as a desktop, and have other machines running as servers
[*]it has never crashed, and if some application crashes I can always recover
[*]lots of free software has been written/ported for it

 

[cmdavid]

win2k because if it ain't broken, don't fix it...

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: aphexII
os2warp.

i've been looking for the ISO of that for a long while... wanna play around with it

 

[zerocomm]

os2warp? my god.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: zerocomm
os2warp? my god.

oops i fergot the 😉

 

[Eli]

Win2k Pro.

 

[Chaotic42]

Debian testing:

Debian is the one distrobution that I have used that feels like a complete operating system. apt-get is great, Debian isn't in a hurry to get up to version 10.0 like some distros that were released after it, and the community is great (with a few notable exceptions from Turkey...).

I use the testing version because Debian seems behind the curve of new software, and the only way to stay truly up-to-date is to run testing. If there are bugs, I can help by letting the developers know.

 

[tweakmm]

win2k ownz j00

 

[BigJohnKC]

Win 2k
<--too lazy to switch to XP, and 2k still works, so why fix it if it's not broken?

 

[deerslayer]

Originally posted by: tweakmm
win2k ownz j00

Couldn't have said it better myself. Well maybe "win2k pro ownz j00" 😉

 

[pac1085]

Gentoo Linux
I like to run bleeding edge software, and have it compiled/optimized exactly for my system. It has a great package management system(portage). Plus the Gentoo community is really cool.

 

[Electric Amish]

Win2K at home because MS doesn't make games for Linux. 😉

Win98SE at work, 'cuz that's what they gave us. 😉

Downloading RH8.0 as we speak to play with.


amish

 

DOS 1.4

 

[zerocomm]

I've noticed all of my hardcore comp friends who grew out of games switched to linux.

 

[Paulson]

Win2k (personal use)/Linux (server)

That's my personal opinion.

 

[stev0]

Originally posted by: zerocomm
Just wanted to know what is the popular OS for anand kiddies. I use Slackware Linux 8.0 and FreeBSD. Put an explaination if you have time why you use that OS.

make a poll newb 😉

for me... win 2k pro at work, server ed. on the servers. at home, xp pro on my laptop and normal use desktop, 2k pro on my gaming rig.

 

[Kevin]

Windows 3.1 for Workgroups 😉 I think I may still have the floppies for it...

XP Pro SP1 on main rig, Win2K on my older system.

Just got some more RAM though so I think I'll run a virtual Win2K environment soon...