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...