What OS do you use?

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: silverpig
So are people continuing to post in this thread with any expectation that anyone else will read about what OS they use?

Exactly. Never underestimate the NEF factor of ATOT.

I guess a poll in the original post would have made this thread more informative.

Yes, but some of us run more than one OS. How would we choose?

 

[silverpig]

It's just funny how these list threads go on and on and on...

 

[Descartes]

At home:

- Windows XP
- Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Windows 2000 Professional
- RedHat Linux 8.0
- Debian r3

At work:

- Windows 2000 Professional
- SCO OpenServer 5
- AIX
- too many flavors of linux to list, but mostly RedHat boxen

All of the above are on their own machines. I'm not all about dual/triple/... booting.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: Beattie
I thought this was a "geeky" forum... so many of you use windows...

I use:
Main computer -- Win2k/Gentoo linux (gotta have something for games)
secondary computer -- Debian Linux
Laptop -- Mac OS X (an iBook, I use this as much/more than the "main" one)

Because to be a geek you have to run linux?

 

[pac1085]

Originally posted by: LordRaiden
Just trying to get a general idea of what OS everyone here uses.

I use unix mostly, but I also have a couple of machines with 98se and Win2k on them for oddball tasks.

My unix box runs Freebsd 4.5 with KDE 3.1 final!

KDE 3.1 final? 3.1_rc6 is the latest release.

I dual boot Gentoo (1.4_rc2) and Windows XP (sigh) on my desktop and FreeBSD 4.7 on my web-server.

 

[BeauJangles]

XP pro on my machine...

 

[Vinny N]

Win2K SP3 Pro all the way

Also installed on grandma's solitaire computer which runs sygate for the rest of these computers.

WinXP Pro on my siblings computers

Win98 on my mother's computer (haven't seen it in 2 years so haven't had a chance to decide if it should run anything else.

 

[Vampirrella]

of my 5 systems, 3 running winxp pro, 2 win98se and 1 on win2k pro

 

[Savij]

My Desktop: WinXP Pro
Laptop 1: WinXP Pro
Laptop 2: RedHat 8
Router: FreeBSD 4.5 (no X...it's a headless box)

Cluster:
FreeBSD, Redhat 8 and Caldera 2.5

edit: damn typos

 

[GoSharks]

win2k sp3

this is the third year of win2k for me - just love it (compared to win9x)

 

[BHeemsoth]

Originally posted by: fluxquantum
i use windows xp professional on both pc's

 

[BMdoobieW]

WinXP Pro and Win2k

 

[LordRaiden]

KDE 3.1 final? 3.1_rc6 is the latest release.

Awe dang. I fubared didn't I? You're right. Mine's RC5. Man, I gotta learn to read better. And here all this time I thought I had the final release version.

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: LordRaiden

Originally posted by: Eli
Why would ANYBODY want to use Windows 98 and WindowsME when there is XP and Win2k out there? :Q

It boggles the mind...

It boggles my mind as to why nobody wants to use Linux instead of Microsoft bloatware? I can understand using it for some backwards compatibility issues, but otherwise I see no reason to pander to Microsoft and their bloatware OS's.

Yes, I still use it a little, but again, I have a few apps that don't translate to linux or have an equivalent on linux, hence why I still have 98 and 2000. Otherwise I prefer linux. Actually I prefer Freebsd of all of the nix's.

Of all of the *nix's I prefer Mac OS X.

Laptop - Mac OS X.2
Home Desktop - Windows XP Pro
Work Desktop - Windows NT 4. (BLECCCH!)

 

[wfbberzerker]

win2k

i tried linux for awhile, but it was too scary for me

 

[n0cmonkey]

Mac OS X
OpenBSD
Linux
Solaris
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows 98se on *RARE* occassions

I want to get NetBSD installed on something somewhere, but I dont have any extra machines or anything.

 

[CraigRT]

Windows 2000 Professional on 2 computers.

Slackware 8.1 on the other.

 

[idNut]

Windows XP and Red Hat Linux when I get it in the mail. Gotta break from Microsoft and get experience elsewhere.

 

[GroundZero]

multiple os's on this machine. 98se, winxp pro, and linux.

 

[NetWareHead]

Have win XP for main comp...going to dual boot with some flavor of linux
firewall: smoothwall linux...going to convert to OpenBSD
server: Novell Netware 5.1...moving to Netware 6
coming soon: sun ultra 30 with solaris 9

yep its going to be a busy year

 

[Electrode]

My router/firewall/fileserver/web server box runs Slackware Linux 8.1.
My client boxes (3 altogether) run various versions of Linux From Scratch.
My laptop runs Windows 2000 Pro SP2, since the stupid wireless card refuses to work in Linux, even though it's supported...

 

[brtspears2]

WinXP Pro on my main computer
Win98SE for my classic gaming computer.

 

[oldfoof]

Windows Xp Pro!

 

[BurnItDwn]

redhat 7.2 and win2k

 

[Bullhonkie]

My desktop - Win2K SP3 (soon to be WinXP for cleartype, changing OS just for one feature - bleh)
Desktop 2 - Win2K SP3
Desktop 3 - Win2K SP3
File/Game Server - Win2K SP3/Mandrake 9 (dual boot)
Laptop 1 - Win2K SP2
Laptop 2 - Win2K SP2/RedHat 8 (dual boot)

Is anyone even reading this far into the thread?