What OS do you use?

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J3anyus

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Win2K most of the time. When I need a unix-based OS for desktop stuff, I use Debian Linux. When I need a server, I use FreeBSD.
 

Tripleshot

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Xp pro on my main machine, XP home on the laptop, 98Se on 5 other machines, and in a removable HD bay on a test machine here, I roll in and out W2K pro, W2K server, WinME, Mandrake 8.1, and XP pro dual boot. I have Small Business Server in the garage shop hooked up and I am evaluating .net server RC2 on a new Hdd in a few days.

I am somewhat overwhelmed by all this technology, but Microsft XP is the best damn desktop I have run so far.

I think .Net server will be the best server product too. They have taken everything you didn't like about W2K out and pur in everything an admionistrator could ever want, and with XML, it can manage about any member server out there, *nix inluded.
 

Scarpozzi

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Win2k on my main home computer.
Win98 on my auxillary home computer
Red Had 8 on my linux server
Win XP on my laptop

Win2k on my work computer workstation

Win2k, Solaris, Red Had 7.3, Novell Netware 5.1, Netware 6, and HP-UX at work for servers.
 

Aceshigh

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XP on my main home computer. Red Hat linux on my laptop, which doesn't get much use. And I use Unix at work.
 

Beattie

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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)
 

Aves

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Windows XP Professional @ home

Windows 2000 Professional @ work
 

FoBoT

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at home

winXP - 3
win98SE - 1
RH linux - 2


at work

win95
win98
win2000 Pro
win2000 Server
winXP

RH linux
Freesco
 

silverpig

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Jul 29, 2001
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Originally posted by: SuperSix
Originally posted by: silverpig
Does anyone really care what I post here?

No

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

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

Squisher

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WinXP on my 2d machine
Win98se on the gaming computer

Wife runs Win2K on her laptop

Kids run win98se on theirs.