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What is your favorite Operating System?

Windows (all versions)
29 (59.2%)
Linux (all distros)
13 (26.5%)
Macintosh (all versions)
4 (8.2%)
Solaris
1 (2%)
Other
2 (4.1%)

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Offline jrgp

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What is your favorite Operating System?
« on: June 26, 2006, 10:29:57 am »
Let all of us know:
 - what is your favorite os
 - what do you like about it?
 - what don't you like about it?
There are other worlds than these

Offline FliesLikeABrick

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2006, 10:37:47 am »
Linux. Everything about it doesn't suck.
-looks nice
-has features years before windows does (xgl versus aero is the perfect example)
-runs amazingly fast,  even while doing both of those ^ compared to windows
-the file system never bogs down
-ultra-stable, never crashes unless hardware is going bad
-gives you useful error messages when you do something wrong
-overall just less stupid, doesn't treat me like a dumbass
-free, the way software should be


Everything about windows sucks ;)
-take everything from the first list and post the opposite here.
« Last Edit: June 26, 2006, 10:41:43 am by FliesLikeABrick »

Offline Plonkoon

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2006, 10:50:08 am »
I've never used Linux, so I'll have to cast my vote for windows.  I never really expirience problems with it that I can't fix and almost all software has a version compatable with it.

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2006, 10:56:27 am »
- what is your favorite os
http
- what do you like about it?
Its simple
- what don't you like about it?
Its not really an operating system..... yet

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2006, 12:03:16 pm »
what kind of *stupid* reply is that?

I chose linux because it's OSS and that gives it +1000 points.

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2006, 12:52:25 pm »
what kind of *stupid* reply is that?

One day young grass hopper, you wont boot off your hard drive. You will boot off the internet.

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2006, 01:15:09 pm »
Amiga Workbench 1.3 of course!
>:3

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2006, 01:19:16 pm »
what kind of *stupid* reply is that?

One day young grass hopper, you wont boot off your hard drive. You will boot off the internet.

lame

Offline jrgp

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2006, 04:11:22 pm »
if it would boot off the internet it WOULD NOT use the http protocol.
There are other worlds than these

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2006, 04:14:19 pm »
https then? :)

On-topic:
I'm not sure between windows and linux. Linux does indeed have its fair share of advantages above linux. But I can't seem to let go of my windows partition either. I guess it's a combination of habit and being able to play my most games on it.

Nevertheless, I'm trying to get my ass on linux more often than windows.

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2006, 04:33:39 pm »
Okay folks, Windows.
-Compatible with damned near everything.
-Doesn't crash nearly as much as people say it does (for me, anyway)
-Easy to navigate
-Easy to customize

I don't have many reasons because I'm not a "fan" of any particular OS, it's just that I've settled into windows so nicely.

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2006, 04:53:09 pm »
Windows, because Tux Racer always froze on my red hat installation back in the day..

Offline FliesLikeABrick

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2006, 04:58:48 pm »
thats because you used red hat, and red hat is for weenies ;)

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #13 on: June 26, 2006, 05:01:50 pm »
that's because this was circa 2001 when it was the only popular distro

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2006, 05:08:34 pm »
ah

Offline a-4-year-old

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #15 on: June 26, 2006, 05:33:55 pm »
i choose windows because i am too noob for linux


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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #16 on: June 26, 2006, 07:07:04 pm »
if it would boot off the internet it WOULD NOT use the http protocol.

Yes, but it is a start ;)

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #17 on: June 26, 2006, 07:13:21 pm »
... the polls show that you guys prefer linux over windows, yet the traffic on the forums show that there are 1.4% linux users, and 98.4 % windows users (the rest are mac users ;))

someone is lying...

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #18 on: June 26, 2006, 07:19:42 pm »
Okay folks, Windows.
-Compatible with damned near everything.
-Doesn't crash nearly as much as people say it does (for me, anyway)
-Easy to navigate
-Easy to customize

I don't have many reasons because I'm not a "fan" of any particular OS, it's just that I've settled into windows so nicely.

What Peemonkey said.
It's also what i've used ever since (aside from a short stint with MSDOS at school) I've had or been around a computer so I'd rather use Microsoft.

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Re: What is your favorite Operating System?
« Reply #19 on: June 26, 2006, 07:21:13 pm »
I voted 'other' :)