What Operating System do you use?

**TimmyBoston** · 08-09-2007, 12:58 AM

**TimmyBoston** · 08-09-2007, 01:02 AM

I'm an Ubuntu user myself, but I do have a Windows XP version I can run in Parallels.

**mr_economy** · 08-09-2007, 01:37 AM

Mac, Windows, and Ubuntu. I carry my 12" iBook G4 around campus with me, while my 17" behemoth of a Dell laptop stays at home with XP and Ubuntu. I prefer Ubuntu to XP for most purposes, but it is not compatible with my printer and does have its idiosyncrasies, so I keep XP around for those occasions.

**minstrel** · 08-09-2007, 02:42 AM

I use Windows XP Home on one computer, Windows 98 SE on one computer, Windows 95 on one computer, and RedHat Linux on one computer. Used to have dual boot Win XP and Fedora Core somethingorother, but almost never used Fedora so I removed it again to make better use of the harddrive realestate.

When I was working as a consultant, I had a dual boot Win98/RedHat laptop, and almost exclusively used RedHat.

**Mama Bear** · 08-09-2007, 02:47 AM

XP Pro, it came on the laptop...

**gse123** · 08-09-2007, 03:01 AM

XP. although i'm thinking of upgrading to 3.11

**hyperwarp** · 08-09-2007, 05:08 AM

XP is way better than the previous release in the sense that I get fewer Blue
Screens Of Death.

Vista, thankfully, is not supported @ my workplace for remote connectivity from home. The techs claim it's just too "insecure".

All in all, I hate Windows, basically always have. Maybe one day I'll be able to
use Linux or maybe spring for a new Mac the next time.

In years past, I basically was a Mac'r starting with the old SE back in about 1985. However, due to the dominance of MSOFT Windows & MSOFT office had to switch over & have never been happy about it. MAC OS was less problematic overall & way more user friendly, IMHO

**Slant-Fan** · 08-09-2007, 05:34 AM

At home Kubuntu mainly with XP available alternately on reboot and XP at the shop.

**ScottS** · 08-09-2007, 05:43 AM

This is a question that doesn't make much sense without the context of what applications you run. If you're web browsing, using a word processer, and filling in a spreadsheet, OS makes very little difference (so long as you're using good antivirus and spyware stuff).

I do all the above, and I run a lot of scientific, engineering, and math software. I tried the Linux thing some years ago because of an application I needed to run, and I found while the OS was very stable, the apps weren't, and tweaking out apps to run right often involved rolling up your sleeves and getting much friendlier with the computer than I want, for much longer periods of time than it should take to install an app. For that reason, I still consider Linux to be somewhat of a hacker's OS. Things might well have changed in the last few years, but in the meantime, my OS isn't getting in my way, so the status quo is fine.

Since that, I've been a die-hard winXP guy. For me, the jury is still out on Vista. It just might be the OS that pushes me right to the Mac environment, or make me revisit Linux.

**MarSellus Wallace** · 08-09-2007, 05:54 AM

Mac (soon Leopard), XP Pro (never Vista)...

**mozart** · 08-09-2007, 06:16 AM

The poll allows only one choice.

I (have to) use:

Redhat Linux ES4 (pretty good)
Mac OS X (fantastic)
DEC Tru64 (outstanding)
Windows XP (

)
SGI Irix (very good)

... all in one day. You see, I'm a die-hard Unix guy.However, by afternoon, I often start confusing the different flavors... Unfortunately, I can't upgrade my front-side bus...

Best - MM

**jamacdon** · 08-09-2007, 06:17 AM

XP Pro, XP Home and RH Linux, though the new iMacs might have me getting a Mac in a while.

**Nomadic Logic** · 08-09-2007, 06:21 AM

Mac OS X (MacBook Pro)
Windows XP (Work laptop)
PCLinuxOS 2007 (Home desktop)

**castlecraver** · 08-09-2007, 07:20 AM

XP on my laptop, Redhat primarily on my desktop. Might switch to Ubuntu sometime soon though.

**Edcculus** · 08-09-2007, 07:22 AM

XP Pro is on my laptop. I use OS X in lab.

**mark the shoeshine boy** · 08-09-2007, 07:32 AM

xp pro

**RichGem** · 08-09-2007, 08:11 AM

Linux of the Fedora variety.
(windows xp at work)

**therapy** · 08-09-2007, 08:20 AM

I run Ubuntu on my laptop, and have a dual boot desktop running windows2000/FreeBSD6.2

**Xavier** · 08-09-2007, 08:28 AM

Mac OX 10.4 Tiger, Hoping to get the new OS when it is release very soon. Though I have to use Parallels to use Windows XP and run 2 programs. But I must say Parallels opens Windows XP alot faster than on my actual PC. I think I have the best of both worlds.

**analog_kid** · 08-09-2007, 09:56 AM

XP. I've had the pleasure of working on 3 Vista machines since it's release and you couldn't pay me to install that on any of my computers. Pure garbage, it makes Windows ME look good.