What OS do you use? (Poll)

I use Windows XP Home (Modded to look like Windows MCE)

What do you use?

 

XP Pro as main OS, have Vista because I can

And have MacBook so running Leopard OSX on that.

 

same as mcadam, but I am running Ubuntu on a lappy and on my triple boot computer

 

Vista Home Premium on laptop, Powerbook G4 running OS X Tiger, Vista Home Premium on desktop, dual booting with whatever I feel like at the time. Usually, its Arch Linux, but has also been Sabayon, Kubuntu, and Ubuntu.

The last two are too noobed for my liking. Both Vista installs are running SP1.

 

I’m running Vista home Premium on my laptop. The system has a few glitches with my System Restore, Windows Defender & I can’t start my laptop in normal mode, but besides that it is running fine. When I looked around there was very few laptops with XP that I liked so I ended up with an ASUS G2S that is geared for gaming. I would have preferred to have XP.

 

roflmao

You are the first person I have heard ever considered that running fine.

 

Vista Ultimate on Laptop #1 (or Ultamite, as the poll says LOL)
XP Media Edition on Laptop #2
XP Media Edition on desktop #1
XP pro on desktop #2

 

whoops roflmao

 

Fixed
XP Pro on my desktop
XP Pro on my laptop
and I'm playing with linux on a little desktop I built

 

is that some sort of Freudian slip?

 

Donno what your talking about rolleyes

 

XPP on main rig, moving to Vista soon as SP1 makes it much better and Ubuntu on my old 1GHz Celeron.

 

Using too many OS's.
At work:
Windows 2003 server
Windows 2000 server
Windows XP pro
Windows Vista Business
Windows 2000 Pro
Windows 98
Unix (BSD)
Ubuntu Linux (7.10)

Home:
Windows XP Pro
Ubuntu Linux (7.10)
Edubuntu Linux (7.10)

Think that's the lot

 

More like picking at my brain. It drives me nuts when it not right. But sometimes if it’s working don’t fix it, & believe me I’ve spent hours trying to fix it.

 

Running XP Home, upgraded from 3.1x, boy did I have to hunt for drivers and such!

 

Win98SE on my house server/BBS.
Win98SE on my laptop.
Win98SE on the family computer
Between OS's on my entertainment computer (the one in my entertainment center).
XP Pro and Win98SE on my personal computer (removable hard drives).

There are a lot of people still using legacy OS's, which wasn't included. Does Commodore BASIC count?

 

Mac osx, suse 9.3 and also what ever the latest version is, vista ultimate on my gaming machine.

 

wow :eek

 

Vista Home Premium with 2nd OS, Win XP Home, which I rarely boot anymore.
(Might get rid of it, XP is so retro any more) LOL

 

XP Home on my laptop, XP Pro on my webmaster laptop, and 2kPro on my home machine.

I didn't count anything at either of my offices or other venues, we'd be here all day.

 

XP Pro 64, and Win98SE.

 

Running a dual boot between XP Home and Fedora Core 7 on my PC. XP pro on laptop.

 

Vista Home Premium, 64-bit on main home/gaming PC
Ubuntu Feisty on laptop
XP at work

 

My personal machine runs XP home SP3, The kids machine runs Win 2K pro SP4 and the daughter runs XP home SP2 in her room and my laptop has XP SP2. I'm thinking about Red Hat as a second boot on my machine and maybe the laptop.

Does anybody know anything about Darwin?

 

I was just looking back at the stats here. So far it looks like 164.7% of us use an OS. :confused
It's been awhile since I was in school, but isn't 100%, still 100%?

 

LOL Not when you can vote for more than one at a time.

 

I never was any good at reading the fine print.

 

Windows Vista Ultimate 64 SP1- Desktop
Windows XP Professional SP2 - Desktop
Windows Vista Ultimate SP1- Laptop - Dual Boot
Windows XP Professional SP3 - Laptop - Dual Boot

 

Actually, I did forget a couple.
Mac OS 9.1
Mac OS 9.2
Mac OS X

Thinking of getting the old Amiga down from the loft & looking at that again. Happy days :drool
Maybe I am a total nut.:confused

 

I am surprised no one has mentioned Mozilla. At work we are using 200 Pro. When I had internet at home I used Mozilla and Opera for awhile, but mainly Mozilla.

 

How would you have several linux, windows, and mac computers all running on the same network? wouldn't it crash?

 

Please disregard this statement. I reached an end. Now there is a new beginning. I use 2000 Pro at work and used to use XP SP1 at home (no internet on that computer so no reason for SP2.

 

No, the network won't crash. The main part of the system is Windows 2003 server, a Unix box for the Internet gateway. Various Windows clients, some Mac clients & also some Linux clients. Main part of the system is Thin Client, but the rest play a part as well. It's only about 300 clients in total. If a network is laid out right you shouldn't have any problems.

 

Mozilla is an Internet browser not an OS (Operating System)

 

The computer I mainly use has windows XP MCE, but it doesn't have a built in TV tuner, so it's kinda pointless...

 

I use both XP Home and OsX on my Mac running Parallels Desktop. I try to get advantages of both systems I like!

 

XP Professional x64 on my main rig, and my other machine dual boots Sabayon Linux 3.4F and XP Home. (Would've been Pro x64 too, but couldn't find SMB drivers, and had an unused home license on the machine)

 

A man after my own heart!

Win98SE and XP Pro on my main PC, XP Pro on my other desktop and XP home on the laptop.......and Commodore BASIC on the Commodore 64. rolleyes LOL

 

xp pro, for about 5 years now, very stable, mature and good for gaming!!!

 

Mine -- Vista

Laptop -- XP Home

Other -- XP Pro

 

I use PClinuxOS about 95% of the time and XP Home for those rare apps I occasionally need.
Crazylegs

 

I use xp home which i like but i'll be getting a new PC in the summer so i,ll have to get used to Vista which i,m not looking forward to. Looking at the poll i didn't realise Linux is so popular.

 

Not strictly true. Many have moved over to Linux because they are fed up with the MS bloatware. Linux is a much safer environment & does not suffer from crashes as much as Windows.

 

People talk tough, then Linux humbles them and they come back to Windows.

Linux does not hold near the users of OS X, Windows. Linux is hardly a desktop contender for the masses. In this poll alone, usage is a mere 15.7% compared to the others. 9 people out of 59 who voted so far. Im one of them.

As for stability, Windows, OS X, and Linux are about the same. Linux doesn't crash for me. Windows doesn't crash for me. OS X does..but thats because I have hardware problems I ignore As for bloatware...unless you don't go with a noob distro, which most do, bloat is just as bad in Linux, if not worse.

How many distros have I seen include 15 browsers, 2 office suites, 20 different text editors, 7 email clients, 3 Desktop environments, and 5 windows managers?

Too many. Now that, sir, is bloat.

 

No, it makes it XP Pro

 

Linux does not humble them!! :cool
If they are willing to give Linux a go, they would find it much easier to use than Windows or OSX. I use all of these OS's & use Linux more when possible. Not always possible because of having to set up the other OS's on other machines.
Lets face it Linux is free to the masses, can you say the same for Windows or MAC OS?
I have gone through many OS's from Commodore Basic, Amiga Workbench, Acorn RISC OS, Windows 3.11,Win NT4, Win98, WinME, etc. etc.
Yes Linux does come with more than enough of everything, but when did you last install Windows with an office suite built in & many other apps built in? Never!! I don't call that bloat.
When was the last time you had a virus on Windows? Did you pay for your virus updates?
Who needs a virus scanner in Linux?
The same goes for Malware.
If more people would try Linux they may get to like it better than MS or Apple.
Ubuntu is probably the best on the web at present. Give it a go, you can use the live CD, no need to install & destroy your precious Windows OS.

 

Explain how. How about...changing permissions in nix? Or, creating a new user account? lets compare guis and lets see which is easier? Examples of how it is easier, please. Oh and please explain how to fix, well anything, when it breaks.

If you buy OEM, which most do, the cost of Windows is quite minimal. Indeed, they are not free. I never argued that point?

Then what do you call bloat? 15 of everything seems excessive. Isnt that the definition of bloat?

1995

Nobody because their isnt enough market share to interest the idiots who write such things. Are their rootkits out there that run on nix? You betcha. You didn't even address the points of stability?

Im not saying nix is bad. Im saying that its not easier to use than Windows, and in fact quite a bit harder. Its also just as bloated as Windows, and no more stable.

I like Linux. I am just not blinded by the elitist attitude that taints so many Linux users.