Which Operating System do you use?

[oagersnap]

There are a lot of discussions about various OSs, so I was wondering, which one do you use?

(I'm not an expert in operating systems, so I don't know about all the various versions of linux, I only have one option for that.)

 

[Chairman Meow]

Well, this computer (which is actually my parents' computer), runs Windows 2K.

My computer multi-boots currently 13 OSes: MS-DOS 6.22, Windows 98, Windows XP, Mandrake Linux 10.1, Mepis Linux 3.3, D*n Small Linux 0.9, Slackware Linux 10.1, Xandros Linux, Ubuntu Linux 5.04, Suse Linux 9.2, GoboLinux 012, FreeBSD 5.3, and OpenBSD 3.7. I have two partitions left for two more OSes for the computer, which means that the current limit is 15.

Nonetheless, I chose the None option. I'd really like to see someone run a modern computer without an operating system. That would be fun.

 

[Padma]

Maybe this should have been a multiple choice poll?

AT work, I have to use MS Windows 2000. And occasionally also Sun Solaris 8.

At home, my wife's laptop is WinXP, but my computer hasn't had Windows on it for over a year: Linux Mandriva 2005 LE, currently.

 

[WildWeazel]

XP home, because I share a family computer with my very computer-illiterate dad
I'm buying a laptop with XP home, because it's standard and that's what C-IV will require, but I will install some version of Linux too.

 

[MarineCorps]

Well, this computer (which is actually my parents' computer), runs Windows 2K.

My computer multi-boots currently 13 OSes: MS-DOS 6.22, Windows 98, Windows XP, Mandrake Linux 10.1, Mepis Linux 3.3, D*n Small Linux 0.9, Slackware Linux 10.1, Xandros Linux, Ubuntu Linux 5.04, Suse Linux 9.2, GoboLinux 012, FreeBSD 5.3, and OpenBSD 3.7. I have two partitions left for two more OSes for the computer, which means that the current limit is 15.

Do you really need that many OSes?

I run XP on all 4 of my familys computer

To anyone with ME, 98, 95 or ealier: I pity you.

 

[vbraun]

This definatly should of been Multiple-choice. I have XP Pro and Ubuntu 5.04, and Fedora Core 3 currently on my computer.

 

[Cedric Greene]

Windows Xp x64 at home, Windows 2000 and SCO Unix at work.

 

[jguy100]

Our family's main computer runs XP, while we have an older computer for homework and the like running Windows '95. It's still a good OS.

 

[truckingpete]

Main computer - Windows 98
Old computer - Windows 3.1
Laptop - Windows 2000

 

[Chairman Meow]

Old computer - Windows 3.1

Nice to see I'm not the only one... although I happen to run 3.1 on a 2.4GHz CPU with 256MB RAM...

 

[vbraun]

I remeber when I used 3.1. I was like 5

 

[Chairman Meow]

I remeber when I used 3.1. I was like 5

You ought to try it on something relatively recent. It flies. Too bad it can't do anything useful, though.

 

[MarineCorps]

You ought to try it on something relatively recent. It flies. Too bad it can't do anything useful, though.

More like it can't do anything.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Windows XP at home. Windows 2000 at work.

 

[Goober]

I use Ubuntu Linux 5.04 for everything but gaming, which I cannot do on it for lack of finding a decent free Windows Emulator.

So I use Linux most of the time, and Windows when I have enough time for Games, which is getting increasingly rare. Glad to see others with Ubuntu

 

[Grisu]

Notebook: WinXP Pro for gameing, Gentoo Linux 2005.0 for everything else
PC: WinXP Pro, atm, but the HD is broken, when I get a new one I'll propably install just Gentoo
Work: WinXP Pro

so what should I vote for? I want multiple options

 

[oagersnap]

If you don't know which one you should vote for, just vote for the one you're using right now.

 

[Aphex_Twin]

I use Win XP and Mandrake 10.1 on this computer and I have another comp that uses Win 98, Win 2K and Slackware 10 . I have to say, adding a DOS partition would be a fun idea (what is the Mb limit for DOS again?). I also have two old Commodore 64 clones that run on BASIC, but I'm not sure I can get them working again...

Well, I do have a disk that has a kind of mock OS on it. I wrote it in assembler and contains a simple integer calculator. I think I can also include a primitive Brainf*ck interpreter (that would be pretty cool)


This poll should really be multi-option...

 

[Gogf]

Mac OS 10.4.2 (OS X) on my laptop, and Windows XP on my PC. I'll vote the Mac option, as I only use my PC for Civ and Photoshop.

 

[Chairman Meow]

I have to say, adding a DOS partition would be a fun idea (what is the Mb limit for DOS again?).

2048MB. Though, for some reason, I can't get QTParted (a partitioning program that runs on Linux) to create a DOS partition larger than 1024MB, so the DOS partition I have is only 1 gig.