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  1. 1. Which do you use?

    • Windows
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    • Mac OSx
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    • Linux
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    • Other
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I'm a mac user. I was astonished at the amount of quality and speed it took to open up webpages. I heard that Windows pcs were better in gaming, but that wasn't really a problem.

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I personally prefer Windows only because of it's functionality, and the fact that I grew up using Windows since the Windows ME days. I've only used a Mac once, and have only observed people using Linux. With that said, I would be willing to try new OS's, but I'm not sure if I'd be willing to make a full transition.

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Windows for the win. I have tried in the past to use macs, but to me they seem

too non-functional and clunky for my taste; Not that this has much to do with it,

but those horrible mice that you get by default with them really get on my nerves...

 

But yeah, it's easy to upgrade and get customisations on your PC - most macs are

those hideous all-in-ones that don't let you do much with your system and when you

do need a repair or something you have to send it back to apple and it costs SO MUCH

MONEY!!!. Also, PCs are great for gaming (as many of you already know) and have a lot

of versatility when it comes to programs and/or programming

 

Really though, the Windows PCs appeal to me mainly because I'm used to them and really

know how they work - macs, on the other hand, seem very outlandish to me.


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I'm personally hoping for someone like Google to step in and make an operating system to rival windows that has the full functionality and compatibility without having to give money to Microsoft.


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The name and vote explains it all. What is your preferred OS and why?

 

I personally prefer Windows. They are better for gaming (and I am by all means a gamer) and I just find them easier for me. I don't use Macs much and the few times I have used them I didn't like them. Too flashy and not enough functionality. I've never used a Linux.

 

So lets hear your opinions! Where do you stand on the ever lasting war of the operating systems?

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Windows. I'm stuck with Linux Ubuntu for a while, though. It's really really bad.

 

Mac isn't my thing at all, either. For one, I hate the mouse on most Mac computers. It's also a terrible OS for gaming, which is something I really enjoy doing on PC. So yeah. Windows all the way.

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I'm personally hoping for someone like Google to step in and make an operating system to rival windows that has the full functionality and compatibility without having to give money to Microsoft.

 

Google seems to be pretty content with its Chrome OS, and while it may not be as functional as Windows, it seems that most people don't really need most of the features today's "full-fledged" OS's anyway; tablets are becoming a huge market, and people seem to prefer them with mobile OS's as opposed to full-featured ones.

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Google seems to be pretty content with its Chrome OS, and while it may not be as functional as Windows, it seems that most people don't really need most of the features today's "full-fledged" OS's anyway; tablets are becoming a huge market, and people seem to prefer them with mobile OS's as opposed to full-featured ones.

 

Tablets don't have the power to perform many tasks, a full desktop PC is required for any seriously demanding applications (such as video rendering, games, even some software IDEs) meaning a fully fledged OS is needed still. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for google to realise this and publish a full OS compatible with all windows software and games :P


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Windows. It's the most flexible, and its reputation for instability is largely outdated. Linux is fine, too. I wouldn't use Mac OS X if they paid me, but that's just because I'm biased against Apple.

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Ok so my desktop is windows 7 and my laptop is vista (some how vista is more stable on it than 7 <-due to drivers). I game there for Windows is a must, but i do have linux in my blood. I run a DNS/SAMBA server on a server distro of ubuntu. yay command line :)

 

And for all of you out there Unix core was started by Bell Labs (aka Midwestern Bell <-Ma Bell if you remember)

http://www.netneurotic.de/mac/unix/images/UNIX.png

 

The problem i have with Apple isn't its products which are good (but shamelessly overpriced) is the customer support and how it handled the switch over from Power PC processors to X86; which if any of you remember left a 6 month old line of Macs with any support.

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Well, I restarted development of my Linux distribution. It's now called Simpleware Linux, but the website has barely any info (the forum for it though has a bit). I'll post the threads where I give info about it once I get permission to.

 

Edit: eh screw it.

 

http://forums.simple...hread.php?tid=1 (changing the base)

http://forums.simple...hread.php?tid=2 (packages that come with it)

http://forums.simple...hread.php?tid=4 (development log)

 

UPDATE: Links don't work for now.

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I went with WIndows7 64bit for a test run and when it ran everything i needed it to I never looked back. It's been the most stable OS i've ever run. It surprised me by running xp programs that i didn't think would run in W7.

 

Guess what I'm doing here with my PC (despite watching The Big Bang Theory):

 

http://puu.sh/1hFf7

 

Watching TV with my TV tuner! I hooked up an antenna to this USB device and I can watch TV shows on it. :D

 

I have a 47in 3D tv as my monitor and i tell ya, gaming on this thing... pure awesome. I hooked up a G27 (ffb wheel) and then putting it in 3D... bliss.

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I'm currently using Windows 7.

 

I just can't get into the Apple craze. I actually feel more safer and secure using a PC than a Mac because my brother's Mac actually was vulnerable to a lot of viruses and glitches, and it cost him like $450 at the time lol. But then he got a Macbook Pro and apparently now everything's fine lol.

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Well you can probably guess what my OS is: says it right on the tin. or avatar.

 

I Personally use 2 Linux Based OS, Ubuntu and Arch Linux.

 

What is Linux? watch out got a wall-o text coming your way ;)

 

      Linux is a system created by a Finnish programmer Linus Torvalds to make a System similar to UNIX (known for stability, robustness, and security and networking abilities) but without the proprietary restrictions and to have the ability to be developed by thousands worldwide as open source software.(software that you can use for any purpose, modify how you like, etc)

 

  Linux itself is technically is a kernel, the heart of a full working Operating System and communicates with the hardware and software acting as a bridge which makes your computer work the way you want. When you take Linux and bundle it with some Free/Open Source Software like GNU you get GNU/Linux which is technically what a Linux OS is. Ubuntu and Arch Linux are Linux Distributions. They bundle Linux, GNU, and lots of software and make it  very simple to install, so instead of having to install a kernel, user space utilities (GNU) etc (lots of technical stuff) you can just install the distro to get a full working Linux OS similar how you would expect to install something like Microsoft Windows.

 

Linux is known for high stability(it's very popular for web servers, the computers that serve the World Wide Web, as a matter of fact this very Website is powered by a Linux Server) Great Security Model (More difficult to infect with malware(viruses, etc) since they need to gain administrative privileges first) being Free of Charge, and having a great community full of dedicated people ready to help make things work.

 

For a desktop user it can be a very stable virtually malware-free environment that works fast and gives you power to do what you want with it. Now Linux isn't perfect of course like any OS and it still has some issues that may slow people adopting it for the desktop environment (it is constantly getting better though). Software such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, and other Windows Programs are unfortunately not supported (theres free alternatives that can work just as good however), Less Commercial Games are available(This is starting to change though thanks to Steam!) and it can seem very different from what may be expected from Windows.

 

But thanks to projects like Ubuntu(Linux OS designed to be simple to use) and the mass of free equivalent software similar to proprietary paid options the scene is changing and more people are switching to Linux systems like Ubuntu as they see it as great free alternative to Windows and Mac OSX even. I could go on about this forever but obviously it would get way too technical and historical(more than it is already) but to sum it up -

 

TLDR people start here: Linux is a OS like Windows, OSX, that is made by people all around the world and is available for Free (not just free of price but also free as in liberty). It is designed to be fast and stable and well work but without the restrictions of something like Windows, MAC OSX, and proprietary UNIX. its packaged into distributions that make it easy to install and include lots of software right of the box that is ready to use. Linux like any Operating System is designed to make your computer work and to be able to accomplish many tasks quickly.

 

You can visit the Ubuntu homepage at: http://www.ubuntu.com to see what Linux can be like on a normal Desktop/Laptop Computer.

 

So basically:

 

   Can be Obtained for Free of charge,

   Have the power to change (Even down to the very source code),

    Have a very Virus/Malware Free Environment

    High Stability that makes it much less prone to crashing

     Can be very Fast

     is very modular and configurable.

     can Run on many kinds of computers (more than just PC's)

 

But Remember:

 

   It's Not Windows so it wont support Windows Only Software generally and is diffrent so the ways things are done in windows are not the ways it's done in Linux.

 

Linux is not a Free version of Windows.

 

 

Explore the Ubuntu website to see what is available and if you like you could read the Web about Linux in general in more detail.

 

Thanks to Things like WUBI and Virtual Machines its very easy to try a form of Linux without having to dedicate a large portion of your system to it.

 

Hope i was able to explain it to you. If you have any other questions i would be happy to help. I am not the only Linux user here so they as well could explain it too.

 

Hope that was a interesting thing to read.

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I use both Windows 7 on my main computer (as my music software only runs on Windows or Mac OS's), and I use Xubuntu (basically Linux) on my server.

 

Cons:

 

   It's Not Windows so it wont support Windows Only stuff like


Also to add to this list: you pay through the ears for professional support. On average, a certified Linux IT professional makes about ~$10,000 more per year than the same level Microsoft professional.

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