Favorite OS

[VashTheStamped]

Post your favorite OS.

for me its UNIX. UNIX Rocks and is 100000x better than windows.

[Biohazzard56]

WinXP

[VashTheStamped]

Originally Posted by Biohazzard56

WinXP

That would be "Windows"
"Applies to all versions"




oh and UNIX > Windows

ive got a unix tru64 comp in my room with an alpha processor

[Biohazzard56]

Yes but windows is all i have ever known.

[VashTheStamped]

Originally Posted by Biohazzard56

Yes but windows is all i have ever known.

windows is good for games. what i want is PS for UNIX

[SilverLord]

Windows although from what I've seen Linux looks real professional and always wanted to try it out.

[Fragmatic]

Originally Posted by VashTheStamped

windows is good for games. what i want is PS for UNIX

You ever tried installing the nvidia drivers on Linux? That alone would put people off!

I'd have to go with Windows as a favourite, because It's what I know most about, and it's nice to use. Sure, XP is a hog, but without Windows and the Microsoft (or Micro$oft for all you Linux junkies), we wouldn't be playing PlanetSide in the first place.

The problems with Windows though, are -

It's Bloated

It's full of hidden shit (basically, Windows is a spyware)

It's not secure

There are a shitload of viruses floating around the internet right now, and around 90% of them are written for Windows OS's, so people say "oooh, I'll just get Linux"
WRONG
When Linux becomes more popular, people will just write viruses for Linux and Windows!

I am also a Linux user, but the thing that puts most people off from Linux is the level of difficulty/learning curve, ie

Installing a program

Windows - Check hardware specs, run installer, enjoy

Linux - (if the program is not an RPM or DEB package)
Check hardware specs, unzip tar, check dependencies, sort out dependencies, do more shit, open up command line, compile, enjoy - EFFORT

Anyway, enough of my random hodge podge, I just got home from work and I'm pissed off.

Remember -

A Windows computer is like a Hummer, can be driven anywhere.

A Linux computer is like a BMW, its damn nice to drive, but there are some places it just cant go.

A Mac computer is like a Ford KA, it can only be driven slowly, on the easiest of roads.

(for those of you who don't know what a Ford KA is - Clicky)

[martyr]

windows 2003, then xp... then solaris, then the *nixes (incl osx) then the other crap.

[mechaman]

I've never used anything but windows

[FlakMan]

Should have put another option like 'Other, Please Specify'. I don't really like any of the available OSs, but I use WinXP.

[SecondRaven]

Win: Decent
UNIX/Linux: Very nice if you know how to use it
Mac: Must die now!

[Veteran]

Windows needs to go to \dev\null.

Unix is the Alpha and the Omega of operating systems.

For the Overmind!

[dscytherulez]

Win 95 & XP

[AztecWarrior]

Where the FUCK is the option for DOS?

C:/DOS

C:/DOS/RUN

RUN/DOS/RUN

Seriously, I played Dark Forces, F-117A Stealth Fighter, and Chuck Yeager's Flight Sim on DOS. DOS kicked ass.

Then there was WinBlows ME. I use XP and like it, but ME blows. COMPLETELY. WE CHANGED TO PIRATED XP THREE WEEKS BEFORE XP'S OFFICIAL RELEASE BECAUSE ME COMPLETELY CRASHED ON US. NONE OF MICROSOFT'S RECOVERY TOOLS WORKED!

So we should go back to the days of DOS. No graphical shit. Just white letters on black.

EDIT: I'm serious. I want a version of DOS that works with Windows programs, and not Command Prompt.

[Corrosion]

Mac OS X gets my vote. It's PRETTY!

But otherwise... WinXP here.