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.

[VashTheStamped]

Originally Posted by SilverLord

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

Linux = UNIX Lite
(really)

Linux you put on a norm PC, UNIX you need a special comp to run.

[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!

[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)

[TheN00b]

Those bastards from Renton have us brainwashed! Brainwashed I tell you! *Mentally ponders why he still voted for Windows*

[Veteran]

Windows needs to go to \dev\null.

Unix is the Alpha and the Omega of operating systems.

For the Overmind!

[Dharkbayne]

Originally Posted by TheN00b

Those bastards from Renton have us brainwashed! Brainwashed I tell you! *Mentally ponders why he still voted for Windows*

Do you not mean Redmond?

PS. I voted for windows, only one I've used , besides a mac (Sadly).


Macs suck.

BTW, I live in Redmond, my uncle has worked for microsoft for about 20 something years, so yeah, I'd probably vote for M$ anyways.