damian Posted May 14, 2008 Posted May 14, 2008 (edited) What OS are you running? Mac OS? Ubuntu? Fedora? what are the pros and cons of your current OS Edited May 15, 2008 by damian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UkJenT Posted May 14, 2008 Posted May 14, 2008 I'm running Ubuntu 7.10. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Nate Posted May 15, 2008 Posted May 15, 2008 I dual boot XP MCE and opensuse 10.2 on the rig in my sig. On my laptop I dual boot XP Professional and opensuse 10.1. There are literally hundreds of linux distributions, so, picking one can be difficult to do. I've tried DSL, Fedora and Ubuntu. They all have their little intricacies. I haven't really had any trouble with any of the operating systems (haven't installed Vista, yet...DVD's still sitting on the shelf). Any problems I've had have been usually related to drivers. Once you straighted that out, it's usually clear running. Linux: Pros: Smooth interface, free, runs almost anything. Cons: setting things up manually, finding obscure drivers. Windows XP: Pros: widely accepted, drivers readily available, plays games. Cons: evil people like creating viruses, costs money, etc? I really think I'd chose which operating system to use based on what I want to do. Music server, gaming, HTPC, internet browser, F@H? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted May 15, 2008 Posted May 15, 2008 I simply don't have the time to dual boot anything. I like the compatibility of Windows XP Pro and I like the fact that I can go to any machine and pretty well navigate to whatever function I need. Makes it easy to trouble shoot and resolve customer issues. I simply cringe when I walk in and see a Vista unit. And I simply cringe when I walk in and see someone with a dual boot system. Mainly because I know the customer is smart enough to set up a dual boot system (windows + some flavor of linux) and they have a problem that they can't resolve. Makes it that much tougher. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted May 15, 2008 Posted May 15, 2008 Vista + VMWare running Ubuntu 8.04 at home. XP SP3 on my router/laptop. Router can dual boot into Ubuntu 7.10. Red Hat Enterprise at work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kash Posted May 15, 2008 Posted May 15, 2008 Mac OS X Leopard Windows XP Pro in VM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted May 15, 2008 Posted May 15, 2008 Home: Main Rig XP Pro SP2 + Ubuntu 32-bit 7.10 (VMWare) + Ubuntu 64-bit 7.10 (VMWare) Vista x64 Home: Audio Rig XP Pro SP2 Home: Review Rig Vista x32 Work: FC2 (lol) Uni: XP Pro SP2 SuseLinux PS2Linux Primarily I use XP Pro SP2 (32-bit) because it has the highest compatibility with everything, drivers, apps & games (I develop software for PCs and consoles/handheld gaming systems)... everything I need to do in Ubuntu for development, I can do inside VMWare running on XP... Vista x64 I use for DX10 (just playing games atm, maybe DX10 dev soon) and maybe XBox Live + Windows Live at some point... The other flavours of Linux (or *nix-based OSs, w/e! ) I don't really care for, but have to use them for a few tasks... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerm Posted May 15, 2008 Posted May 15, 2008 Ubuntu, XP Pro, Fedora, SBS 2003, Server 2000, XP MCE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted May 15, 2008 Posted May 15, 2008 Laptop (Samsung): XP Pro SP2 (kicked Vista Home last night <_<), but I am thinking of adding Ubuntu 8.04 as well Laptop (HP): being formatted right now, XP Pro SP2 (is getting sent to the buyer today) Laptop (Compaq old POS): Straight up Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger, as that is the only Ubuntu distribution I have gotten to run on it! I tried all newer versions, all of them proved to be a no-go. Don't really know what to make of it, but that one's getting sent off today as well so whatever Family PC (HP pre-built): XP MCE SP2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugbug Posted May 15, 2008 Posted May 15, 2008 XP PRO SP3 and Ubuntu 8.04 x64. I mostly use Ubuntu since installing it a few weeks ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemrboo Posted May 15, 2008 Posted May 15, 2008 Cupboard: NetBSD 3.1.0 (mrboo@bone:ttyp0)-(~)$ uptime 7:39PM up 267 days, 7:19, 2 users, load averages: 6.45, 5.42, 3.49 All other: Windows XP SP3. May update all to Vista once I get mother a laptop which stands a chance of running it, then again... XP SP3 works. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shatteredsteel Posted May 16, 2008 Posted May 16, 2008 (edited) @markiemrboo: Nice uptime I've got about 75 days under my linux one right now, but I disconnected it to bump up the ram. I run... Slackware (Servers) Fedora 7&8 with Freevo (Media Center and Server) OpenSuse (Desktop 1) Mandriva (Desktop 2) OSX (A POS that I never use) Windows XP x64 (Laptop) Yeah...I like to dabble in OSs. Glad to see there are some *nix users around here. Edited May 16, 2008 by shatteredsteel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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