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EtotheC
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24 Jun 2009, 1:50 pm

Orwell wrote:

So what's the best OS you ever used?

All depends on what I'm doing and what hardware

But

for X86:

Multimedia/Video editing: Mac OS X/ Darwin

General Purpose: GNU Slackware Linux/ "OS/2 WARP 4.52"

Beginners (for those who just want something that works): GNU Ubuntu Linux/ Derivatives

Beginners (to learn something): FreeDOS or Debian(what I learned Unix on)

Server OS: FreeBSD/OpenBSD

Gaming OS: Windows 2000 (purely due to support, though Wine has very high compatability if tuned)

Programmers: GNU Slackware Linux/ CentOS Linux

for PPC:

Anything: Mac OSX/ Debian Linux

for Sparc:

Solaris (nuff said)

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27 Jun 2009, 10:52 pm

Windows XP for gaming
Ubuntu 9.04 (Gnome) for everything else.

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27 Jun 2009, 10:58 pm

It's tough to pick one, as there are different needs for different applications. If I had to pick one, it'd be Slackware.

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28 Jun 2009, 5:43 am

TallyMan wrote:

DEC's VAX VMS Those were the days! With the lovely JCL (Job control language) extensions to the operating system made it a delight. It almost bridged the gap between an operating system and a programming language.

I agree. Those were the days.

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29 Jun 2009, 12:27 pm

gamefreak wrote:

Windows XP for gaming
Ubuntu 9.04 (Gnome) for everything else.

Same here, except I don't game - I use XP for any apps/programs that can't run on Linux (or that I can't get to run due to my inexperience).

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29 Jun 2009, 7:52 pm

I got The sims 3 to work in ubuntu last night. I used PlayOnLinux to get it working.

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