Windows, Mac, or Linux?

^^^ wtf?

 

I'm using Windows right now but, I'll be switching to Mac one of these days lol

 

ive had to switch from linux to windows as it has better driver support

 

the internet runs on linux ...

 

Mac or Linux at home. Windows Server at work.

 

Linux.
I use Linuxmint mostly.
I have been using Linux for years. Started with Redhat.

 

just started using linux (knoppix) on a tiny little dell any one use it ? what do you think about it? pros/cons? nebie to linux world

 

I quit being a user, looser

 

Windows 8.1 and soon to be 10, whenever they get around to me.

 

Need to upgrade my linux distro. The choices are either debian 8.1 or *buntu 15.04. Ubuntu 15.04 has newer kernel an some packages are newer. Been putting it off but needs to be done, support has ended for my distro and I don't want to get hacked (unlikely, but better safe than sorry). Thinking of going with Debian 8 which will be supported for a long time to come, or an LTS ubuntu. Might have to wait till next year for the 16 major version number and stick with debian 8 in the meantime.

oh, the choices, and it doesn't really even matter that much

 

I like the clean looks/feel to the simplicity of Mint.
I answer work emails here at home a few hours a day, surf, use spreadsheets a little and that is about it.
So, for me, I want the OS to be unobtrusive and do what an OS should - just serve up programs and leave me alone.
Obviously I don't use Windows then.

 

Linux for the win.

 

I tried Linux but it doesn't do anything for me really, it feels like a geeks operating system and is far too bland looking, much prefer the functionality and charisma of Windows. I have used Windows for a long time now right from when Windows XP was in vogue, so I guess I'm slightly biased towards Windows. Another thing I like about Windows is that it's a fairly standard OP system so there is plenty of compatible software out there to use with it. With Linux you have to use a program called Wine to run Windows software, and that for me is just far too much effort when all I need is a simple good quality OP system with the minimum of fuss. Admittedly unlike Windows Linux doesn't need so much anti virus protection, but who cares as long as the virus protection works fine with Windows then that's fine by me, just make sure to keep it up to date.

 

I wouldn't call Ubuntu with Unity desktop "bland looking" .. in the same way I wouldn't call Hipforums "bland looking" .. cough, purple, cough!

 

I can't remember having seen the Unity desktop on Ubuntu, but I wasn't too impressed by the way the desktop icons were stacked along the left hand side. I mean where was the start menu for goodness sake, and the quick launch task bar should have been at the bottom. I guess the latest Linux OP system has addressed these issues I don't really know. One thing for sure is I would have had to relearn how Linux works and get used to a different style of desktop layout to Windows which I was more familiar with at the time. But I take your point, I'm not having a go at Linux though it's free and I'm sure it's a very good OP system, but sadly it wasn't quite for me. I know someone who uses Linux and he loves it to bits, each to their own I guess.

 

where's the start menu ... as if there should be one.

you can customize linux a whole bunch of ways. actually, ubuntu, debian, red hat et al arent linux .. they are linux distros. what makes it "linux" is the kernel and thats it really. the kernel is linux ... the linux kernel. Just being pedantic.

i normally use i3 window manager which is a tiling wm ... theres no start menus or icons to click so most people cant dont know how to do anything on this computer. I do have xfce installed for when I actually want a "regular" GUI which isnt often but thats one of the cool things about "linux" is that theres nothing stopping you from having many different desktop envrionments installed at the same time and you can switch between them at will (without even rebooting ... ). some are more like windows, such as KDE ... but only superficially and thats what is important to realize that the way it looks visually really is superficial ... under the hood its pretty much the same OS.

 

as far as windows, i personally think windows 10 is way better than 8.1 ...

 

Whoa Linux is getting way to complex for me already reading your post, I only need a simple basic OP system like Windows, life is too short to worry too much about the complexities of different OP systems like Linux. Perhaps when I get more time on my hands later this year, I will co install Linux operating system on my laptop and get used to it's differences. Who knows I might actually fall in love with it after some getting used to it and ditch 8.1, now that would be something wouldn't it. As for Windows 10 well yes it may well be better than 8.1 but until the bugs it has are fixed and the privacy issues are sorted out 8.1 will be my operating system of choice. Probably 10 users find it just fine but for me I stick with what I have as it's perfectly adequate for my needs.

 

Fuck Windows 10...

 

Get VMware (or Virtual Box) and install linux in a virtual machine. You can take snapshots that way if you fuck it up, you can revert to the snapshot. virtual machines are also "portable" meaning you can copy them and run on other machines .. they are sort of hardware agnostic because the hardware is virtualized by the hypervisor software.