Windows, Mac, or Linux?

Linux. Unfortunately I had some problems with it on this laptop,so I use Windows 7 most of the time.

 

I just recently installed XP, after having used W2000 for years. Now I've got three partitions on my boot drive, XP, W2000, and one free partition. It's gonna get a version of linux, once I make up my mind about which version.

W2000 was one stable OS. And like what's-his-face (I forget who said it), I really prefer Windows Explorer for file management, over the icon or folder views. It just seems more direct and transparent.

Before I was given a computer with W95 on it, free, I was jonesing for a Mac, and almost took out a loan for 9K for a Mac Tower with all the goodies. Back then, memory was, like, 400 dollars for a 64 meg chip. I'm glad that never happened. I'd be fucked.

 

I prefer OS X on top of Darwin ports more then any OS out there for the obvious reasons. Running an open source OS on a perfectly matched chip-set and CPU is what works the best for myself but I ask far more of my Computers then anyone I know does. I only own 2 macs but for me they're the best solution for developing open source software and DAW.

I have a win 7 Notebook, 2 hackintosh's and a Mint Distro notebook based on Ubuntu but with a set of killer media drivers that most Linux flavors didn't have last year when I did the install. It's worked pretty dam well with the hardware but I matched it with what had the best track record from devs and users. My two co lo'd web servers are BSD and Red hat enterprise, the shell is the same no matter what OS you use rather it be BSD (Darwin Ports) or Linux any Distro. Shell script is shell script, it's apples and apples no pun intended.

I think when more of the so called Linux geeks rather real or the wanna beez realize how easy it is to prep a hackintosh they just might try it out for shits and giggles. Mine work fantastic, they update and I didn't pay a fortune for them. That being said Apples hardware is really expensive as has been pointed out in this thread, but their software is by far cheaper then their competitors: Logic Studio $199, Final Cut Pro $299, OS upgrades $29, Imove, Iphoto and Garage Band $14.99 and Aperture $79.99. I think they're trying to say something with this, buy the hardware and get software cheap because in the Windows world you can't make this happen. Outside vendors control the Windows software Market but apple controls most of it's own because of their business model.

After 22 years of working in information systems for other people my conclusion is that a person who's really limited on PC knowledge combined with all the free software that comes with OS X and the way it integrates keeping it K.I.S.S. it can be a great tool for those people as well as an old CS major like myself having BSD under the hood.

Personally I think software should be free and hardware should be purchased but that business model is dead and has been for a long time. That's why you can't buy Pro Tools or Photoshop for Linux and are limited to Reaper and GIMP without emulation that's still to resource intensive to function properly. I could record a CD with Reaper (and have) and I could do artwork for a piece of software with GIMP but I'd much rather do it with the alternatives I'm using.

and as long as you can't play SWTOR on anything but a PC as that's the case with MMO's, I'll always have at least one Windows machine :2thumbsup:

 

Looking to move to a new linux.

Ubuntu broke my account so I can't log in when I upgraded, and now my media player crashed and in no longer sees my audio hardware.

This would be fine to wrestle with on any other distro, but ubuntu is linux for tards, and very presumptous about it, so.... I might as well have real linux, if ubuntu does the same shit.

 

try linux mint, my favorite, ties with windows 7. os x isnt bad either but i havent taken the time to learn it nor do i care to.

 

I've always felt as if the most "popular" and "easy to use" form of anything, the "spoon-fed" version, is probably one of the worst.

It's probably better to go with something really scaled down and customizable, though that would require more knowledge.

I've got a chart someone posted of ALL the prevalent distros of Linux, a kind of "tree" diagram, of which version came from which version, which came from which other version, etc., at what point in time.

It seems as if the old-timers, who don't want all the "gee-gaws", and are willing to spend hours on command-line ops are using Slackware or a derivative. I don't know if I've got the time or am willing to invest the amount of time needed to learn that distro, but I'm certain that learning it, I would learn more than one of the "right out of the box" distros.

It's a valid question.

And some distros have more community support than others, I would suppose.

And then, it becomes a question of which sub-community one wishes to hang with, just like work. You may enjoy thinking about entering a certain career, until you go through the process, and find out that most of the people you would have to work with are assholes,,haha. So then it becomes a question of preferred environment, rather than merely preferred activity.

 

Are you referring to OS X?

 

Ehh.... I dun care too much, mostly moving out of spite at ubuntu... "linux for human beings" implies that linux is NOT for human beings, but then they apparently are pretty careless with their upgrades for "linux for human beings".

As long as it has apt and a basic desktop environment, who cares.

 

I've always felt as if the easiest OS's to use are the ones that are "no frills", where you actually have to learn the basics, instead of trying to pretend that your computer is a "flower shop". The real beauty is in how you use a language, rather than how that language appears.

 

i'm using windows vista right now, it works well enough once you disable all of the security prompts and shit like that. i prefered xp, but some programs don't really like it anymore.

ubuntu worked well, tried it for a few months, but eventually came back to windows because i needed itunes to use my iphone, and the desktop i was running windows on (basically just for itunes) crapped out. oh well.

 

......Rythmbox worked fine with my ipod.

Pretty sure current ubuntu's player, banshee, can handle your phone with no problems.

 

One thing about Linux, it would seem, is that you have to always be chasing the latest version, or maybe just the latest, most stable version. In the process of changing, some things get screwed up, since everyone isn't on the "same page" anymore.

So it takes a lot more "mucking around" with things, and then if you don't know something, you've got to make friends with someone who knows.

It's a whole 'nother community to get used to.

Me, I just want to get to the point where I don't have to be conscious of my "software" or my "OS", and can just use the damn thing, as an extension of my brilliant mind, to make the world a better place. Yeah,,I'm a "hippie",,haha.

 

there are finally stable enough versions where updating/upgrading is no longer necessary. boy do i love mint

 

Cuz if you go and, say, "join" a community of "linutix" (I'll copyright that term), it seems like you'd be talking about computers more and more, and learning command-line stuff, instead of just being a human being.

 

I'm leaning toward "mint" from what you and others have said about it.

Plus, I'm of Irish descent, so I guess it "fits",,haha.

 

oh man its great, plus the forum there is VERY helpful, if you encounter any problem, theyll help you right away!

 

Thanks.

Someone also told me that "puppy linux" is good, simple, compact, easy to use off of a thumb drive.

But I'll probably go with mint.

 

I have a version of Mint that mounts off a thumb drive :2thumbsup:

 

Koo

 

yeah i like puppy too, but i mean it just doesnt compare, it would be neat to carry on a thumb drive though with an OS on it. puppy and slackware are for computers more then a decade old lol if mint wont run on your computer try one of those, im using the newest version of mint on an 8 nyear old latitude d610 lol i upgraded the ram to 2gbs but this things is still faster then windows lol