what is the OS of your choice?

There are starting to be more OS' out there than we can actually count. but im curious what people use and why. there is the windows users there reason being its biggest user base and largest market for gaming and etc. However due to its typical problems (virus, the disappointment that was vista etc.) can always have some room for adjustment. mac users who wanted to get away from said viruses or have shown their long time dedication and also claim is a better os all together (though this always rises much debate due to its smaller user base and prejudice from past experiences of bad computing times when everything sucked and was slow as well as some arguments of upgrade limitations) as well as its computers ability to handle multiple os' more easily as of recently due to its intel processors. And the home made os with more versions than you'd think that is known as linux. Well known  for its hardware optimization, the near endless interface innovations, the ability to run a 5 year  old computer like it is new, and its 100% user created development making it so you can not only get it for free but make it your own all together. However this os Still is just user  created and while it may be stable and virus free (and free all together), has the smallest user base and can be frustrating to the non computer savvy types because simple thing such as finding apps can have its nightmares and its help support (although friendly) can sometimes be as frustrating as conversing with a man of another language. but which os' do you use? i ask this a a neutral candidate because i happen to use windows mac and ubuntu. 

Windows for gaming.

Linux for any PC that is over 2 weeks old and for servers.

Mac for other games like photoshop.

solaris is good i hear

>>3
Almost any OS is good.

But such a statement is worth shit if you omit the part of what they are good at.

has the smallest user base
If by "smallest" you mean "third largest". It's not like Windows, Mac OS, and Linux are the only three options out there.

such as finding apps
You're a Ubuntufag, you of all people should know how amazingly easy package managers have made finding apps compared to other OSes.

Personally, I use FreeBSD for day to day things, and Debian (plus Wine, if necessary) for gaming and the like.

i use Usgard on my TI-85

I use windows because I don't want to buttfuck around with OSs.

>>7
Windows is the only OS that continually reminds me which OS I'm using. Enjoy being buttfucked by Microsoft. :)

having used X 10.4 every day for two years, i always come back to windows. my brother and many of my friends are diehard nix fanatics

favourite os: windows 3.11
current os: windows xp-sp2
wetdream os: powershell 2 ctp running in PE *drools*

Hurd. Because operating systems development is fun.

I use XP for most everyday thing such as writing papers, web browsing and gaming, because that's what it's for. I run a linux VM in order to run servers if I need them (FTP, SFTP, SSH, etc.) Linux is good for running servers, windows is good for entertainment needs. Mac is made of fail. a simple primer on OSes.

Debian, because you get a good system without people like OP.

>>11
gb2 1996

Plan9 lol

>>12
Enjoy your age old packages.

>>15
Enjoy your upgrading for the sake of upgrading.
Honestly, most of the technology we use is decades old. It's just that faggots feel the need to keep reinventing the wheel. Old doesn't automatically mean out of date.

>>16
But it does cause incompatibilities with newer software and thus the inability to use it in some cases. Enjoy.

>>17
I've yet to encounter a single such problem, strawmanfag.

Windows Vista because it's pretty. openSUSE because it was the distro that appealed to me and functioned correctly on my AB9. That reason, plus the green-ness.

>>15
Some of use sid, and have newer packages than anyone other than the upstream devs

linuxfromscratch.org

>>15
Lolno. Name one thing you can do on Ubushit that I can't on Debian Sid?

>>22
Who said anything about Ubuntu? You paranoid fuck.

>>23
Son, you want to take this further? I'm using w3m

>>24
w3m? I'm using telnet. Your failure is total.

>>25
Telnet? I'm using wget dis.4chan.org/tech | less. Your failure is total.

>>19
"Windows Vista because it's pretty."

So the fact the underside is ugly as hell doesn't bother you? Image really must be everything!

FreeBSD

>>26
less? I'm using grep -C [Ll]inux. Your failure is total.

>>29
grep? I'm using cat and MY EYES.

All you linux faggots need to shut up with your shit nobody cares about.

Its like watching two skinny bearded runts throw their binary shit at each other while snorting like aspergers case shut ins at their own sense of superiority.

>31
Couldn't get past the installer, huh?

>>32
Yeah totally...

Wait no, you're just a fag.

>>32
also there's that sense of superiority I was talking about. Anyone who doesn't like linux must not know how to install it!

>>34
Couldn't get past the installer? I'm LINUX TARBALLS, CEO AND FOUNDER OF SMUG LINUX PRICKS WHO LIKE MOCKING YOU FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO INSTALL MY OPERATING SYSTEM EVEN THOUGH IT'S RIDICULOUSLY EASY. I WAS SORTING MY PAPERWORK THE OTHER DAY WHEN THE WIFI DONGLE I HAVE ON MY HEAD (THE ONLY ONE IN EXISTENCE TO WORK WITH LINUX) DETECTED YOUR MOTHER'S PRINTER. I RUSHED OVER, MY LONG, SAGGING PENIS STRENGTHENING AS WE WENT, UNTIL I CONFIGURED SEPENIS TO BE SECURE AGAINST HACKING THREATS BY HACKERS WEARING BLACK HATS AND I APPROACHED THIS PRINTER, NOW HARD AS A KITE, AND SAW THAT IT HAD NO OSS DRIVERS. TURNING AND SUMMONING THE STALLMAN TO MY SIDE, I BEGAN SOFTLY TO PROBE THE PRINTER'S PORTS WITH MY ERECT PHALLOUS, UNTIL MY EXPANDING MEMBER TORE IT IN HALF, AND THE STALLMAN RUSHED OVER TO EXAMINE THE PIECES AND BUILD A DRIVER AND THEN HE CONFISCATED THE OWNER AND HIS BEARD ATE HER AND YOU SIR ARE A FUCKING IDIOT FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO INSTALL LINUX YOU RETARDED BADGERBEARCOCK.

>>35
About as funny as feline AIDS. Also, I can install linux, its incredibly simple and straightforward to get set up, its just shite.

>>35
Forgot mah "Your failure is total."

>>36
You just can't figure out "how do i open mah docs with open office lol where is the games lol i am stupid and cannot use the command line"

>>38
Yeah I couldn't find tux racer so I deleted it and reinstalled windo$e$$$ amirite.

>>36
Unless you're using a BSD, you don't even have a basis for comparison.

>>40
Help me give him the smackdown, Double-B (Berkeley Brother).

>>39
Well, how would I go to my home directory, create a new directory called windowsisshit, go inside it, create a new file called fuckyou, make it executable, and make the contents remove everything on this partition? That's a really simple operating, but I'm guessing you can't even do that.

>>1

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>>43
Your SJIS skills are lacking.

>>41
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>>40
Utter faggotry.

>>41
I'm >>40, and I actually use Debian. My point was just that while you could have a meaningful discussion about whether (non-Mac) BSD or Linux is better (and better for what), if someone thinks Linux is a worse OS than any of the Windowses or Mac OS, he doesn't have a clue what he's talking about.

>>44

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>>47
Looks like shit in IE as well.

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I have plan9, inferno, archlinux, mac os x leopard, emacs and windows xp in this machine, I really like plan9, but most of the time I end up using linux.

I'm on IE and it still looks like shit.

Just use all of them... As if real geeks actually pay for any of that shit anyway. Don't dual boot though - its a damned pain the backside. Don't buy apple hardware - just do a hackintosh. Buy a bunch of cheap small boxes, and put a hardcore graphic card in the windows box for gaming.

windows?

Plan 9 from Bell Labs

what linux should i use i have an old pc with win2k so i can put a linux on that.

Vista

xp, cause the last time i tried vista it kept crashing (motherboard drivers) iand i dont have a ditectx 10 card anyway

>>56
you have aids

>>58
you have penis cancer

>>55
Slackware.

I use XP on two machines, 2k (I <3 antiques), and Slax (very useful).

>>61
2k, antique? I use NT4. Your failure is total.

>>62
NT4? I use paper and a pencil when I feel modern, otherwise I use rocks.

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I can't wait for school to start again, so these faggots will finally fuck off.