What operating system do you pefer?

**the_eternal_dark** · January 11th, 2007, 02:03

Originally Posted by scarph

heres what linux people sound like to me.

"i dont like windows cus everyone else has windows, i like being different"

i think windows is the best os you can get. its made by numerous graduate school grads.

OS-X, XP, and Linux are pretty much tied in my bbok as they do different things better than the next.

I like using Linux because it's fun to mess around with, but I wouldn't use it as a "first choice" os.

**Cap'n 1time** · January 11th, 2007, 06:25

Linux is without a doubt the most secure OS.

I like the constantly updated free and open source software. I also think the community is much more interesting.

scarph is certainly right though.. there are some idiots who use linux just because they think it makes them sound smart. There are signs you can watch for though..

If they cant figure out how to compile things from the source and continue to use it.
If they ask what to do with a tar file.
Often if they use Redhat or fedora core (no offense to some of you that do that arnt stupid.)
If they use ubuntu but have no idea what Debian is.
If they think that compiling EVERYTHING in Gentoo is a good idea. (at least i think thats idiotic)
If they think that novell is good because of their little suse thing a few months ago.
If they still like suse at all.

so watch for these signs.

**scarph** · January 11th, 2007, 07:22

yep cap'n i have no idea what that stuff is.
i mean linux sounds interesting but i don't really understand the point of it.

what can you do on it that you can't do on widows or apple machines

***BlueCrab*** · January 11th, 2007, 16:52

I use Mac OS X for most everything I do.
Linux is my second choice.
Windows is a distant last place (I'd rather use DOS than Windows)

And as a side note, compiling everything in Gentoo is how I set up my Linux boxes. I'd like to think I'm not some Linux zealot... I just like to make sure everything is tweaked to my liking when I'm working with a Linux distro that allows that.

**scarph** · January 11th, 2007, 19:44

hey im from maryland too blue crab
i love crabs :0

pm me where youre from

**Cap'n 1time** · January 11th, 2007, 23:06

Originally Posted by BlueCrab

And as a side note, compiling everything in Gentoo is how I set up my Linux boxes. I'd like to think I'm not some Linux zealot... I just like to make sure everything is tweaked to my liking when I'm working with a Linux distro that allows that.

Perhaps that was a bad example.. I think its silly though. I just think its not always reasonable to compile every little detail. I always like the idea of compiling gcc with an older version of gcc though...

**NoQuarter** · February 3rd, 2007, 08:24

Windows and slackware on the dual booting laptop.
Beryl is cool to look at too bad I can't use it

***quzar*** · February 3rd, 2007, 08:31

Originally Posted by Cap'n 1time

Perhaps that was a bad example.. I think its silly though. I just think its not always reasonable to compile every little detail. I always like the idea of compiling gcc with an older version of gcc though...

They actually have a thing where a proper stable release is compiled with as a third generational compile. Use the old compile to compile a version, then compile the release binaries with that.