what is your favorite operating system
which is your favorite operating system? if your favorite isnt here say so and i will add it.
DOS
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Choosing one option is hard. I use Linux on my laptop for the hardened security (for attaching to unknown access points, etc) and it just feels faster.
But I run Windows XP on my gaming desktop because it's a gaming computer and I've had enough trouble trying to get Steam to run on my laptop. It's also nice for compatibility for stuff like my Zune which just has zero Linux functionality.
There was a similar thread some months ago (I've locked it to prevent necromancy) that made many good points. Highlight, from our good friend Hamster:
I work with Mac's all the time. There are two employees where I'm working right now that are using Macs, with Leopard installed. They have just as many problems as everyone else who's using a Windows PC.
At the music studios I go to, they almost all use Macs. Again, they crash way too often for stupid reasons. I'm talking about the Mixing Room Macs that have nearly nothing on them except for ProTools and Toast.
It's easy to give Finder a heart attack.
All that out of the way, I don't like the design philosophy of modern software. It doesn't matter if it's on a Windows or Mac PC. I don't want this easy and accessible shit. Give me 10 page preference screens and the ability to completely tear-down the program if I want to. I blame that on Apple with their one-button-everything. :E~~
As long as you aren't trying to do anything crazy like play games that do not have a Linux version, Ubuntu is a pretty good choice if you ask me.
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Dosbox ftw, also: 
I hate Vista. If you have a PSP, do not try to copy files from a computer running Vista onto it. It will kill your file structure on the PSP. I had to wipe all my memory sticks, and copy all my backed up files from my laptop, which runs XP. And play all the way through Prince of Persia: Rival Swords again. Which wasn't a bad thing.
I had to go with Windows XP, Xp Pro is really my favorite flavor. It's as stable and efficient as you get out of Microsoft. Of course that's for home use. If I was running a recording studio I'd use Mac. Macs are just better suited for music and graphics production. For back-end applications I'd go Linux in most cases. Vista isn't actually as terrible as people make it seem and of course updates will continue to enhance it. Now that SP1 is out I might have to set up a dual boot on my desktop to start using it myself.
Linux is the best except no-one uses it (including me) for home use because it only runs a very limited number of games and other programs and Wine tends to be slow and unstable.
Traditionally using Linux at home has always been for people with a high amount of computer knowledge but that's all changing now. Then again last time I went into Linux (my computer has dual boot) I found myself stuffing around with highly technical driver configuration files just so I could run 3d games on it, so I guess it's still got a way to go.
People should make more games for Linux because there's no reason Microsoft should have a monopoly on gamers.
they don't. they just have a monopoly on the operating system (sorta; they did goto court over it anyway) and the marketers go to where the money is. and to market a game for a system that is on 90% of all home users computers = more money. its the demand/supply system, the demand is for games that run on MS platforms. so there is the supply.
and MS became so popular because it has always been so nerd friendly (if not user friendly) way back in the days of dos. mac was to pretty and user friendly. wasn't easy enough to hack open. yeah if you wanted bad ass grafix or sound you went with mac. but the average computer nerd wanted to be able to "WORK" on his system. the average art nerd wanted easy to use but powerful effects. well computer nerds won the computer war.
well lets see
Linux - Used it a few times, pretty interesting, doesnt offer me what I want.
Mac - plain old sucks, Ipods suck, Iphones suck, Imacs suck, Ibook SUCKS, Mac sucks cause they charge you up the ass, it isnt widely used, and the user interface for the OS sucks
Windows XP - One of the best Operating systems I ever used, offered everything I needed. Now its obsolete.
Windows Vista - With 4 available version, each with more features and more RAM eating power, how could you go wrong. With Basic, you just wasted money... Windows Vista Home premium is what I use, it has got to be one of the best by far, it outdoes Windows XP in all ways in my view. Vista Business is not something I would recommend getting. Vista Ultimate, the pinnacle of RAM and CPU consumption.
Out of all the Operating systems I would have to go with Vista due to DX10 and epic shininess.