Windows, Mac or Linux??

[tecnikal]

Aside from using timers or other things on the OS, which do you prefer?


Ive moved on to Linux as Windows is boring and a certain distro caught my attention (backtrack )

Sorry if its a topic which has already been discussed. I was just curious.

 

[shoot1510]

Windows, you can use for Media, use for online games ex:secondlife.
Easy Features than Linux.
Duh? I put Linux on my flashdrive!!

 

[enigmahack]

I honestly use all 3 myself - I think they each have their place for certain things, and so I have a quad boot for 2 versions of Linux, Windows Vista, and Hackintosh (Mac but for a PC)

Windows - Games
Mac - Media applications (Video editing, Music recording)
Linux - Everything else. I dual-boot Ubuntu and Backtrack depending on what I'm in the mood for, but I find myself in Linux most of the time

 

[KubeKid73]

Linux. (Ubuntu) I use a virtual box and Wine for anything I need that can't run in Linux.

 

[Tetris Cube]

Linux > Windows > OSX

 

[KubeKid73]

Exactly. But "Windows" should be changed to "XP", then add ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Vista" after OS X.
Like this:
Linux > XP > OS X >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Vista

 

[Chuberchuckee]

Windows because I am a PC gamer.

 

[Tetris Cube]

If I had a choice between Vista and OSX, I'd probably choose Vista, although XP > Vista. I'd rather work with Windows because I don't like Macs. They're overpriced garbage, at least with a PC and Vista you get what you paid for. And there's no reason to ever run OSX on a PC, if that option was ever considered.

But Linux beats both in everything except for gaming, where Windows wins there.

 

[KubeKid73]

But you can easily install Windows in a virtual box, so Linux still wins. (Even though you're using Windows, its still running through Linux.)

 

[Jhong253]

The operating system you choose rather really should be based on the type of work you will do. If you like gaming, general processing, etc, go with Windows. If you do stuff with media, graphics, etc, go with Mac. If you like programming, go with Linux. Cost wise, Macs are pretty expensive. All sorts of computers are sold with Windows (Vista is horrible... XP is so much better) so can't say much about price there.

 

[KubeKid73]

For price, Linux wins. And a lot of laptops now come with Ubuntu pre-installed. Eee PCs FTW!

 

[Tetris Cube]

I use VBox for my Windows needs, but I don't have that much memory/video memory, so it runs pretty slow most of the time. You can only assign up to 75% of your memory to a virtual machine, and that's not ideal for gaming. Plus I don't think installing video card drivers in a virtual machine does anything, so you might not even be able to run what you want to anyway.

BTW, I don't play PC games, so pure Linux with Vbox is good enough for me.

 

[KubeKid73]

For me, VBox works fine. If I tried to play a game, I'm sure it would work. All I would play is an MMO, but I can't because Belkin stuff is obnoxious and I forget the series of steps that I did to get my Wireless USB adapter to work, so I don't have Internet access in VBox. Linux can also automatically run devices without needing drivers.

 

[Tetris Cube]

Why do you need to get your wireless USB adapter to work in Vbox? As long as you have internet access in Linux, you should have internet access in your virtual machine. Just don't unmount your adapter from Linux. If it automatically mounts to the virtual machine, go to the dropdown menu and uncheck it.

I'm sure for playing games with high end graphics, proprietary drivers would probably be required, and most cannot be installed to Linux.

 

[KubeKid73]

No, I need the internet in the machine to run the MMO. It won't connect to the internet if I don't.

I really like the seemless mode where the two desktops are fused together.

 

[Tetris Cube]

By doing that, you do get internet in the virtual machine. I'm pretty sure the connections are automatically bridged, but if they're not, you'll have to do it yourself. Just make sure your adapter is not mounted to the virtual OS.

 

[KubeKid73]

I just tried and it wasn't in the machine. It doesn't bridge them. Is there a way to do that myself?

 

[Hadley4000]

I used to you Mac, but ended up killing my Macbook. I then got a windows laptop. I use Linux at school. So you could say all 3.

 

[Tetris Cube]

Hm, I don't know. I never had to do anything. Try seeing if there's anything in network connections in XP, if that's what you're emulating. You can probably find out how to set it up somewhere on Google. I'm on Ubuntu if that makes any difference.

 

[Johannes91]

Linux > Windows > OSX

I actually prefer small, not bloated operating systems/kernels.

I've used mainly Ubuntu for some years now, but don't really like it. I have Arch Linux on my netbook and it's much better. Slackware and FreeBSD are currently downloading; Slackware because I want to learn more about Linux, and FreeBSD because I want to try non-Linux Unix-likes, too (and I like the license).

I've read a bit about Haiku and it's really interesting, but I haven't bothered trying it yet. Maybe once it's somewhat stable.