Greetings all,
This thread is just a consensus of what OS us BITOGer's are using when visiting the site etc. Please do not "bash", "hate" etc the responses listed below. I just want to see what everyone is running, how long they've run it and if they ever tried anything new. I like hearing about peoples experiences with different OS's.
So I will start.
I have used Windows since the 3.1 era. 3.1, 95B, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, and 7.
Along the way I have jumped into various Linux OS's such as Suse, Mandrake/Mandriva, Fedora, Ubuntu(since 4) and now Linux Mint.
I have never encountered issues with any Windows OS, and those I did encounter in Linux were due to my own inadequacies with its use.
I have once ran Ubuntu 8.04 for about 6 months with a Virtual Box install of XP for my Zune but hosed my OS install when I accidentally(yeah don't ask me how) made the CDUsers group root or removed myself from it(still flaky) and I basically locked myself out of the OS(as root and as myself). lol
I then ran Windows 7 RC1 x64 since then until about last week I had an itch to try something new and installed Linux Mint 7(Gloria). Been flawless since, and amazed at how with every version of Ubuntu/Mint and many others things improve drastically.
I have yet to try Mac OS-X due to not being in the position to purchase(afford) a new pc, or a Mac with the Horsepower I would want. Tempted to try OS-X on my laptop as I heard some success but better to get a dedicated unit. My buddy is a big Mac guy and from the times I did use it, it was nice, similarities aside from Unix/Linux its unique in its own way.
So what have you all used? Any experiences and mistakes? I have to say I do love reading tech forums from all OSs so I can keep abreast of things.
This thread is just a consensus of what OS us BITOGer's are using when visiting the site etc. Please do not "bash", "hate" etc the responses listed below. I just want to see what everyone is running, how long they've run it and if they ever tried anything new. I like hearing about peoples experiences with different OS's.
So I will start.
I have used Windows since the 3.1 era. 3.1, 95B, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, and 7.
Along the way I have jumped into various Linux OS's such as Suse, Mandrake/Mandriva, Fedora, Ubuntu(since 4) and now Linux Mint.
I have never encountered issues with any Windows OS, and those I did encounter in Linux were due to my own inadequacies with its use.
I have once ran Ubuntu 8.04 for about 6 months with a Virtual Box install of XP for my Zune but hosed my OS install when I accidentally(yeah don't ask me how) made the CDUsers group root or removed myself from it(still flaky) and I basically locked myself out of the OS(as root and as myself). lol
I then ran Windows 7 RC1 x64 since then until about last week I had an itch to try something new and installed Linux Mint 7(Gloria). Been flawless since, and amazed at how with every version of Ubuntu/Mint and many others things improve drastically.
I have yet to try Mac OS-X due to not being in the position to purchase(afford) a new pc, or a Mac with the Horsepower I would want. Tempted to try OS-X on my laptop as I heard some success but better to get a dedicated unit. My buddy is a big Mac guy and from the times I did use it, it was nice, similarities aside from Unix/Linux its unique in its own way.
So what have you all used? Any experiences and mistakes? I have to say I do love reading tech forums from all OSs so I can keep abreast of things.