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| Thread ID: 31474 | 2003-03-23 02:27:00 | Open Discussion (No flames) - Why do you use your OS? | Chilling_Silence (9) | Press F1 |
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| 130231 | 2003-03-23 04:24:00 | One point worth remembering. There are two main groups of people who use computers. 1. Those who want to do work or play games etc.,but have no real interest in comps. as such. 2. Genuine hobbyists,geeks, computer nuts, call them what you will. Those in group 1 will want an operating system that works, does what they want to do. In other words thy use Windows. Those in group 2. will use Linux and probably several other operating systems all together. They use Linux because it is different,it makes them feel more clever than other people. It's probably not working properly, thats why they have other os's. If you want a reliable computer that runs properly then there is realy no choice. If I could install Linux smoothly and it would pick up all peripheral drivers and then no more crashes than windows I would use it, because of my hatred of Microsoft and all it stands for. But it doesn't, It doesn't even come close. Enough said, Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 130232 | 2003-03-23 04:40:00 | JJJJJ, Are you just stirring or what? >They use Linux because it is different,it makes them feel more clever than other people. It's probably not working properly, thats why they have other os's. Well i use Sam (SuSE) as my gateway seeing there is no way i want a gateway that crashes every other day like vanessa does if ('98) run 24/7 does. You are kind of right.. i use Linux as a learning tool, but i don't feel "clever" for using it.. indeed as i get behind the scenes i feel "Clueless" (hence the original reason for choosing the name). Clueless, but learning. BTW, theres a few people who like Linux because generally it's uptime is decided by how long you can keep the computer powered up. My experiance has shown me why the servers that run the WWW are mainly Linux .Clueless |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 130233 | 2003-03-23 04:53:00 | My reasons are pretty most the same as Chilling_Silence and a bit from everybody else.... I do have 5 different Operating Systems to choose from: XP Pro, 2000, 95, 9SE, 2kServer, Linix Man 8.0 but only have XP Pro and Win2k as my operating systems installed. My reasons were because of 'mainstream' in that I tend to follow business side of things. In such instances, Linux does appear every now and then (for skill requirement) to work with, but most users from organisations are either just have migrated to Win2k or using that as their primary OS. Meanwhile, although I'm pretty influent with Windows 2000 more than other O.S, I found using Linux quite 'hair raising' stuff. Although, the majority of users I have known, state that it is easier to use than Windows, yet I'm still struggling to try and install the O.S. again, just for the hell of it........ I wouldn't mind knowing more about linux. I have in the past have installed it, but found my reasons were not fufiled yet to comply with all my needs. |
The Student (3269) | ||
| 130234 | 2003-03-23 04:57:00 | Hi Folks I was running W2K and found it very stable and compatible with most of my work stuff.I upgraded to XP Pro because I won it so what the hell, I have found it more stable and more compatible so I have stuck with it.And a noted by an earlier post it is nicer to look at. My daughters PC is running Win98 se and I have had no complaints from her she mostly on MSN and hotmail and burns a few Cd's. Only thing is it has to be rebooted at least every couple of days. Unlike XP which has been up for 38 days. Lastly I run W2K on my laptop which is totally dedicated to work, I connect to work over a VPN and this can be a little flaky at times wether that is the OS or something else I'm not sure. I like W2k,s ability to use LPR for printing this is important to me as I connect to a lot of different printers in my work day and win XX does not support LPR natively |
Jimbo (441) | ||
| 130235 | 2003-03-23 05:39:00 | 1) Win98 on Old Faithful because it is 100% reliable and does everything I want. 2) W2K on two other boxes and my new (2nd hand) Toshiba portege because I'm not a Luddite and it works well for those boxes. 3) W95 on my old Toshiba Libretto because it came with that OS and why would I change it? 4) DOS 6.22/WFWG 3.11 on an old Compaq notebook to maintain access to older DOS based instrument software that doesn't like anything more recent and I can't be bothered wasting time trying to make it work. 5) Linux? Probably a fine OS and very interesting to play with, but I can't see any reason to embark upon a learning curve that I don't need when all my existing equipment and current needs are well met by items 1-4. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 130236 | 2003-03-23 06:33:00 | The OS's I have running are..... Win98 so I can still use my scanner which caused lock-ups on ME and 2K even with new drivers installed. WinME which is on two machines one of which is the music/gaming beast LOL and runs the printer. Win2K which currently has all my back-up files. Mandrake 9.0 which is the main PC that I use to access the web. SuSE 8.0 which is what I use to monitor the network as it has some great tools. SuSE 6.4 for the http server. Then there is seven PC's with Mandrake Clic as I wanted to play with the setting up of a cluster. Apart from the cluster (seperate KVM block) and one ME PC all the other PC's are hooked up to KVM switches so that I can quite often be flicking between PC's and OS's when online. Also I have all PC's running 24/7 and don't suffer BSOF or any of those problems. The Win PC's are never up long before a reboot though due to the patches ;) There are probably just as many patches for linux, but you don't need to reboot after them :) |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 130237 | 2003-03-23 06:43:00 | I have two operating systems on my computer: - Windows XP Home - LindowsOS 3.1 Soon Yoper 1.0 pack will be there as well. I use LindowsOS most of the time just because a lot of the software is better (such as the GIMP), but have Windows XP there just in case I muck things up a bit (which happens far too often ;-)). |
flyer590 (2523) | ||
| 130238 | 2003-03-23 06:50:00 | I use Redhat 7.3 only since it is free!!! , very stable and does everything that I want. I have a digital camera, zip drive, CDRW, Epson C61 printer and 32Mbyte USB pen drive all working very well. OpenOffice is my main application but there are heaps of other good apps supplied with the distribtion. THis PC also acts as an internet gateway for two other PCs running Win98. Eventually (in time) all PCs at home will be Linux - I am not buying anymore MS OSs. |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 130239 | 2003-03-23 07:49:00 | Well I've got three computers at home. My family's computer (mainly stepfather and little sister) is running Windows 98SE as it is a nice stable OS and the computer only has 120MB of RAM for it to use. It's also because he only has experience with the 9x based OSs. I would probably put XP onto it so that I can give them limited accounts if I ever get around to grabbing some more RAM for it. My main computer is running Windows XP Pro because it does the job for me and has lots of nice we features that 9x doesn't have. If I screw things up big time I'm seriously considering putting Windows 2000 Pro on because I know of quite quite a few people that find it heaps better than XP and I'd like to have a valid opinion in why I like XP so much more. I also like the ability to be able to skin the OS though it doesn't help make it do things better, it's just something nice to play with. My other computer is currently running Slackware 8.1 though before that it was running Longhorn and before that it was running 2000 Pro. Thats all in a matter of days. This computer is KVMed with my main computer with the main computer running IIS to give it access to the interweb. I have this computer so that I can screw around with things all I like and still have a computer that *hopefully* will still work. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 130240 | 2003-03-23 07:51:00 | >Why do you use your OS? Because I have to maintain compatability with all of the clients, who all use MS Office based programs. >Why would you wanna use Linux? I am proficient (or I was) in command line interface systems, including Unix and if I had the time to devote to re-learning I certainly would. If 100% compatability with my clients interface could be achieved, then I would have done it ages ago. >Why would you not want to use it? Lack of compatability is the only reason. I probably will have a linux box here one day, for renewing experience with*nix systems. And because of the geek background. >Which version of Windows do you use, and for what reason? (PC specs cant handle any newer version... Dont like Version X) Use Windows XP. 4 Machines, 3 of which were upgraded from 98SE or ME. Why? I am one of those "early adopters" by nature and technical engineering is my background. The Win ME platform certainly worked well for me, better and stabler that 98. I cannot really justify the transition from ME to XP, as the only gain in stability is that the OS does not need rebooting when an application dies. In ME I simply rebooted whenever I was taking a break and that solved any resource issues. I have to also thing of my partner, she was trained in windows based products and is not a geekess, therefore a switch to Linux would be a bit too much. Open Office type apps are not compatable enough unfortunately, her work involves e-mailing fully formatted documents for clients to review and print. The clients all run MS office, so absolute 100% compatability is required. |
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