Thread: Whats your OS?

Originally Posted by DFriedl

You want multimedia to work on whatever hardware you might have - as long as someone else developed that solution as part of some commercial program they were working on and contributed it to the community, yeah, it'll probably work.

The Linux box I am using right now is playing music in a task, while I am rendering a video and developing an application for Android, writing this message in the forum, and the multimedia part has never been a problem in the almost 20 years I am using Linux.
The Linux kernel (although not the best model for a kernel, in my opinion) can support hundreds of devices. In 1993 (when I installed my first Linux distro and already using FreeBSD) device drivers certainly were hard to find: today we are having a completely different scenario and it is pretty uncommon to not have a Linux driver, either OS or proprietary.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I would have been dead in the water if it hadn't been for him. It is a lot better now with the GUI and that. I can do some things with the command line but I'm no expert.

You should consider how and why Unix was invented. It was not meant to be a "user oriented" operating system. All of us Unix geeks and system admins still have that primary concept in mind: this is an operating system with a main goal in mind: strong stability and multiuser capabilities.
Despite I like the X environment on which all the Unix desktop interfaces are based on, I still use the terminal for most of the things i do with Unix. And for one good reason: with a good text editor (I love vi!) you will do everything and very fast. A GUI can be easier, but for many special admin operation it actually slows down the process a lot.

Originally Posted by razorguy

The Linux box I am using right now is playing music in a task, while I am rendering a video and developing an application for Android, writing this message in the forum, and the multimedia part has never been a problem in the almost 20 years I am using Linux.
The Linux kernel (although not the best model for a kernel, in my opinion) can support hundreds of devices. In 1993 (when I installed my first Linux distro and already using FreeBSD) device drivers certainly were hard to find: today we are having a completely different scenario and it is pretty uncommon to not have a Linux driver, either OS or proprietary.

If you ever need a bug tester, you know how to reach me!

Originally Posted by ANelson

Why the hate for DOS?

Personally speaking, I do not hate DOS (I guess you mean that simple and buggy operating system installed in PC in the beginning of the 1980s, not the DOS as a general concept)
That DOS certainly contributed to the spreading of personal computing, although many of its concepts were based on CP/M, an even older operating system but very common in the small computing field.
Compared to Unix, however, there is no competition: it is like comparing a space shuttle (Unix) to a one-square-wheeled scooter.

Originally Posted by parkerskouson

If you ever need a bug tester, you know how to reach me!

That's sounds great, truly great!!! Testing is one of the most critical part of developing software! Beta testers are always highly welcome!

Originally Posted by razorguy

That's sounds great, truly great!!! Testing is one of the most critical part of developing software! Beta testers are always highly welcome!

Just PM me, or email me an .apk! Would love to help!

Originally Posted by razorguy

The Linux box I am using right now is playing music in a task, while I am rendering a video and developing an application for Android, writing this message in the forum, and the multimedia part has never been a problem in the almost 20 years I am using Linux.

For me, it's been less than 20 years, but yes, Linux has made huge strides in terms of compatibility and drivers. I had problems with Fedora and the chipsets in Dell and Lenovo laptops just a few years ago. I'll stop complaining about my stale problems with Flash and MP3 playback now; I'm admittedly out of the loop on desktop Linux until I load something up and play around. All in all, though, I am a Linux fan, especially for hardened, dedicated servers.

Originally Posted by parkerskouson

Just PM me, or email me an .apk! Would love to help!

Sounds great! I will certainly do that on my next Android app. The one I am developing now is about to be released and testing is over.

Originally Posted by DFriedl

I'll stop complaining about my stale problems with Flash and MP3 playback now; I'm admittedly out of the loop on desktop Linux until I load something up and play around.

Things are changed a lot in that respect, too. Now there are tons of multimedia players (My favorite one is Amarok) and Flash is not a problem as well, although Adobe has announced the end of development of the Linux version. On that regard, we still have the OS alternative, anyway! :-)

Originally Posted by DFriedl

All in all, though, I am a Linux fan, especially for hardened, dedicated servers.

I know what you mean. For dedicated servers I also used OpenBSD, in particular when security was the primary issue. In this sense OpenBSD is more secure than Linux. Did you ever try that?

Lion on laptop and desktop at the moment. Got an old laptop running xbunutu & XP for odd jobs.

Would be nice to have a linux distro smoothly dual booting on the mac but last I tried it I couldn't get the headphone/audio out jack recognised and I can't do without it.