Thread: Which OS Are You Running ?

I'm a late bloomer to computers. Started in 1999 wirh Windows '95, moved to '98, and than to XP. My friend JB Horen introduced me to Linux through Fedora 5 maybe 10 years ago and I've been running Fedora, Ubuntu and then Mint ever since. Running Mint 15 Olivia now, at home, and Windows 7 on a laptop because I paid for it so might as well use it. Hats off to Linus Torvalds !

I use OSX 10.9 Mavericks both at work and at home.
My work requires me to use some UNIX and Linux variants on some proprietary 3D simulators I build.

I started out with a Sinclair ZX81 back in the day, then moved on to Commodore's and Amiga machines, before spending a decade on the dark side.
Since 2001 I have been using MacOS for just about all my computer needs.

I'm mostly a Gentoo Linux guy, but here's the list:
2x Raspberry Pi's = Gentoo
Dell/Gateway/Macair13 = Gentoo
Macair11/AcerNetbook = Mint (these are media boxes so I needed netflix and I didn't want to mess about compiling all the experimental stuff myself which is why I used mint)

it would be interesting to have a poll on this thread.... I'd bet linux would get a better than normal percentage on this forum ..... just a hunch since both linux and straight razors give far more control and take time to learn

Debian 7.4

Plain old WinPro7.

Bob

Originally Posted by Birnando

I started out with a Sinclair ZX81 back in the day, then moved on to Commodore's and Amiga machines, before spending a decade on the dark side.

Amazing. Me too. I still remember buying the first ZX in '82. Damn tape recorder, with the volume up, woke up the whole neighborhood when trying to save data. lol.... Learning Basic was fun with all them keyboard combos. Memories. The commodore, dos, Mac 128K,... What a ride :-)

I use both Osx and Vista since I only need a PC for a few specific PC software programs.

I was one of the first to build a 64bit machine and the only OS at the time was Xp Pro 64. I had it triple booting that , Xp pro, and linux SUSE 10. Do to a lack of drivers for this cable modem I just run XP pro. I would run a Linux version again but resiting the learning curve. My computing power and options are of less importance right now anyway.

Windows 7 Home Premium now, was running Ultimate but discovered I didn't need it. Tried Windows 8 a while back, got lost, couldn't find anything so went back to Windows 7. Really didn't care for Windows 8.

A few years back I tried Ubuntu for a while, takes a little language conversion learning. Ended up not having enough time to learn so switched back to Windows.

Running LInux Mint on this laptop and have Mint on a couple of other computers. I am also playing around with Mageia 4 as a dual boot. I have a gaming desktop that runs Windows 8.1 (which I'm not a big fan of).

Been using Linux since Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. I've distro hopped and tried just about everything (except maybe Gentoo and Slackware). I used Arch LInux for quite awhile and liked it. I haven't got around to setting up a new install. Maybe once I get through my stack of razors to restore in the workshop.

It occurred to me that Linux and straight razor afficionados probably share several common characteristics. Both Linux and straight razors have a learning curve and require some tinkering/customization. Similarly, you could say that Linux gives you a much more control/customization towards your shave (compared to cartridge razors), whereas Linux gives you more control/customization over your computer.