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ShizzleMacDaddy
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| After school got out I rebuilt my comp and ended up installing Vista. So far not so bad.. do not see what everyone hates about it other than the issue of drivers..... |
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Orwell
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Mac OS 10.5, beginning to experiment with Ubuntu Linux. Someday, if I get really bored, I might try BSD.
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Phagocyte
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Windows XP. I have no desire to upgrade to Vista.
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Shadowbound
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Microsoft are no longer selling any version of XP I herd |
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patrick6
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Shadowbound wrote: | | Microsoft are no longer selling any version of XP I herd |
Doesn't matter to me. I have 'other' methods of acquiring Windows XP. 
However, I don't have to use those methods though since I already have XP. |
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LostInEmulation
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| ShizzleMacDaddy wrote: | | After school got out I rebuilt my comp and ended up installing Vista. So far not so bad.. do not see what everyone hates about it other than the issue of drivers..... |
Oh... just install XP on that system and you'll realize how fast it can be... also the fact that nothing significant was improved tends to irk people.
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Tim_Tex
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Leopard 10.5
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patrick6
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Windows XP is flawed, but it's all I'm planning on using until better software alternatives come out for Linux or Mac.
To me software is WAY more important than the operating system itself. I'd die if I couldn't use Foobar2000, Exact Audio Copy, DVD Rebuilder, Media Player Classic, Utorrent (and a few other apps) anymore. These apps are essential. Without these apps my computer would feel overly bare and it would limit my computer's potential.
PS. I know there is an app called 'Wine' which allows you to emulate Windows software. Unfortunately there are often compatibility issues when using this software however. |
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Kiski
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Definitely Linux.
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one1ai
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:08 am Post subject: Ubuntu 8.10 and gNewSense |
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| Currently I have Ubuntu 8.10 (for games) and gNewSense 2.1 for more ethical reasons. |
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Dussel
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Depends - For the most cases I prefer Debian; but the X-Server configuration sucks. Fine-tuning the /etc/X11/xorg.conf is a mess, so recycle since ages for my the main-box here an old configuration-file, configured with sax form Suse (thus the most parts of the computer are quite new, but the graphic card is the same since seven years).
A other problem with debian is the old version of open office, so I de-installed the debian-version (2.4.x) and replaced it with the newer version. Similar is to say in respect of Gimp, so I needed to de-install sane and xsane, installed it from the sources and than reinstalled Gimp (2.6.4) also from the sources.
Debian does currently not include KDE4, but after playing around with KDE4 on SuSE 11.1, I really do not miss it at all. |
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Orwell
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OS of choice: do I need to pick just one? I triple-boot OS X Leopard, Ubuntu 8.10, and Vista Ultimate. I also Virtualbox XP. Of these, my ratings would be: Ubuntu>XP≥Leopard>Vista. Right now I'm in Vista. It's not always quite as horrible as its reputation, but the performance really needs to be improved by a lot, which I've heard will be coming in Windows 7. I'll admit I like the Aero theme, but to me, having everything work quickly is more important than having a pretty task bar.
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Dussel
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| Vista wouldn't even pass here the test-phase: I install all OS first on a test-computer, an seven year old Dell-Inpirion 2650 with 256MB. Something I can't install on this box, will not enter the production computers. |
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lau
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| Dussel wrote: | | Vista wouldn't even pass here the test-phase: I install all OS first on a test-computer, an seven year old Dell-Inpirion 2650 with 256MB. Something I can't install on this box, will not enter the production computers. |
A wise approach.
I find it quite unacceptable, that an OS can "require" vast amounts of RAM, just to get off the ground.
I want my memory to be used by the application(s) I am actively using... not by some pointlessly complexificated, non-operating, unsystematic sluggishware that does me no favours.
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Dussel
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| lau wrote: | | Dussel wrote: | | Vista wouldn't even pass here the test-phase: I install all OS first on a test-computer, an seven year old Dell-Inpirion 2650 with 256MB. Something I can't install on this box, will not enter the production computers. |
A wise approach.
I find it quite unacceptable, that an OS can "require" vast amounts of RAM, just to get off the ground.
I want my memory to be used by the application(s) I am actively using... not by some pointlessly complexificated, non-operating, unsystematic sluggishware that does me no favours. |
I do not know, what MS does with this vast amounts of HEAP. At the end Windows does not provide more than the Kernel, X-server, KDE/Gnome, some demons for printer, NFS, sshd, etc, a of Linux-System. It is for my just a miracle ... |
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