The 2012 Operating System Thread

[Topcat]

It's been a while for one of these....and with Win8 on the horizon (which the seat of my pants is telling me it's going to be another vista-like Microsoft blunder), I'm just curious who's using what these days....

This thread isn't intended to be a debate on what's better....but I'm sure it'll spiral into that like they all do....I'm just curious how many people are keeping the 'good old stuff' going...

[smason]

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My home stuff

Server: Linux - Centos 6
Notebook: Win7 Pro 32
Desktop Win7 Pro 32
Utility PC XP Pro

Not planning on jumping on Win8 any time soon.

I only went to 7 because the indexing works much better than the 3rd party stuff I was using on XP, VSS is better, and better SSD support.

[Krankshaft]

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Windows 7 is only on my main gaming rig still keeping the old warhorse XP running on all the others with the exception of Windows 2003 Server on the domain controller.

I see you put Windows Me in there? Come to think of it that was the Windows Vista of it's day wasn't it ?

[ratdude747]

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fedora 16 x64 and vista x32 on my school laptop. fedora sees far more use on it than the seldom used vista half, so linux got my single vote. this laptop is what I use 85% of the time anymore...

my old laptop uses xp due to graphics driver issues (i8xx bug).

my main rig uses vista but any more it gets used every other day. my other computers (minus 2 PPC macs) run one distro or another of linux.

[weirdlookinguy]

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Windows 7 all across the board, except for my fileserver/torrentbox which is XP Pro.

As for BeOS, I messed around with Haiku (an open-source modernized clone of BeOS) and I was thoroughly impressed. I have needs that can only be addressed by Windows 7 but goddamn, if I could use Haiku as my main OS then I would.

[c_hegge]

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XP on all my PCs. My core i3 main PC is a screamer on XP.

[shovenose]

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Windows 7 on my main desktop PC and my main laptop. XP on my bedside PC. Mac OS X 10.6 my white MacBook and my MacBook Air has 10.7...
Ubuntu server on most of my servers
WIndows server 2003 on my minecraft server.
Android on my phone.

I think that just about covers it??

[toastygoodness]

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no love for BeOS??? :-(
Haiku is getting there, it's great.

But i do my operating systems oddly. Workstation is windows 7 stripped down all the way (so basically 2008R2 in workstation mode). Laptop (thinkpad x220) runs Arch Linux with kernel 3.2+. Arch on all my linux VPSs as well, have one Win2008R2 vps.

[acstech]

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Desktop: Fedora 14 w/ Gnome 2
Server: Ancient install of Fedora 7
Netbook: MacOS 10.5 (although it can boot to Fedora or Windows XP)
Old-Folks computer: Fedora 16 w/ Xfce

Interestingly, the old folks find Fedora with Xfce to be easier to run that Windows 7 or Gnome 3. Of course they're not doing much, reading emails, playing solitare, and general web browsing.

Mine is running Fedora 14 now. When I get some time to upgrade, I'll go to Fedora 16 with Xfce, to avoid the abomination that is Gnome 3.

I have Windows 7 installed on another hard drive, and I could boot into it whenever I want, but I almost never do. The only times I do is to run tax software or play a game, which is almost never.

[ratdude747]

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I forgot to specify, my laptop with fedora 16 x64 uses gnome 3, which I happen to like a lot. To each his own; GUIs are often an personal preference thing...

[Toasty]

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4 - desktops - XP Pro 32
2 - desktops - Win 7 Ultimate 64
1 - desktop - Win 98SE (older scanner & label printer - no newer drivers)
1 - laptop - XP Pro 32
1 - laptop - Win 7 Home Premium 64
1 - desktop - Apple OS X 10.5.8 Leopard

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[yyonline]

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Win 7 Professional 64 on my primary desktop and laptop.

Win XP and really old ubuntu dual boot on my workbench computer.

[Ami Sapphire]

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Single Boot Computers
2 - Windows 7 [My main laptop, newly set up gaming computer]
1 - Windows Vista [Mom's laptop]
4 - Windows XP [Dad's laptop, old MagicJack phone desktop, Sis's laptop, Second Web/FTP Server]
1 - Windows 2000 [old Inspiron 8100 laptop]
1 - Windows 98SE [Dad's main computer... seriously.]
1 - Ubuntu Server [Main Web Server]
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MultiBoot Computers
Windows 95C/Windows 98 - [Old Windows/DOS Gaming Computer]
Windows 98/Windows 98SE/Windows 2000/Windows ME - [Old Game Emulator Computer]

Total: 2 Win7, 1 WinVista, 4 WinXP, 1 WinME, 1 Win2K, 2 Win98SE, 2 Win98, 1 Win95, 1 Ubuntu Server


* I prefer Windows 7, however, we usually stay with older computers and components, and it shows.
* Mom actually finds Windows Vista to be usable.
* Dad still uses Windows 98 SE. Sad part was he wanted wireless capabilities on his relic Acer desktop (running W98SE).

[momaka]

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Still on Windows XP here. Doubt I'll change it anytime soon.

[ddscentral]

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Main PC: Primary OS - Windows 7 x64, Secondary - Ubuntu 11.10 x64 (without Unity).
My secondary PC runs Windows 7 x64, and my home server (with 1 Ghz Pentium 3) runs Windows 2003.

[Altrenda]

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Windows 7 because a 6 month old computer shouldn't run a 10 year old OS.
After spending all day fixing and removing malware from XP machines, I prefer the interface and efficiency of Win 7.

[c_hegge]

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Nooooooo XP is dying. No no no no no

[shovenose]

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Nooooooo XP is dying. No no no no no

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes it's about time!
on XP

[lauren]

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1 Desktop running windows xp
1 laptop running windows 7
1 netbook running Lubuntu

[Ami Sapphire]

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Nooooooo XP is dying. No no no no no

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes it's about time!
on XP

Lol, not surprised. Though some people will probably still be using it five years from now.