sLydE Posted December 3, 2008 As a gamer, you are generally a technical person. What operating system do you use most? I'm not talking about strictly for gaming. What OS do you use for productivity? Creativity? Horsing around? Also note that I am running this poll on a few different sites, so if you frequent those sites, please only vote once, as I will be compiling the numbers at the end of the run. 0 Share this post Link to post
sLydE Posted December 3, 2008 nope, I was just really curious today, and thought I would ask everyone. I also posted on NewDoom and Interlopers. 0 Share this post Link to post
Planky Posted December 4, 2008 sLydE said:As a gamer, you are generally a technical person. Since when? I use Windows - predominantly Vista and XP 0 Share this post Link to post
MasterOFDeath Posted December 4, 2008 Windows XP. I'd use Vista if it didn't suck. 0 Share this post Link to post
destx Posted December 4, 2008 Windows XP at work & for games, OS X for everything else at home. In before XP vs Vista shitstorm. 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted December 4, 2008 Where's the option for Emacs? :) Seriously though, I definitely use Linux the most. The break down is like this: on my laptops/Eee PCs and home servers, I run Slackware Linux exclusively. On my desktop, it's dual-booted with Slackware and Windows XP (need to keep it around to write music and play an occasional game). On my servers at work, RHEL 4 (5 starting tomorrow) and Ubuntu Server. On my iPod, I run Rockbox. 0 Share this post Link to post
caco_killer Posted December 4, 2008 I use Windows XP. My sister's new computer has Vista Ulimate, and it doesn't seem so bad. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bucket Posted December 4, 2008 MasterOFDeath said:Windows XP. I'd use Vista if it didn't suck. Contrary to people on the internet who have probably never used Vista, I can report that it does not suck. 0 Share this post Link to post
Creaphis Posted December 4, 2008 Bucket said:Contrary to people on the internet who have probably never used Vista, I can report that it does not suck. "Does not suck" isn't really the benchmark for what's supposed to be a cutting-edge operating system. It's certainly good enough for most casual users, but the fact that it adds no features over XP and is hideously bloated is a concern for some. exp(x) said:What the hell is with all the polls? Hm. To figure this out, I think we'll need - a poll! 0 Share this post Link to post
Bucket Posted December 4, 2008 Well then YOU will be pleased to know that those gigs of Vista install data are used on ACTUAL programs and services that ACTUALLY do things. 0 Share this post Link to post
Mindless Rambler Posted December 4, 2008 Yeah Creaphis, it's not like Windows XP or Ubuntu can do the same things Vista can in less than two gigabytes. Oh wait... 0 Share this post Link to post
Shaikoten Posted December 4, 2008 I dualboot WinXP and Ubuntu on this computer, and have several virtual computers for older MS OSes. I have another XP tower and a 386 with 3.1 on it. I admin OSX labs for the university program I have my little student job for. The great majority of my leisure computer time is spent on Windows XP though, because of one program. MS Paint. (Which I could really just use in WINE, but it's just NOT THE SAME!) OK, truthfully I don't use Ubuntu that much because of shitty multi monitor support. For general tasks and desktop management I like it the best of the three though. PS: Apple computing platforms and OSX are horrible. Much worse than anything MS has put out since ME. 0 Share this post Link to post
Aleaver Posted December 4, 2008 Windows Xp Professional atm..May switch to Vista when I get a better machine. 0 Share this post Link to post
exp(x) Posted December 4, 2008 Shaikoten said:OK, truthfully I don't use Ubuntu that much because of shitty multi monitor support. Multiple monitors work fine for me under nvidia-settings. Of course if you don't have an Nvidia card, that won't do you any good. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bucket Posted December 4, 2008 Mindless Rambler said:Yeah Creaphis, it's not like Windows XP or Ubuntu can do the same things Vista can in less than two gigabytes. Oh wait... XP, maybe. But Ubuntu? It is to laugh. 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted December 4, 2008 Mostly Win XP and to a lesser extent - Ubuntu, Win 98SE, MS-DOS, AmigaDOS and CBM Basic 2.0 0 Share this post Link to post
Shaikoten Posted December 4, 2008 exp(x) said:Multiple monitors work fine for me under nvidia-settings. Of course if you don't have an Nvidia card, that won't do you any good. Yeah, intel onboard graphics. If I had an nvidia card it'd be fine. But then again if it had an nvidia card I'd probably just be using XP most of the time to play more modern games. Though I don't game that much anymore, I hate restarting my computer. 0 Share this post Link to post
Lich Posted December 4, 2008 I use Windows XP x64 and Ubuntu on a dual boot. Unless I get a Mac, I can't really drop Windows because of Adobe Illustrator. But I do like writing web app shits in the Ubuntu environment. It's nice having PHP, MySQL and Apache and other downloads via Synaptic. 0 Share this post Link to post
chungy Posted December 4, 2008 I have Intel GM965 and multiple monitors works just fine for me on Debian. 0 Share this post Link to post
Edward850 Posted December 4, 2008 Windows seems to mysteriously increase in size over time, and I don't like wasting my money on virus scanners and such (which also waste valuable computing time), so my next computer, I'll be taking a full move to Ubuntu. sLydE said:As a gamer, you are generally a technical person. Correction. As a doom community member, your likely to be a technical person. Seriously, I find better tech support in zdoom and doomworld then I do in any other web forum. 0 Share this post Link to post
EarthQuake Posted December 4, 2008 I'm a Windows guy. Always will be. My version of choice is Windows 2000. Lightweight. Stable. Easy to configure and install. The only thing to be desired are some of the minor enhancements of XP, but I have several hacks and tweaks all bundled together that I load after installing Windows. Couldn't be happier. 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted December 4, 2008 Windows because it's what was preinstalled on the computer; and the hard drive was a bit too small for me to put a Linux partition. 0 Share this post Link to post
Graf Zahl Posted December 4, 2008 Windows Vista. I have no use for Linux. None of the professional software I need for work runs on it and for private use it just isn't worth it. I'm not the kind of person who enjoys twiddling with the OS. Oh and BTW, Vista out-of-the-box indeed sucks, but it is not that hard to defuse all the nasty stuff so that it is on par with XP in terms of usability and user friendliness. 0 Share this post Link to post
Megaz Posted December 4, 2008 Windows Vista - It wasn't as bad as I expected. 0 Share this post Link to post
TomoAlien Posted December 4, 2008 I use Windows XP, it's the best Operating System made by Microsoft yet. 0 Share this post Link to post
Chilly Willy Posted December 4, 2008 Xubuntu 8.04 64-bit currently. I tend to fluctuate between Ubuntu and Fedora depending on how their latest release is doing. I also tend to switch into XFCE instead of Gnome. I don't NEED to, but it's just a tad more responsive, which I like. All the games I play either have a linux executable available or run well enough under WINE. I haven't switched back to XP in almost two years, but I still have it installed and can boot into it if I needed to. 0 Share this post Link to post