Favorite operating system

**qwer9182** · Jun 14th, 2002, 09:33 AM

What is your operating system of choice?

**filburt1** · Jun 14th, 2002, 09:43 AM

Mac OS X, but since I don't have a Mac, XP with all the gh3yn355 turned off.

**parksie** · Jun 14th, 2002, 10:15 AM

It's a close match between Win2000 and Linux. I actually use them both simultaneously

**JoshT** · Jun 14th, 2002, 10:27 AM

I like Windows 2000, Linux, and BSD.

**chrisjk** · Jun 14th, 2002, 10:29 AM

this hasn't been done before...

**The Hobo** · Jun 14th, 2002, 10:37 AM

Well it's a good thing it's being done now!

**mendhak** · Jun 14th, 2002, 11:50 AM

What is your operating system of choice?

When the doctors perform it.

**HarryW** · Jun 14th, 2002, 12:18 PM

Depends. Work: Linux. Leisure: Win2k.

**Gandalf_Grey_** · Jun 14th, 2002, 12:52 PM

linux for me

although i like XP without the gayness and 2000

Zaei · Jun 14th, 2002, 01:24 PM

Im with parksie... Win2k and Linux.

Z.

**JoshT** · Jun 14th, 2002, 02:11 PM

Nah, OpenBSD is better than Linux

**Emo** · Jun 14th, 2002, 02:57 PM

what can you do better with Linux that you can't with Win2K??

-Emo

**parksie** · Jun 14th, 2002, 03:33 PM

OpenBSD vs Linux....Intriguing point - I never saw much difference between the different variants, actually.

BSD is closer to the real "Unix" though, isn't it?

**JungleMan** · Jun 14th, 2002, 11:21 PM

Originally posted by Emo
what can you do better with Linux that you can't with Win2K??

-Emo

Server stuff, but I can't think of anything else (well, anything practical)

Win2K for me..I'm sure if I ran a dedicated server it would be using Linux...but I don't

**Pc_Madness** · Jun 15th, 2002, 01:00 AM

Right now its Win 98.. but XP is ok when its not being a little ****.

Tygur · Jun 15th, 2002, 07:35 AM

Well, I finally got to try Windows XP, and it has to get my vote. I've decided that, in my opinion, Windows XP is definitely better than Windows 2000. It boots up much quicker and hibernation actually works for me. It's also finally possible for me to actually disable all the desktop icons.

I can't vote for any form of Linux, because I simply don't know how to use it.

**parksie** · Jun 15th, 2002, 07:38 AM

2000's bootup speed isn't an issue for me

It only tends to get restarted once a week or so, if I make any changes to it.

I like my desktop icons

Just out of interest, do you prefer the new "task-based" folders, or the existing style?

Tygur · Jun 15th, 2002, 07:54 AM

I used to keep the computer on full-time, but I eventually stopped doing that. Even when it was on full-time, the boot-up time in Win2K would become an issue whenever the time came to actually restart it, such as when installing hardware.

Well, my desktop icons are gone, and this has rendered the Win+D keyboard shortcut virtually useless.

Also, this makes my screenshots look better when all the windows are minimized or closed.

I'm not completely sure what you mean by task-based folders. If you're talking about the new layout of the control panel were it takes two clicks to get to anything instead of just one, it doesn't bother me at all. This is because the control panel is set to act like a menu in the start menu, so I rarely ever actually open up a Control Panel window. Just now, I had to open it up just to find out whether or not the new style is still enabled (it was).

Does this "task-based folders" feature show up anywhere else in WinXP, other than the control panel?

Behemoth · Jun 15th, 2002, 07:55 AM

I never had any trouble whatsoever under 98SE, except that I couldn't reinstall it after a rebuild.

Now I'm using 2kpro sp2 and its the dogs bollocks

**Arbiter** · Jun 15th, 2002, 08:03 AM

I use XP, but without all the flowers. It never crashes, never falls over, never hangs, boots at turbo speed. I'm impressed with it.

But surely, there are more interesting things to talk about than favourite operating systems...?

**SLH** · Jun 15th, 2002, 08:22 AM

Originally posted by parksie
Just out of interest, do you prefer the new "task-based" folders, or the existing style?

I like the task-based folders, but only when it gets it right. It keeps displaying folders as thumbnails just because it's got 1 picture, or icon or something - it gets really annoying after a while.

**Gandalf_Grey_** · Jun 15th, 2002, 09:07 AM

Originally posted by Arbiter
But surely, there are more interesting things to talk about than favourite operating systems...?

youd think so wouldn't you

Zaei · Jun 15th, 2002, 11:08 PM

All of my desktop icons are gone in 2k... Its easier then in XP, too (dont know how to do it in XP, its just right click away in 2k).

I also like to use progman to manage my icons =).

Z.

Tygur · Jun 16th, 2002, 12:17 AM

Originally posted by Zaei
All of my desktop icons are gone in 2k... Its easier then in XP, too (dont know how to do it in XP, its just right click away in 2k).

Did you even get rid of My Computer, My Network Places, and the Recycle Bin? I was able to get rid of all of them but one. I don't remember which one wouldn't go away, but I ended up keeping those three.

Behemoth · Jun 16th, 2002, 03:38 AM

is this something ive missed? whats with getting rid of your desktop icons? why would you do it?

**Pix** · Jun 16th, 2002, 08:33 AM

Win 98

XP and Linux aren't too bad though

Tygur · Jun 16th, 2002, 11:33 AM

Originally posted by Behemoth
is this something ive missed? whats with getting rid of your desktop icons? why would you do it?

Just a personal preference. I'd rather not have any desktop icons. I couldn't do it in Win2K, and I was able to do it in WinXP. That's all.

**numtel** · Jun 16th, 2002, 03:42 PM

you'd loose so much functionality if you had no desktop icons.

**parksie** · Jun 16th, 2002, 03:44 PM

I barely see much of my desktop, actually

Although when I do, I use what's on there. Most of the stuff I use is in my quicklaunch; my desktop's only a Win-D away

**Gandalf_Grey_** · Jun 16th, 2002, 06:45 PM

its quite funny, at school we have this message board, and a bunch of stupid grade 10's were on there completely trashing winodws saying how it was the devil, etc you have all heard the propoganda. anyways i posted once in this 200+ post discussion. i said

"Its all very nice that you embrace alternatives for Windows however i must ask you, how many of you have tried something besides windows?"

not one person had tried linux, openBSD, freeBSD Unix mac OSx etc. all of them had only used windows. I find it quite funny how people can trash something in favour of an alternative which they havn't tried

Tygur · Jun 16th, 2002, 07:44 PM

Originally posted by numtel
you'd loose so much functionality if you had no desktop icons.

I disagree. In Win2K, I never used those three icons that were there. In fact, the recycle bin was disabled. Now that I have no desktop icons in WinXP, I don't feel that I'm missing anything.

Originally posted by parksie
Most of the stuff I use is in my quicklaunch

Interestingly, I also have the quick launch toolbar disabled. I have hotkeys set up for most of the stuff I use.

**Gandalf_Grey_** · Jun 16th, 2002, 08:56 PM

I have about 10 or so desktop icons, and one pop up toolbar on the left side of my screen

Zaei · Jun 16th, 2002, 10:19 PM

When I said all, i meant it =). No My Computer, No My Network Places, No Recycle Bin, nothing. My desktop is a blank grey screen. Its a little thing called Active Desktop, and it comes with IE =).

I have actually found it easier to work without my icons. I have a couple of shortcuts on my desktop(hidden, of course), with keyboard shortcuts on them... ctrl+alt+m for My Computer, ctrl+alt+c for C: drive, ctrl+alt+d for D: drive, ctrl+alt+w for winamp... and beyond that, its quick launch, auto hidden on the right side of my screen.

Z.

**Beacon** · Jun 16th, 2002, 11:22 PM

FreeBSD or 2k or Linux!

Parksie: Whats the real unix???

**rinoaheartilly** · Jun 17th, 2002, 06:32 AM

Where's the "I don't give a f***" option?

**Michael_Kamen** · Jun 18th, 2002, 09:17 AM

The OS I like best is SlackWare Linux, and then Win2k(But it doesn't install on my pc - like all NT OSes).
So I just stick with Win98, it works fine.

**parksie** · Jun 19th, 2002, 11:29 AM

Originally posted by Beacon
FreeBSD or 2k or Linux!

Parksie: Whats the real unix???

Now that it'll actually let me reply, I mean the BSD-derived ones, rather than Linux/GNU-based.

**HarryW** · Jun 19th, 2002, 01:32 PM

You mean System V?

**parksie** · Jun 19th, 2002, 03:41 PM

Probably.

**HarryW** · Jun 19th, 2002, 07:30 PM

Err, I mean BSD as opposed to System V

My understanding is that they are the two main kinds of Unix, from a code fork ages ago.

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