Topic: *nix or Windows or Mac OS
started by: coldfusion
Posted by coldfusion on Mar. 03 2002,15:35
I run Win Me.
Posted by Anztac on Mar. 03 2002,16:51
What application/platform?Me it's
Game station: WindowsXP
Workstation: Linux (Slackware or Redhat)
Server x86: Linux (Slackware) or FreeBSD
Server Sparc: Solarus
Server MIPS: IRIX or Linux
Server Alpha: Jizz OS, err... Linux works...
Server HP: HockeyPUX
Sever IBM: AIX (unfortunatly...)
Yes I do have experience in all of these OSs, and I'm missing alot, but the intent and the platform of the computer is very important...
Posted by coldfusion on Mar. 04 2002,02:47
41 views, 7 votes, 1 reply.odd.
Posted by damien_s_lucifer on Mar. 04 2002,06:26
Look... both of Detnet's Mac users voted!Now the question is... who are they? And should we kill them, or just send them into exile?
Posted by veistran on Mar. 04 2002,08:38
brains... must have brains....
Posted by fatalbert on Mar. 05 2002,00:25
I run:-XP on my main computer (for gamez, mp3z, and most importantly, detnet)
-2K on my DVD laptop (toshiba portege)
-NT4 on one of my old AST Ascentia laptop's (this thing's a fossil, and I wish I was joking, but I love it) swappable hard drives
-RedHat 5 on the other AST laptop swapper...(a tough job, but I did it)
all of these are on the same network, which is connected to my NetScreen box, and from there to the internet...
the NetScreen did cause some problems with the linux, but that's fixed now..otherwise it's quite the efficient system.
Posted by editor on Mar. 19 2002,00:48
Forty-eight CDR's to the first person who can mail me a working copy of XP. They even come with a case.WinMe sux!
Kbreak c/o Allied Artists 1735 North Main LA CA 90031
Posted by kuru on Mar. 19 2002,02:11
For most things other than gaming and graphics, I prefer Unix. I like Solaris on Sun hardware.For everything else, I'll take Windows (NT, 2K) over MacOS.
Posted by chmod on Mar. 19 2002,04:27
Linux for coding, Windows for school shit and games. I would use linux for typing papers (without crashing and losing work) and other stuff, if i just had a printer that was supported. I like linux so much and every time I use it I try to tell myself never to go back to that awful windows, but its pretty much inevitable.
Posted by Spydir on Mar. 19 2002,20:07
linux's the shit. ÿRight now I have 3 problems with it:Sound - old soundcard pooped out, and it won't let me play sound for more then 20 minutes at any given time, and the "new" one (read: grabbed out of a draw) doesn't want toMy work right. ÿI'm thinking of a soundblaster live! to replace it right now. (EDIT) - nevermind. just fixed the sound card... woo, I'm l33t
still want a SB Live! thoughPrinting - stupid parents bought a HP office jet. ÿI'm 16 years old. ÿWHO DO I HAVE TO FAX???
Sound mixing/producing software - still somewhat primative, so makes mixing new songs hard
For video games I'm fine because all I really play are old school games like xsoldier or doom, and quake3 works just fine.
I love linux.
Posted by blanalex on Mar. 20 2002,03:17
I have RedHat 6.2 on my box, MacOS 9.2.2 and MacOS X 10.1.3 on my laptop (from the job), i run MacOS X Server 10.1.3 on two servers at work, a Novell 4.2 server too. I have also at work a RedHat 7.2 box, but i think i'll switch to Mandrake 8.2 tomorrow. On that box too i'm trying to install any version of windows but it wont.... lousy hardware... but Linux is running fine.... weird? :-/The Apple hardware/MacOS X combo is really neat, you can't have more integration than that. It's the best choice, a bit expensive however. I prefer a home-brew PC with a linux distro on it. Not as userfriendly, but way more flexible and cheap!
Edit: i voted *nix
Posted by liquid metal on Mar. 20 2002,04:01
i tried installing linux once.. it was red hat 5. something i believe.i gave up after about 2 and a half hours of trying to get it to make partitions...i still don't get it to this day.
edit: editor: i have several working copies of xp..all betas though. the last one i've downloaded i haven't tried yet.
Posted by veistran on Mar. 22 2002,05:10
I deleted my copy of the RTM a while ago :\
Posted by editor on Mar. 22 2002,07:22
can you lemme know how the betas do?
Posted by Dysorderia on Mar. 22 2002,21:58
why was this topic brought back from the dead? 
Posted by editor on Mar. 22 2002,22:39
'cuz ed. is looking to see if he can get a working copy of XP off detnet, that is why...
Posted by incubus on Mar. 23 2002,00:33
editor: consider it done, get in touch with your address.Mike
Posted by gambit on Mar. 23 2002,06:54
Right now I run Windohs Me. I absolutly hate it though. As soon as I can gather up enough $ i'm planning on getting Win2k
Posted by editor on Mar. 23 2002,07:20
limited support for that.I'd like to share XP with you, if we can...
muahahahahah!
Posted by DELUDED_BIPED on Mar. 24 2002,22:49
I like to use Win2k or Linux. That is just me, Win2k mainly cuz you can use Fat32 or NTFS...which I find groovy.