Which Os Do You Use?

[Digitalrat]

No, it's not. I don't think that you'll be able to even install Gentoo. At least not without reading many many things.

Start with something like Ubuntu.

 

[lapse]

I used Ubuntu only for a couple of weeks, then I managed to install Gentoo. I'm still kind of green, but it works. Great forums and channels.
But mostly no, you should try something easier if you're new.

 

[efegea]

Gentoo AMD64 isn't the best option for starters. Not only because Gentoo is too "make it yourself" and "edit config files yourself" and so...........but also because AMD64 sometimes is a PITA to mantain, because it has less support than x86

 

[borkdox]

i run gentoo ~amd64 on my desktop. my lappy is, well, running a different OS every week...

 

[second exodous]

I kinda used Red Hat and got Debian installed once before I tried Gentoo. Gentoo I think is the easiest to maintain once it's installed. I wouldn't turn away from Gentoo, depends on how much you read and how good at following instructions you are as the documentation is excellent. I was very new when I got Gentoo installed, and it teaches you a lot about Linux in general. I continually hear good things about Ubuntu and Kubuntu, and am planning to try it, so you might want to try that if the Gentoo documentation looks scary.

Thanx,
Stan

 

[OCA|]

I use MacOSX on my Mac Mini, xebian Linux on my xBox (used as a server), and WinXP Pro on my laptop (for schoolwork).

Given a choice, I'd use MacOSX and Linux exclusively.

-OCA|

 

[orangemapped]

Mac OSX for me. On a iMac G4.
For what its worth, OSX is build 10.4

 

[martin_F]

WinXp.

Cygwin / MinGW / XFree86 for devving (including my vic-20 mini game entry).

Martin

 

[junker]

I kinda used Red Hat and got Debian installed once before I tried Gentoo. Gentoo I think is the easiest to maintain once it's installed. I wouldn't turn away from Gentoo, depends on how much you read and how good at following instructions you are as the documentation is excellent. I was very new when I got Gentoo installed, and it teaches you a lot about Linux in general. I continually hear good things about Ubuntu and Kubuntu, and am planning to try it, so you might want to try that if the Gentoo documentation looks scary.

Thanx,
Stan

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yeah the documentation is a bit rough. thanks or tips everyone!

 

[bmilleker]

I use Gentoo with my AMD64.
I dove right in with Gentoo, and I have been using it ever since.

If your going to install, just make sure you read the install docs.

 

[Ferentix]

On my main box (with good specs) I have winXP

On my shabby old box that used to run Win95 (sluggishly) I have Ubuntu. However, I need to get rid of GNOME and replace it with something less demanding like Fluxbox...

I would like to try Gentoo, but I suspect it would take forever to build on my crappy old machine (4Gig HD, 128MB RAM... 300 MHz Cyrix processor...)

This setup is not my choice- this main comp belongs to my parents If it were up to me it would be a dual boot machine (so I could have Ubuntu on a decent computer), but I'm too worried about accidentally deleting everything- got no way to make a backup...

I also have a Linux Live distro (Feather Linux) running off my USB pen, with the appropriate boot floppies for more stubborn computers (like the school ones). I plan to remaster this to suit my needs better sometime. (maybe two- art and office versions)

So I'm fairly well equipped as far as OS are concerned

and to junker- I would recommend Ubuntu/Kubuntu (only difference is the desktop environment, respectively GNOME and KDE). Very easy to install, decent documentation, and a friendly community. I got it installed first time in just about 2-3 hours, no problems And if you are trying to get dual booting with your current OS, I would definitely recommend that you know what you are doing. Read some guides first

 

[bhxob]

Gentoo on my desktop at work, Gentoo/Debian/Ubuntu on verious servers. Win2k on one sever as well, I use rDesktop to avoid touching it though.
Ubuntu/Gentoo/WinXP on various partitions at home.


I stay stable for the most part.
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

 

[Epsilon]

Nice to see so many gentoo users, everyone is using ~arch ? or do some *gasp* use stable?

 

[efegea]

Nice to see so many gentoo users, everyone is using ~arch ? or do some *gasp* use stable?

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[alibee]

Windows XP on my main box (AMD K8 64-3000 2G RAM, etc, etc.), OSX 10.4 on a mini-Mac, Suse Linux on an AMD K7 XP2000 and others as the need arises... tied into my monitor, KB, mouse and sound via a KVM.

No huge fan of Windows but it's where the programming money is made at the moment

Big fan of OSX... some commercial development/products on that at the moment.

Interested in Linux but still thinks it is sadly lacking in a decent development environment By decent I mean RAD and compile times in seconds or minutes not hours! :lol:

Ideal situation for me would be Apple releasing OSX on Intel for the mainstream

 

[daminator]

Always wanted to change to Linux. Still want.

But

1. too lazy, often played with linux but i would have too much too learn
2. no commercial games for linux

i'm young so i'm a gamer :lol:
when im older im shure, i will use linux and never win vista h34r:

 

[efegea]

Always wanted to change to Linux. Still want.

But

1. too lazy, often played with linux but i would have too much too learn
2. no commercial games for linux

i'm young so i'm a gamer :lol:
when im older im shure, i will use linux and never win vista h34r:

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I was 16 when I started using linux. 2001 h34r:

 

[solace]

I use Linux (Debian) on my home laptop and desktop, as well as my work desktop. The servers at work run a mixture of Debian, RedHat SuSE and various flavours of Windows.

In addition to that, I have a e-book reader that runs Linux (Sony LIBRIe), a DVD/DivX player that runs Linux (KiSS DP-1500), a PDA that runs Linux (Agenda), and I've also got my order in for an Internet tablet that runs Linux (Nokia 770).

Just to complete the set, I've just received a handheld game system today which runs Linux as well

If only I could figure out how to get Linux running on my toaster

 

[Silberstein]

Workstation: Gentoo (xfce). Gamestation: Windows Xp. Server: FreeBSD

 

[Prothall]

17, used LiveCDs often for well over a year, switched to Vector roughly three months ago.

Best thing I've ever done to any computer.

Hell of a lot less annoying - still occasionally have problems, but when I do:
It's my fault
I can fix it without tearing my OS to shreds
I have very friendly, reliable forums to go to



For those of you unexperienced with Linux, try a LiveCD. Many of them have cakey installs, as well. Soon I'll be installing Grafpup on many crap-boxes in a Boys' and Girls' club nearby.

Let me tell you about this club.

So they've got computers. Roughly 300-500MHz, 64MB RAM, 3GBHD computers.

At some point, some tech half-wit installed XP on most of them.

I have famously been quoted as saying that it was like "installing XP on a toaster".

So I downgraded them to WinME because that was all that was handy.

Then, post Katrina, the old computers are prepared to be shipped to the needy in New Orleans.

Even now they sit in a pile in the middle of the computer lab.

The new replacements are the same or worse with every conceivable (vaguely modern) version of Windows, including Win98 (not SE; how I have no idea).

I recently found Grafpup because
I still enjoy LiveCDs
I enjoy tinkering with high-quality graphics apps
I do layout and love Scribus
I'm an Opera nut

While I have no love for Puppy, Grafpup is similar enough to Windows (even with Startbar) and low enough in requirements it's just what I need. When you consider my primary function at the lab is to keep the computers from rotting off the shelves from spyware, I think I have just cause for Linuxing the lab.

Please now return to your regularly scheduled programming.