What is your primary (main) operating system?

wolfman

Just wondering what the general user base here uses as their primary OS.

If you dual boot, just vote for which one you use more, or maybe post the different uses of each.


I personally use Ubuntu, but also use Windows XP (via VMWare within Ubuntu) for Development, and Windows XP (via a light install on a seperate partition) for gaming.

Moneymaker

OS X

OSX Tiger. Haven't found a need for any other. But I only use it for making movies, web sites, Photoshop, browsing, email and writing. I don't play any games and I have no interest in viruses.

wolfman

Ubuntu

Only 1 Linux and 1 OS X user so far.

kingmonkey

Ubuntu

I'm a linux user!

Blacksheep1979

gentoo and centos for some things at home as well as xp home and pro. Its all horses for courses.

MadCowMan

Windows XP

XP Pro for home and work - I'm sufficiently happy with it not to look for anything else - I'm not changing OS for the sake of it

wolfman

Ubuntu

kingmonkey wrote:

I'm a linux user!

Woooo!

I was/am and always have been very happy with XP. I started using Linux via dual boot, just to have something to tinker with, out of curiosity etc.., but ended up really liking it, hence the switch.

I still use and need Windows though. Interesting to see though, thought they'd be a larger OS X user base here.

Lawbag_2

Windows XP

noticed 2 people use Ubutu, want to share you experiences?

Little_John

Window 95/95/ME/2000

Windows 2000 is my choice, the most useable and stable OS Microsoft have produced in the last 10 years. I would like to go over to Ubuntu but It would mean teaching my dad how to use it. I have finally managed to get him to create folders without asking me how to do it every time.

I was gonna put a pic of my network connection but imageshack seems to be having problems at the moment. currently showing 7 days of uptime normally I reboot every 60 or so days.

the_grey_lantern

Ubuntu

I'm another Ubuntu user and prefer it to XP for a number of reasons.

I'm a software developer and a lover of all things "techie" so Ubuntu definitely has the "cool factor" as far as I'm concerned. I like being able to install Ubuntu on any of my machines without worrying about serial numbers and the number of times I've installed it on a specific machine, hello XP! I fully believe in open source software and am proud to support the community, providing their products are good enough and Ubuntu certainly is!

I would say that I think Ubuntu is better suited to people who are very comfortable using XP as it requires tinkering and configuration that would be beyond most computer newbies.

sra

This has really got my interest.

Too beta for me to try now, but imagine how many people will try Ubuntu if it's as easy as a Windows Installer!

(screenshots here)