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So... Which OS are YOU running ?
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FartDude
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25. September 2005 @ 17:37 |
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Windows XP Professional w/SP2, main rig, my other older rig runs xandros linux deluxe.
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ddp
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25. September 2005 @ 17:46 |
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98se on main & win me on secondary
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Daniel_G
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25. September 2005 @ 17:55 |
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It's good to see there are several people running more than 1 OS, and it's fantastic too see such enthusiasm for linux :)
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Xian
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25. September 2005 @ 17:59 |
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Since I like to play games, my main box has XP Pro SP2 on it, but I have several other computers here. I have one I play around with that currently is running Free BSD 5.4 which I prefer over Linux since it is real Unix variant, not a Unix-like OS like Linux. I am thinking of trying the new YellowTAB Zeta on that box since I was always a BeOS fan. My XP Pro box has VMWare running on it so I can pretty much run any OS I want on it within a Virtual Machine as well, I even installed OS2 Warp a few months ago just to see how well I remembered how to use and configure it. I still have 2 old PCs with DOS 6.22 I keep for DOS gaming as well.
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FartDude
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25. September 2005 @ 18:01 |
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win me on secondary
sorry to be off topic, but a question about winME , i hear several bad reviews on that OS and reports that constantly crashes and hangs, is this true ddp? i have a copy and never have used it, im interested in maybe running a dual boot on my main compy.
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offset
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25. September 2005 @ 18:13 |
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The only thing you need to know about Windows ME is the following:
Control...Alt...Delete
And I hope you like the color blue, cause you will be seeing it a lot.
ME was my first OS, and it was a hate/hate relationship. If you want to play around with it, find an old crap computer to put it on. Don't put it on your main computer.
(XP Pro SP 2 with all the fixings)
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ddp
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25. September 2005 @ 18:19 |
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my secondary computer with me on doesn't like 98se or xp from scratch but might try upgrading to xp on it by doing the xp upgrade. this way i'll have a computer with xp for diagnostic work with other computers so the main computer doesn't get screwed up. also will come in handy when somebody has a problem on the forums.
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25. September 2005 @ 18:30 |
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I use Windows XP home.
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riplord
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25. September 2005 @ 21:49 |
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I Have WIndows XP sp2, and play with Xandros (dual boot config) once in a while.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 25. September 2005 @ 21:51
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25. September 2005 @ 23:14 |
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Windows XP Pro at home as i like 'simple is, simple does'.
Also at home have used virtually everything from early versions of DOS, Windows 3.1 and up., also FreeBSD and Mandrake Linux. but now it's just XP cus i just want to turn PC on and do stuff, not turn PC and spend hours tweaking/fixing things.
At work it's XP Pro and Mandrake Linux 10.1 on my desk, with Solaris 8 & 9 all over the shop. i lose interest with the faffing that goes with Linux, far too much time is spent faffing instead of using. As opposed to my favourite - Solaris, which just works. there's always faffing to do, but in such a stable and established OS it's fairly straightforward. Have used a few other Linux distros/live cd's etc, but i prefer Mandrake (now known as Mandriva).
So these days my Mandrake box is used as a work tool, ie for accessing all our Unix boxes, as opposed to constantly tweaking the OS instead of actually using it
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Xian
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26. September 2005 @ 03:48 |
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I have to agree Creaky, that's why I prefer BSD over Linux. We also run a Solaris shop and I get tired of all the tweaking that has to be done to Linux, where Solaris and BSD just require minimal tweaking out of the box.
I remember seeing a quote one time that sums up the design philosophy differences between Linux and BSD. It said something like: "BSD is what you get when you have a group of Unix hackers design an OS, Linux is what you get when you have a group of PC hackers design an OS." I find that to be true. BSD seems more integrated and connected, where Linux seems like a patchwork of programs stitched together without the consistency of a Unix OS.
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gear79
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26. September 2005 @ 13:32 |
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i have xp home at home and xp pro at work, but the work puter is much slower then my home puter, till we update all our pc's with newer ones.
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Daniel_G
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26. September 2005 @ 13:40 |
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And in all my enthusiasm i forgot to add i usually run Debian as well, but i had to re-install after some crappy virus had killed my hd, so now i'm busy setting up debian again... :(
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26. September 2005 @ 13:54 |
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i have xp home at home and xp pro at work, but the work puter is much slower then my home puter, till we update all our pc's with newer ones.
LOL i 2nd on all of that LMAO!!!
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gear79
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26. September 2005 @ 13:58 |
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well, lethal, you know it has to be true. you can't have work faster then home. what you you have to look forward to coming home then.
btw, i like the new animated sigs better then the mug !
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Doggy_Bot
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27. September 2005 @ 13:53 |
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Well dont critisize me on my choice but Mac OSX Tiger is mine! :)
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27. September 2005 @ 16:00 |
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Just downloaded KNOPPIX, a Live CD linux OS, and am planning on putting it on my old computer. Would it run good on an older computer with an AMD Duron 750 MHz processor and 304 (wierd # huh?) of RAM.
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Auslander
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27. September 2005 @ 16:05 |
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it should run nicely :D
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ddp
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27. September 2005 @ 16:05 |
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that 304 is probably because 16meg is used by onboard video. 256+64=320-16=304
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27. September 2005 @ 16:11 |
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Yea, I knew I had an old 64 chip in and a 256 one in, but I've always wondered what happened to that other 16 megs :)
*Runs off to computer with linux cds
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Daniel_G
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28. September 2005 @ 04:30 |
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Just downloaded KNOPPIX, a Live CD linux OS, and am planning on putting it on my old computer.
Putting it on your old computer? i'd say good luck to you, i haven't found an easy way to do that yet *i should add i'm a lazy b*stard and doing more than a 7 step install is too much work for me*
If i where you i'd just run it off the disc, or get a proper debian install. *or SuSE, RedHat or Mandrake if you feel like doing something fancy*
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Xian
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28. September 2005 @ 16:33 |
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@DoggyBot Tiger is nice. I hope there will be a version of OSX-86 that will run on non-Apple hardware. The kernel of OSX is BSD, which I prefer to Linux. With Apple's UI, it would even be better since I always thought that X-Windows was kind of kludgey.
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neojapan
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28. September 2005 @ 16:56 |
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windows xp pro sp2,so far so good
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28. September 2005 @ 18:09 |
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ya, im workin with good ol, redhat, lol, i couldnt keep a strait face sayin that, j/k, i got xp pro.
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29. September 2005 @ 21:13 |
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mac OS 10.4.2
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