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[williamm]

Well The Microsoft Operating system i use is both Windows XP and Vista. and the Linux Operating System i use is Linux Mint and Knoppix and Ubuntu and Kubuntu

[daedworthy]

I have dual boot between Windows XP and Fedora Core. I also like Suse.

I've tried Windows Vista and its one of the worst OS's I've used, it reminds me of Windows ME.

I wonder what windows 7 (Codename: Blackcomb and later Vienna) will be like?

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Windows XP 64-bit previously and later switch to 32-bit. I have Windows Vista and OS X 10.5 dual boot on a Mac Pro.

Windows Vista isnt that bad but some of the features annoys me and the WGA pissed me off.

[Saint_Michael]

Oh no not another Operating system battle topic, anyway, on my laptop I have a XP/Unbuntu laptop and on the destop I have just have vista. Although that was going to be my ubuntu dual boot, but after some accidents and installations I moved it to my laptop instead.

[xpress]

I am using Windows XP professional as my primary Operatin System.
I am using it since 2003. A very good operatin system.

i am using Ubuntu as my secondary operating system. Very nice and easy
linux OS.

Using these two in Dual Booting mode.

Also I am using Damn Small Linux and Some other linux OSs in VM Ware.
But not as regularly as WinXP and Ubuntu.

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Saint_Michael, on Sep 12 2008, 11:05 AM, said:

Oh no not another Operating system battle topic, anyway, on my laptop I have a XP/Unbuntu laptop and on the destop I have just have vista. Although that was going to be my ubuntu dual boot, but after some accidents and installations I moved it to my laptop instead.

Not a battle topic, i sense. Unless someone start to create a war then that is a different story. So far it starts peacefully and hopefully no one break the truce.

[williamm]

lol Yeah, Lets hope it stays that way. I understand people have their diffrences when it comes to OS's, but we hear enough of it. I just wanted to see how many use the diffrent windows/linux comninations.

[truefusion]

I use Gentoo with KDE 4.1. I don't dual boot, especially since i want this to be a Windows free environment, and everything i need all works on this operating system. I customized almost every aspect of my Linux set-up: from the kernel, to the framebuffer, etc. I learned a lot with this distribution.

[travstatesmen]

I like to be different.

My main operating system would be Windows Mobile 5, and I'm thinking of upgrading to WM6 at some time. Yeah, I'm an embedded systems type of guy. On the desktop I run a WinPE system, based on Windows XP Professional. What is WinPE? Have a look at my other thread for a good explanation. I own licenses and CALs for a variety of Micrsosoft client and server operating systems, but my OS of choice, other than WM5, would be Windows 2000 Professional. Or, at least, a Windows XP Professional installation stripped down to look and feel like Windows 2000 Professional. I don't need all the fancy whizz-bang eye-candy that comes with XP, and I am not touching Vista for a few more months yet. I don't like to be on the "bleeding edge" and never have done. Give me a Windows 2000 Pro client, (preferably with a Windows 2003 Server CAL and a beefy server box to connect to), along with a copy of Microsoft ActiveSync and my trusty Windows Mobile 5 based hardware any day and I'll be happy.

Sure, I'll probably make the step up to Vista one day, but I'm not rushing out to buy the latest gear to support it just yet.

[shddgfgc]

I am using windows xp professional service pack 2 at home and at office i use windows xp professional. there is not much of a difference but sp2 helps support various apps and even office 2007 which doesn't run on windows xp professional
On my mobile i use Symbian Os
palmtop i use windows mobile 6 on my HTC touch

[rgginc]

I use Windows Home Premium. When I first got Vista I, like everyone else, didn't like it. Once I got all of the updates and settings the way I wanted them it turned out to be ok though. I think Windows Vista just had too many bugs in its release.

[Lightning73]

I use windows home edition with service pack 3. And occasionally Kubuntu. I really want to install Mac OS though. But the hard drive on my other pc is busted.

Anyway, I just use windows home edition because that was what my pc was delivered with.

[Starchaser]

Currently i am dual-booting Vista and Mandriva 2009. Well Vista is Vista and i only use it for games, now Mandriva, as in my mind being direct rival of Ubuntu and SuSe Linux is quite good. Easy to install, stable, has a wide range of different software. I'm still waiting for 2009 stable release, still many bugs in Release Candidate 2. I like it because, though easy to use, you can make a real beast out of it, secure as a fortress, and parental control comes in handy too.

[nikhilkedilse]

Well I was sure that Windows XP proff will be leading. It is so easy and so powerful anyone can get use to it. Vista nowhere competes against this windows classic.
But what shocked me was no Fedora in linux O/s. I used it for a long time back. Well currently now I am using KUBUNTU and that is a real cool Unix operating system.
Hoping that KUBUNTU leads.

[radames]

I’m now using a Mac OS X 10.5, before I’m using windows xp2.

[Starchaser]

Well compared to Vista, XP is faster (if this what you mean by more powerfull), but Vista leads in all those gadgets and options, which i personaly find unnescecary, but some might find them useful, so it's a matter of taste. But XP has more bugs, no doubt about this. Plus, many know about upcoming Windows 7, they just might make something descent and people will jump to reformating their hard drives and installing new Win OS. Besides, Microsoft is making slow, but steady moves towards encouraging people going forward: DirectX 10.1. Now some might say: i don't need it, i'm happy without the extra effects. But let's rebebmber DirectX9 and 9c. Whan letter changed allot, DirectX 9 cards didn't have the ability to launch 9c games and 9c became standart, whereas X9 died. Automaticly X9 card became absolete. Now XP SP2 has support till 2010 October, then there is SP3 which will have 24 months support as well. Do you think that by year 2010 DirectX10 won't become standart? It will, and we will have to move on despite our views, because there is no chance Microsoft will integrate DX10 in to XP. It's the same as becoming your own rival.

[joeblogg]

i use windows xp professional. i hate the style of it so i have installed themes to make it look better.

[amarti64]

Sadly, I mainly use a Windows computer. The question I ask myself every day is "How will it crash this time?" Of course, I've tried and failed to install so much stuff that it's almost blameless. Almost, but not quite.

[harrison858]

Um.. i think you forgot Microsoft XP Media Edition, because that's what I use.
I use Windows Vista Home on my aunts comp, and back 5 years ago I used 98, which was ridiculously slow.

Although I heard that windows vista isnt so good because there are compatibility issues, and there are many programs you cant use on it. Also, I heard it takes a long time to load because of all the graphical effects and stuff like that.

XP has more bugs and errors, vista does not.
XP runs much faster, but vista runs slower (from what I've heard)
Vista has better graphics, XP's dosent look so good.
Vista has functions that almost nobody ever uses, so it's unecessary. (Holds back speed)

The best one I've used is the one I'm currently using now, and I think the service packs are all that matters in making improvements to it, but, everyone has their own opinion, right? ^^

Edited by harrison858, 29 October 2008 - 06:44 PM.

[darkpsy]

I use a combination of Windows XP Home, Windows XP Pro, Vista Home Premium, and Vista Business. I also use Vista Ultimate and Windows 2000. For servers, I use mainly Server 2003, but I have used Windows 2000 Server. In linux/unix, I use SuSE, FreeBSD, CentOS 4 & 5, and RHEL.

[kplow1986]

Actually i used many operation system b4, and i m using dual windows Vista home premium sp1 and xp pro sp3.
each windows has its own purpose. in xp i used to play game. and vista juz used for entertainment.

bcoz vista of incompatibility, i rarely use vista.

i oso used fedora and xandros. i used its for my study.

[Tran-Gate]

I USE WINDOWS 98~!! nah...... I use Windows XP~!! =) It is better and faster than buggy Vista......Can't wait til Windows 7 comes out

[iFail]

Tran-Gate, on Nov 4 2008, 11:19 AM, said:

I USE WINDOWS 98~!! nah...... I use Windows XP~!! =) It is better and faster than buggy Vista......Can't wait til Windows 7 comes out

It'd probably be even worse than Vista... Those Micro$oft guys never learn.

I use WinXp SP3 for gaming/study and the likes, however for programming and trying out stuff I use Gentoo Linux with VirtualBox onboard. Though, I still prefer Wine over VBox...
Yes, I know that Gentoo is for developers only, or for servers, so that they have better security. But systems bundled (is this the right word? plz correct me) with Gnome, KDE or xfce pull in a LOT of dependencies that cannot be solved by unchecking the needed components. OpenSuSE is prob the best one in this sense (I used SuSE 10.something, not the Open one yet), as the YaST manager checks for dependencies before the install.

Hell... that was a relatively short post.
Hi all!))
[that was my 3rd post]

[Jezstarr]

Well I don't use and Linux or MAC only Windows.

My computer has Vista Basic, Mums has Home Premium, Step-Mums has Home Premium, My bro has Ultimate, Other one has Xp Pro and Step-dad has xp pro as well.

I love vista atm and when i get my new pc I will have home premium, very good OS. Love the games with Ultimate but!

[buxgoddess]

My taste buds gets sore whenever I install an OS. Just this or that driver will not load or crash, or there is a security issue. There are also problems of multiple boot as I had lost multiple installations. Now I have three hard disks.
1 160 GB Seagate baracuda a) XP Pro SP3 b)Vista Ultimate c) Backup d) backup
2 40 GB Samsung a) Redhat
3 8 GB Samsung a) XP Pro SP2 (Standby Recovery Disk)