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Straw poll

  • 05-05-2009 12:30am
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭


    Curious to see what people use Linux for in this forum. Are you Linux only (or Unix/BSD/etc - for simplicity I'm grouping all *nix clones under the label Linux so work with me:) )

    This poll is only for your main PC - if you have secondary ones don't count them. I'm curious as to people's primary PC not test ones.

    As for me - I'm #1 - pure Linux - for nearly 2 years now. It's my main PC that I use for gaming. Not a dual-boot and probably never will be.

    What is your main PC? 34 votes

    Linux - nothing else.
    0%
    Linux for productivity - Windows for gaming
    55%
    SnowbatOffystereo_steveniallbOrionAn Fear AniarKhannieAndrewMcTony HHydrosylatorSkrynesaverGalenKAGYmwrfNaikoncroovelocirafterJohnboy1951RoadKillTs 19 votes
    Linux for testing (VM or dual-boot) - Windows for normal use
    29%
    JackzShawnRaventoiletduckKinetic^WcoolPogMoThoinTalon.ieDartzkierank01Darr3nG 10 votes
    Linux for gaming - Windows for productivity
    14%
    Karomafeylyajoe_dunneoebEpic Tissue 5 votes
    Windows only - Linux-curious
    0%


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Linux for productivity - Windows for gaming
    lol@linux-curious. Sounds sexual. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭bringitdown


    Umm I ain't sure what to pick!

    Mac @ Home
    Windows @ Work for doccos, email and such - 'productivity'
    HP/UX, Solaris, Linux @ Work for development and test - 'also productivity'

    I also use an Xbox 360 for gaming but thats not very productive ;-0

    /hangs nerdy head


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    Windows only - Linux-curious
    I install linux around once a year to see how it's progressing... then when I get tired of not being able to set it up to my liking, and googling all day long, I remove it until next year. :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,710 ✭✭✭RoadKillTs


    Linux for productivity - Windows for gaming
    XP / Vista at work and Debian at home. Good times :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Linux for productivity - Windows for gaming
    Windows only - Linux-curious
    I install linux around once a year to see how it's progressing... then when I get tired of not being able to set it up to my liking, and googling all day long, I remove it until next year. :)

    I was like that for a few years. Your turn to the dark side (actually the cool side) is inevitable.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    Khannie wrote: »
    I was like that for a few years. Your turn to the dark side (actually the cool side) is inevitable.
    Well I'd say I'm going strong with this routine now for about 8 or 9 years.
    It's like trying in vain to chat up the same ugly bird every weekend at the pub when you could just go home to your attractive, yet STD-riddled, girlfriend who knows just how you like it. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 279 ✭✭velocirafter


    Linux for productivity - Windows for gaming
    Well I'd say I'm going strong with this routine now for about 8 or 9 years.
    It's like trying in vain to chat up the same ugly bird every weekend at the pub when you could just go home to your attractive, yet STD-riddled, girlfriend who knows just how you like it. :D

    out of interest what cant you set up in linux? 95% of stuff worked out of the box for me when I installed ubuntu 9.04 the other week


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭niallb


    Linux for productivity - Windows for gaming
    Your poll is missing a few bits.
    There's a lot more in the world than Linux and Windows,
    and this is the kind of place those things would appear most!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    Linux for productivity - Windows for gaming
    niallb wrote: »
    Your poll is missing a few bits.
    There's a lot more in the world than Linux and Windows,
    and this is the kind of place those things would appear most!
    Macros42 wrote: »
    or Unix/BSD/etc - for simplicity I'm grouping all *nix clones under the label Linux so work with me:) )

    I could have added about another 50 options in the poll but I decided to just keep it simple and group them all together.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    out of interest what cant you set up in linux? 95% of stuff worked out of the box for me when I installed ubuntu 9.04 the other week
    I won't go into a long detailed whining session here (that really is for another thread), but generally it's one major hardware component (sound/video/network) with crappy or non-existent drivers and lots of little things that wears me down and annoys me back to my comfortable old shoes.
    And the case-sensitive file names? What's that all about?! :pac:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,405 ✭✭✭Dartz


    Linux for testing (VM or dual-boot) - Windows for normal use
    I had an old Toshiba laptop with 256Mb of RAM, and a 1.6Ghz pentium. Windows XP was slow, and would sometimes randomly decide it had been pirated and lock up. Got sick of this, so I installed Xubuntu 7.04. Was fast, functional and more convenient on a day to day basis. Stuck with the same Distro ever since, since I gre to like Xfce over Gnome.

    Functional, near idiot proof, and bloody convenient to use provided you have half a brain... and aren't afraid to google when the odd thing lets go.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,518 ✭✭✭matrim


    I use linux 90% of the time. Only boot into windows if I want to use an app that isn't available on Linux or I want to test a webpage using a different browser


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭Tillotson


    95% Linux.
    Have to boot vista now and again for C# projects :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭Epic Tissue


    Linux for gaming - Windows for productivity
    I dual boot with Windows 7 and Linux Mint but normally stick to Windows


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    Tillotson wrote: »
    95% Linux.
    Have to boot vista now and again for C# projects :(
    Is Mono (and the MonoDevelop IDE) a possible Linux-side solution?


    No option for me in this poll :(:confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,300 ✭✭✭CiaranC


    Do geeks still have a "Main PC" these days? Ive several at work and at home, my time is split between them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,405 ✭✭✭Dartz


    Linux for testing (VM or dual-boot) - Windows for normal use
    CiaranC wrote: »
    Do geeks still have a "Main PC" these days? Ive several at work and at home, my time is split between them.

    Considering I use my laptop for literally 'everything' you'd want to do with a computer on a regular basis, I'd say yes.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭KAGY


    Linux for productivity - Windows for gaming
    Linux only on my main machine, just did a clean install with Jaunty removing windows after a 2 years of dual booting. Feels like I just had a colonic :-)


    But, I still have a VM with windows and office incase I need screen shots for work and if I need to use AutoCAD or Solidworks I kick the other half off her machine and use that :o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,701 ✭✭✭Offy


    Linux for productivity - Windows for gaming
    Linux only on my main machine. I love my redhat :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 275 ✭✭Hydrosylator


    Linux for productivity - Windows for gaming
    Ubuntu for work and most recreational stuff.
    Mine's a dual-boot with XP, which I use only when I need Photoshop or Skype.

    There is Skype for 32-bit Ubuntu, but I went for 64-bit.
    I'm most sure how often the extra 32 bits get used, but I feel more like a man this way.

    Although some would say because I'm using Ubuntu I can't be a real man, I have yet to run into any unsurmountable issues. Not including my Ati graphics card, those are a nightmare on Linux, and my otherwise fine printer, which doesn't do Linux.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭FruitLover


    Linux on both main PCs (Ubuntu at home, Gentoo at work).

    Been mucking around with Windows 7 in work on a spare machine though. Like having a mistress.


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