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What Operating system do you use? (XP, Windows 7, Mac, etc...)

  • 09-01-2012 04:37AM
    #1
    whirlpool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭


    I'm curious to know what the most commonly-used Operating Systems by After Hours users are.

    I'm not really clued-in about all the less-common ones, so if you don't see yours listed above, that's why.

    Also I did a search to see if this had been asked already, and nothing came up - certainly nothing recent anyway.

    Anyway, answers on a postcard!

    Or in the poll above. Either's good.

    What Operating System do you use? 606 votes

    Windows XP
    0% 0 votes
    Windows 7
    8% 53 votes
    Windows Vista
    54% 330 votes
    Mac OS
    6% 42 votes
    Ubuntu
    18% 111 votes
    Linux (other)
    6% 42 votes
    Other...
    4% 28 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,299 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    No poll there.

    7.


  • #3
    FatherLen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    i am a windows 7 man myself, considering putting a partition on the auld hard-drive and booting a linux platform but i am far too lazy.


  • #4
    nyan warrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭nyan warrior


    Ubuntu. Its an open source os. The unity interface works well on my netbook. I plan to get a desktop next summer and will probably put fedora or opensuse on it


  • #5
    tolosenc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,889 ✭✭✭tolosenc


    Mostly Windows 7, occasionally Linux. Never Mac.


  • #6
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,067 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Ubuntu.



    Hardy Heron :o


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  • #7
    batistuta9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,707 ✭✭✭batistuta9


    the old social engineering thread, nice


  • #8
    nyan warrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭nyan warrior


    tolosenc wrote: »
    Mostly Windows 7, occasionally Linux. Never Mac.
    Why do you like windoze 7 ? Linux is not an os its a kernel


  • #9
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,351 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Windows 7 all the way. I was pissing about with the Windows 8 Developers Preview for a while but it wasn't for any serious use.


  • #10
    nyan warrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭nyan warrior


    Ficheall wrote: »
    Ubuntu.



    Hardy Heron :o
    I use 11.10 i heard the old school interface is awesome is it ?


  • #11
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    XP, Vista, Win 7, Ubuntu and other Linux based systems.
    (Multi-boots)


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  • #12
    nyan warrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭nyan warrior


    Biggins wrote: »
    XP, Vista, Win 7, Ubuntu and other Linux based systems.
    (Multi-boots)
    That covers almost everything except osx


  • #13
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    nyan warrior wrote: »
    That covers almost everything except osx
    Didn't like it.
    Too messy indeed.


  • #14
    batistuta9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,707 ✭✭✭batistuta9


    nyan warrior wrote: »
    Why do you like windoze 7 ? Linux is not an os its a kernel

    It's what most people will call it even though it GNU/Linux kernel


  • #15
    nyan warrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭nyan warrior


    batistuta9 wrote: »
    nyan warrior wrote: »
    Why do you like windoze 7 ? Linux is not an os its a kernel

    It's what most people will call it even though it GNU/Linux kernel
    I know but there are so many linux based os's it doesnt hurt to specify which one


  • #16
    tolosenc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,889 ✭✭✭tolosenc


    nyan warrior wrote: »
    Why do you like windoze 7 ? Linux is not an os its a kernel

    Because it's fantastic.

    And Linux is both an OS and a kernel. I said Linux because I always change distros.


  • #17
    nyan warrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭nyan warrior


    tolosenc wrote: »
    nyan warrior wrote: »
    Why do you like windoze 7 ? Linux is not an os its a kernel

    Because it's fantastic.

    And Linux is both an OS and a kernel. I said Linux because I always change distros.
    Windows 7 is the biggest fail of an os ever. It freezes crashes and boots slow. Oh yeah well linux could mean anything the way u put it just say ubuntu or fedora or arch etc


  • #18
    Mr.Biscuits
    Closed Accounts Posts: 750 ✭✭✭Mr.Biscuits


    Android.


  • #19
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    nyan warrior wrote: »
    Windows 7 is the biggest fail of an os ever.

    I would have said Vista by a LONG shot.
    I found it to be the case and so did many of my friends.
    A memory stealing, lack of driver, resource robbing, bloated ugly dog of a system.


  • #20
    nyan warrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭nyan warrior


    Biggins wrote: »
    nyan warrior wrote: »
    Windows 7 is the biggest fail of an os ever.

    I would have said Vista by a LONG shot.
    I found it to be the case and so did many of my friends.
    A memory stealing, lack of driver, resource robbing, bloated ugly dog of a system.
    I dont count Vista as an os


  • #21
    batistuta9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,707 ✭✭✭batistuta9


    all windows OS seem to boot slow as well not just 7


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  • #22
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    nyan warrior wrote: »
    I dont count Vista as an os

    :confused:


  • #23
    nyan warrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭nyan warrior


    Biggins wrote: »
    nyan warrior wrote: »
    I dont count Vista as an os

    :confused:
    Sucks so bad


  • #24
    AirBiscuit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,081 ✭✭✭AirBiscuit


    Windows XP
    Windows Vista
    Windows 8 Developer Preview
    Ubuntu 10.04 - 11.04

    All on an 80Gb hard drive.

    Going to format the windows 8 partition (as I accidentally broke it) and the XP one, add the space to the vista partition and install windows 7 over it.

    /Breathes


  • #25
    _Godot_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 917 ✭✭✭_Godot_


    I use Windows 7.


  • #26
    nyan warrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭nyan warrior


    Botulism wrote: »
    Windows XP
    Windows Vista
    Windows 8 Developer Preview
    Ubuntu 10.04 - 11.04

    All on an 80Gb hard drive.

    Going to format the windows 8 partition (as I accidentally broke it), add the space to the vista partition and install windows 7.

    /Breathes
    You are a beast of a man to do that


  • #27
    batistuta9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,707 ✭✭✭batistuta9


    Botulism wrote: »
    Windows XP
    Windows Vista
    Windows 8 Developer Preview
    Ubuntu 10.04 - 11.04

    All on an 80Gb hard drive.

    Going to format the windows 8 partition (as I accidentally broke it) and the XP one, add the space to the vista partition and install windows 7 over it.

    /Breathes

    what do you think of it?


  • #28
    harney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭harney


    Win XP and Backtrack 5 (Linux) at work

    Linux Mint for the last few years at home - currently LMDE


  • #29
    nyan warrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭nyan warrior


    harney wrote: »
    Win XP and Backtrack 5 (Linux) at work

    Linux Mint for the last few years at home - currently LMDE
    Whats mint like?


  • #30
    AirBiscuit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,081 ✭✭✭AirBiscuit


    batistuta9 wrote: »
    what do you think of it?
    It was excellent while it worked, then I accidentaly messed everything up by messing around with the boot menu because it locked me out of linux. Ran very smoothly


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  • #31
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    nyan warrior wrote: »
    Whats mint like?

    Visually, a nice look.
    The layout and the icons are good - better even.
    The underlying architecture coding is the same as Ubuntu.

    By the way, a good site to get and/or view them all free is here: http://distrowatch.com/


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