Unix vs Windows

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  1. PhreQuencYViii

    PhreQuencYViii Champion of the Forum

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    Dude, the Windows 95 startup sound is THE BEST! I use that too. I can't say the same about the grey start bars and such though, those have always annoyed me.
     
  2. Tomcat

    Tomcat Familiar Face

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    2 EEEpc`s Running Linux
    1 Desktop/Server Running Linux
    1 Guts of a Mame Cab running Linux (not fully up and running yet)

    NEVER will windows blight my computers again.
     
  3. PhreQuencYViii

    PhreQuencYViii Champion of the Forum

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    Vista Home Premium and XP on my laptop. Use to dual boot Ubuntu but I just don't care anymore. I like playing PC games. I do think I'd use Linux all the time if it could play said games though.
     
  4. pspwill

    pspwill Spirited Member

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    I use both of them but mainly Ubuntu, the only reason i have windows is for VS for the xbox.
     
  5. kamon

    kamon Rapidly Rising Member

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    Desktop: Ubuntu
    Laptop 1: Xubuntu/XP dualboot
    Laptop 2: Vista

    I also have several VMs set up for experimenting, and there is an old laptop base with Windows 98 in the cupboard somewhere.
     
  6. Taemos

    Taemos Officer at Arms

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    I'm thinking about giving Slackware a try on my future file server. I just have to find a power supply and decent cardboard box for this motherboard. :lol:
     
  7. PhreQuencYViii

    PhreQuencYViii Champion of the Forum

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    Pizza box! Just watch out that some Ninja Turtle doesn't walk over it and yell pizza time.
     
  8. DarthCloud

    DarthCloud Fiery Member

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    Nice to see so many people using open source OS here!
     
  9. Taemos

    Taemos Officer at Arms

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    That would be an awesome idea if it wasn't so thin...

    There are ways around that, though. I will seriously consider this idea. :dance:
     
  10. GaijinPunch

    GaijinPunch Lemon Party Organizer and Promoter

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    unix = *nix = linux

    I guess I'll throw out my setup:
    Gentoo: Main work machine
    Gentoo: File Server
    Windows: Photoshop/Poker machine, and occasionally to read an Excel file that won't open in Open Office
    Emulation machine: XP with an Arcade VGA... thinking of a Linux solution, but haven't researched enough.
    Windows Laptop: Videos in bed, and something to shut the wife up.
     
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  11. Jamtex

    Jamtex Adult Orientated Mahjong Connoisseur

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    That sounds so wrong...
     
  12. GaijinPunch

    GaijinPunch Lemon Party Organizer and Promoter

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    ...well, not at the same time.

    I was going to write "porn on planes and videos in bed" but that indeed, paints a bad picture.
     
  13. frozon

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    Here is for me:

    Desktop 1: Gentoo 2008.0 beta 2 (unstable portage)
    Desktop 2: Gentoo (stable portage)
    Desktop 3: Gentoo (stable portage)
    Laptop 1: macbook pro 17" (Mac OS X 10.5.3)
    Laptop 2: Gentoo (unstable portage)
     
  14. kammedo

    kammedo and the lost N64 Hardware Docs

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    Luckily :lol:
     
  15. TranceDoll

    TranceDoll Rising Member

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    Laptop - Fedora 7
    Laptop #2 - Ubuntu 8 / Win XP (for Starcraft online :p)
    Server - Debian Etch
     
  16. Barc0de

    Barc0de Mythical Member from Time Immemorial

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    well the working concept is the same, the open-sourceness isn't/wasn't the same with unix. I m just being technical here of course:p
     
  17. babu

    babu Mamihlapinatapai

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    If we're technical then it should be called GNU/Linux :p
     
  18. mooseblaster

    mooseblaster Bleep. Site Supporter 2012, 2014

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    <EDIT: Removed really nerdy bit about Unix>

    I went through a big phase of using Ubuntu, although recently I find myself constantly booting into Windows for Visual Studio. However, I also spend a huge amount of time in MacOS X because my laptop does things that way.

    I can't really answer the poll - I use both Windows and (Linu||Uni||MacOS)X in equal measures.
     
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  19. Barc0de

    Barc0de Mythical Member from Time Immemorial

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    mooseblaster, u re not a lad are ye?
     
  20. andoba

    andoba Site Supporter 2014

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    Windows.
     
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