Favorite OS?

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Ah, but how much have you used Windows in your own life, and how often do you touch linux?

I've been using Windows since I was about 7 or 8. And I only got to use Linux for a couple months, before my brother disassembled his computer. I've hung out with a friend who is heavily interested in Linux and is entrenched into the technical nature of the OS, and he said that Linux isn't very user-friendly for those not familiar with it, relatively speaking.

And for reference, I've been, regretably, using Macs for about 4 or 5 years.

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Ah, but how much have you used Windows in your own life, and how often do you touch linux?

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Also, we have a freaking penguin. It's so awesome that even apple ripped it off.

This is true. My brother used to have RedHat running on one of his computers back in the day. But he ran an XP visual on it, so it didn't bother me much. Ran games really well.

Actually, I don't think there's anyone else here that's even owned a mac, other than Mhurron

I've got 3. 2 laptops and an iMac. They're all PowerPC though. My girlfriends got the Intel MacBook. It's decent, but I hate the Mac UI.

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Linux. Just Works.

Also, we have a freaking penguin. It's so awesome that even apple ripped it off.

EDIT: Although, this poll is rather biased. I doubt that more than 10-15% of people have actually used an OS other than windows in their day to day life, especially for more than a week or two. Actually, I don't think there's anyone else here that's even owned a mac, other than Mhurron

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What's your favorite OS? Don't forget to mention why?

I am an XP person myself. But I've recently witnessed the gorgeous Vista OS, and I must admit that it is almost like my ideas have been put into reality. The UI is perfect for me. It's conservative and doesn't clutter the monitor as much. Kind of makes you want to make sure that you have a pretty wallpaper to look at. The widget column on the side is a great idea. You don't have to load a widget page constantly. And you can have your most important information ready. Other than that, I don't know much about it.

I'm not much of a programmer, so I don't like Linux very much. And I am a Mac hater. I hate it. Those commercials piss me off. They're pretentious and quite a few of the advertising points are bending, if not breaking the truth. Superior virus protection, these nuts. Hardly anyone even creates viruses for Mac. Sorry, I'm just venting now.