What's your main OS

[NinjaRabbit]

@NinjaRabbit, looking back at our previous exchanges it would appear we are coming from oppasite sides of the same area please do not take anything i say as personal, i do tend to type what i think and sometimes i do play Devil's advocate, but i mean nothing by it

Don't worry, I know, and I've not taken anything personally.

Just to explain, though: I've been using Linux for many years now (the Debian-derivative distros are the only OSes I've encountered that mesh with my way of thinking and working), and was a Mac OS X user for some years before that (before it went off in a direction that just didn't mesh with how I get things done), and, from this side of the fence, it just gets tiresome seeing how many folks generalise about how "all Linux users do this" or "all Mac users do that", when the reality is that most users of anything are just normal people who don't care about (and usually don't even know about) all that weird tribalism that seems to happen among an isolated few loudmouths on the internet. Just a pet peeve, honestly, and also not meant to be taken personally!

Also, while I'm here, has anyone got any links about Icaros? I'd like to learn more.

 

[Justin]

but of course
http://vmwaros.blogspot.co.uk/

 

[NinjaRabbit]

Many thanks!

 

[DrChef]

Icarus Desktop 2.0 is due any moment mate and the previews look very good, much nicer OS than OS4.xx

@NinjaRabbit, looking back at our previous exchanges it would appear we are coming from oppasite sides of the same area please do not take anything i say as personal, i do tend to type what i think and sometimes i do play Devil's advocate, but i mean nothing by it

I used to use Icarus for daily use for a while, but that was on my old computer (died). Question: I don't like the idea of DirectoryOpus 5 Magellan. Would there be a way I could disable that by default and use it only when I want to?

 

[Justin]

well until v2 is released i can not be 100% sure, but i'm reasonably sure you can ignore DOpus is you like.

also some Janus news http://vmwaros.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/drive-janus-uae-from-internals.html

 

[commodorejohn]

Still on Windows XP, since Microsoft's insistence on progressively ruining the UI of every succeeding version worse has continued pretty much unabated. I've been playing around with Debian again lately, as well - it seems to have made some significant strides since last time (three years ago.) Hopefully by the time I can no longer get by with XP it'll have achieved basic usability.

 

[NinjaRabbit]

Hopefully by the time I can no longer get by with XP it'll have achieved basic usability.

Perhaps something else would suit your requirements better?

Just curious, but what're you after?

 

[commodorejohn]

I'm after a stable, efficient operating system with a broad complement of capable software with well-designed UI. Unfortunately, most Linux software falls anywhere from "short" to "oh my God who designed this and how do I punch them over the Internet" on that last point.

 

[NinjaRabbit]

Really sorry, but I don't think I can suggest much of use to you, as I've not encountered any of those issues with anything I use. Sorry about that.

 

[DerekP]

I find it interesting that in the broader world, Linux desktop users would account for, what, not even 2%? But here it's substantially higher. Is that because those still dabling with Amigas or other old school kit are more interested in hacking in the traditional sense of the word and they feel they have more control with Linux? Is it an anti-MS stance? An anti-proprietary stance? A preference from 20 years ago that continues?

It's interesting.

I use Windows 7 and i think it's a good OS. I also use Mint Cinneman (dual-boot) but i keep finding myself dragged back into Windows world. For my charity work i use Ubuntu and if it wasn't dumbed down so much i would rate it no.1 of the Linux desktop distros. eg. I don't mind the sidebar - i hate the Nautilus. Windows 8 is just awful, only Classic Shell saves it. OpenSUSE is good too, and pretty But KDE is just too weird Maybe i should try their gnome offering.

Ideologically i barack for Linux big-time. But when i can't use some of the super-awesome software that i use on Windows and have to settle for what i consider to be inferior products always has me flipping back to what is familiar (Foobar, Notepad++, Greenshot, even John's Background Switcher and many more). I know Wine exists but it's a poor soluton. It all comes down to apps for me. I can adapt to the 'quirks' of one OS over another, but i really like the apps i like - it's not just adaptation, it's also performance and features. Linux had a huge opportunity to grow with the terrible Win8 but it didn't seem to do much. IMO they still need to fix things like packages. I can't see why there is a need for more than one type of Linux package - Linus Torvalds said that he doesn't even compile his programs for Linux distribution because it was a pain. That's not a good advertisement.

Anyway:
Boo Microsoft (ideology)
Nice Windows 10 (sounds like it'll be a winner)
Go Linux (freedom)

Amiga Forever

 

[flu!d]

My main OS these days is Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon, I started using it with the intention of learning more about alternative operating systems and just seemed to continue using it - It's a wonderfully polished and well presented OS that does everything I want an OS to do. I also have a Windows rig that I really only fire up to play Battlefield 4 on these days as well as a MorphOS 3.7 based Mac Mini and my A500 running AmigaOS 3.1.

 

[mjnurney]

The wonderful Mac osx 10.10

clean , fast and a joy to use.

and Ms free of course



Windows free since 2003

 

[Justin]

The wonderful Mac osx 10.10

clean , fast and a joy to use.

and Ms free of course



Windows free since 2003

actually if you use oSX you are using MS code, sync, office, verify, live connect, and of course the same applies to MS using iTunes, movie player, safari etc.

so yes you are using Mac osx but you ain't MS free

 

[roy_bates]

main os the amiga community is using? amiga os here.

main os on pc? xp

 

[Justin]

yes matey whatever OS you use most of the time day to day, not your fav or the one you would like to use but the one you use most of the time, that is how i read the OP anyway

 

[Harrison]

Windows 7 64bit here.

 

[Scorpasia]

Unfortunately Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit but grateful it is not Windows 8. Small mercy's eh?

 

[John58]

Windows 7 on my desktop and 8.1 on both laptop and phone.

I have tried Linux a few times but the lack of drivers was always the problem.

I have also tried OsX on a MacBook I bought after reading how good OsX was compared to Windows, I hated it, never got the hang of having only1 mouse button. Installed XP via Parallel virtual machine and used it like that until replacing it with a proper Windows laptop.

John

 

[mjnurney]

yes sir MS free la la la la

opps well maybe not anymore ;-)

 

[DerekP]

What does grind my gears a tad is all the OS "eliteism" that seems to happen online.
All the Mac OS X and Linux users seem to be so anti-Windows etc. and kind of rub it in.

This is so true. I was on a Linux forum and asked about a Windows feature - "does Linux have something like this...?". A couple of the Linux guys were helpful, a couple were supportive (trying to stop the assaults), the majority just abused me for being a "Windows user". Basically, if a feature doesn't exist or does it poorly in Linux, I was told to change a decade of habits for no reason other than to ditch Windows which did a better job in this regard (IMO naturally). I swear, if Linux didn't use CTRL+Z/X/C and Windows did, and you went into a Linux forum asking for it - the majority would say "What's wrong with CTRL+ALT+SPACE+KEYPAD - ????????!!!!!! - Adapt or frak off!!!!!!"