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    Which O/S is best
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    There is no best os in general

    It depends what you want to use . Windows is best for gaming everyone knows that , and microsoft office in my opinion is unique (openoffice just isn't enough )

    But with linux , you can run them on low spec machine and it will be fast , or even faster than new spec machines because it will require lower resources . Also linux is best for programming , and each day you learn something new .It depends however if you have the patience to learn them (i'm not talking about ubuntu , my grandma can run ubuntu )


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    Quote Originally Posted by Stabber View Post
    Also linux is best for programming
    That's quite a bomb you dropped. One can program just fine on Windows as well. If anything, you have tools such as Microsoft's Visual Studio on Windows. You're right though, there's no obvious choice for the OS of the month, it all depends on what you fancy.

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    Each OS has its place. Here's a breakdown of what I do and which OS I'd use it with... (but I cheat and load VMWare Workstation on my Windows and on my Linux I run KVM..)

    Windows -> Can run Adobe CS Suite Products ( I like Adobe Premiere), Native Instruments (Music Synth)
    Mac -> Can run Adobe CS Suite Products, can be Hackintoshed easily to run on modern x86 hardware
    Linux -> I use it for everything (Web, Music, Downloading, HTPC (XBMC Live), Server (serving me SMB and NFS for XBMC Clients), Runs Sickbeard Couchpotato and Sabnzb for automated Usenet work, Runs my software Raid-1 mirror or 2 (2) TB Drives, OS runs off my USB stick with software raid configuration there so if there is a crash/or upgrade of OS, it is independed of screwing with the raid set (ie; data on the actual disks in raid). Then we have the penetration distros such as Backtrack if you like doing packetsniffing/wifi sniffing/learning about TCPIP network stuff

    Also, If you pop in Centos 6 or Fedora live CDs and play in the desktop mode as a non-root user, your system will always be super stable (like Mac since Mac is a Unix based OS as well)
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    Quote Originally Posted by lightshow View Post
    Each OS has its place. Here's a breakdown of what I do and which OS I'd use it with... (but I cheat and load VMWare Workstation on my Windows and on my Linux I run KVM..)

    Windows -> Can run Adobe CS Suite Products ( I like Adobe Premiere), Native Instruments (Music Synth)
    Mac -> Can run Adobe CS Suite Products, can be Hackintoshed easily to run on modern x86 hardware
    Linux -> I use it for everything (Web, Music, Downloading, HTPC (XBMC Live), Server (serving me SMB and NFS for XBMC Clients), Runs Sickbeard Couchpotato and Sabnzb for automated Usenet work, Runs my software Raid-1 mirror or 2 (2) TB Drives, OS runs off my USB stick with software raid configuration there so if there is a crash/or upgrade of OS, it is independed of screwing with the raid set (ie; data on the actual disks in raid). Then we have the penetration distros such as Backtrack if you like doing packetsniffing/wifi sniffing/learning about TCPIP network stuff

    Also, If you pop in Centos 6 or Fedora live CDs and play in the desktop mode as a non-root user, your system will always be super stable (like Mac since Mac is a Unix based OS as well)
    Yes but if someone likes gaming , the linux isn't enough . A dual boot is required with windows although linux have some good multiplayer fps


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    I do all my gaming on my 360, so that never was an issue. My major issue was video editing and VST audio plugins where I have to bring in a Windows or Mac. Otherwise, I'd stick to Linux. I use my Fedora Desktop everyday at work and would never switch back to Windows.

    I also think Microsoft Office is overpriced and Open Office offers an almost bit for bit *exact* experience, but is 100% free. But since we are here on this forum, free isn't the issue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lightshow View Post
    I also think Microsoft Office is overpriced and Open Office offers an almost bit for bit *exact* experience, but is 100% free. But since we are here on this forum, free isn't the issue.
    I think it's merely a matter of personal preference. I also found the web based office suites to be quite useful (such as Google Docs) since I only end up using 5% of the functions Microsoft Office offers me anyway.

    Quote Originally Posted by Stabber View Post
    Yes but if someone likes gaming , the linux isn't enough . A dual boot is required with windows although linux have some good multiplayer fps
    That's a niche you're talking about and not everyone plays those games. I'm also pretty certain that if you'd try Linux you'd see it has some interesting games as well, you just don't know them because you never played them - a Linux could say the same for the Windows games.

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    OO Calc does not offer the same flexibility/usability as MS Excel.

    So that's my stance on OO vs. MS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Glaucon View Post
    I think it's merely a matter of personal preference. I also found the web based office suites to be quite useful (such as Google Docs) since I only end up using 5% of the functions Microsoft Office offers me anyway.

    Quote Originally Posted by Stabber View Post
    Yes but if someone likes gaming , the linux isn't enough . A dual boot is required with windows although linux have some good multiplayer fps
    That's a niche you're talking about and not everyone plays those games. I'm also pretty certain that if you'd try Linux you'd see it has some interesting games as well, you just don't know them because you never played them - a Linux could say the same for the Windows games.
    I've been using archlinux for years , it was a great journey . I 've learned a lot of new things , i've changed the look of my desktop many times , tried almost all desktop environments . After this time , you know what i realize ? I just want things to be as simple as possbile

    I miss a lot of things from linux , music player daemon , openbox but it takes too much time to configure them to your liking . Honestly i think linux is the future , but because it's free it will take a lot of time to overcome windows usage .

    The first thing someone will notice when changing from windows to linux is the ugly fonts , the font antialising is not even close to the windows one . The only way to get good antialising is to use the ubuntu ones and use large fonts in order to be visible enough .


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    Quote Originally Posted by Stabber View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Glaucon View Post
    I think it's merely a matter of personal preference. I also found the web based office suites to be quite useful (such as Google Docs) since I only end up using 5% of the functions Microsoft Office offers me anyway.



    That's a niche you're talking about and not everyone plays those games. I'm also pretty certain that if you'd try Linux you'd see it has some interesting games as well, you just don't know them because you never played them - a Linux could say the same for the Windows games.
    I've been using archlinux for years , it was a great journey . I 've learned a lot of new things , i've changed the look of my desktop many times , tried almost all desktop environments . After this time , you know what i realize ? I just want things to be as simple as possbile

    I miss a lot of things from linux , music player daemon , openbox but it takes too much time to configure them to your liking . Honestly i think linux is the future , but because it's free it will take a lot of time to overcome windows usage .

    The first thing someone will notice when changing from windows to linux is the ugly fonts , the font antialising is not even close to the windows one . The only way to get good antialising is to use the ubuntu ones and use large fonts in order to be visible enough .
    What you are talking about is very distribution specific. Not sure if you're aware, but ArchLinux is one of the most minimalistic and least simplistic distributions around, it's supposed to be configured from ground zero by the end user. I haven't had any issues with the fonts yet and I really don't think the Windows antialiasing is superior.

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