What is your favorite operating system?

**Cabalo** · 03-27-2010, 12:00 AM

Originally Posted by Speedo

Linux... Is there others?

... And then God invented DirectX.

**Speedo** · 03-27-2010, 12:48 AM

Only to be beaten by simple ideas like flash and stuff.

**Cabalo** · 03-27-2010, 05:17 AM

Flash is cross platform. No big deal.
DX is the de facto gaming API used by all major developers.

And don't say openGL is great. Because it isn't.

**Magnum** · 03-27-2010, 06:00 AM

Windows XP...more stable then 7!

**Speedo** · 03-27-2010, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by Cabalo

Flash is cross platform. No big deal.
DX is the de facto gaming API used by all major developers.

And don't say openGL is great. Because it isn't.

That is true, but it was never given a fair chance was it.

Kind of reminds me of that awefull debate on global warming where us sceptics don't ever get the raw data.

Same with linux. Give it a fair chance. And you can't say it's worse when it does good with no money compared to your os.

**Cabalo** · 03-27-2010, 04:20 PM

I use linux too, have used it for years, both for servers and workstations. It has its uses, but they always require someone knowledgeable operating the network.
It will never take Windows' place because, among many things, it isn't as user friendly as windows is.
Try comparing the ease of plugging a phone to the computer, whether it's an iphone or PPC or a regular shitty phone, and then do the same at linux, where you have to go to the repos get lots and lots of dependencies for filesystems etc etc.
Try comparing the power management of linux compared to windows (on my eepc laptop windows 7 makes the battery last almost 1,5 hours plus, even after I use advanced stuff like powertop on linux to reduce it's operation to the max).
The list goes long. It's true linux was even more behind than now it still is, but it will only become mainstream when one of their distros starts thinking microsoft way. Think global.

For the average home user, it is simply not worth using. This kind of easiness comes with a price, and I'm talking about features some will never use, but which are there.

**DATTER** · 03-27-2010, 07:43 PM

I now use Windows 7 Ultimate, and this OS is great!

**A13** · 03-27-2010, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by Cabalo

I use linux too, have used it for years, both for servers and workstations. It has its uses, but they always require someone knowledgeable operating the network.
It will never take Windows' place because, among many things, it isn't as user friendly as windows is.
Try comparing the ease of plugging a phone to the computer, whether it's an iphone or PPC or a regular shitty phone, and then do the same at linux, where you have to go to the repos get lots and lots of dependencies for filesystems etc etc.
Try comparing the power management of linux compared to windows (on my eepc laptop windows 7 makes the battery last almost 1,5 hours plus, even after I use advanced stuff like powertop on linux to reduce it's operation to the max).
The list goes long. It's true linux was even more behind than now it still is, but it will only become mainstream when one of their distros starts thinking microsoft way. Think global.

For the average home user, it is simply not worth using. This kind of easiness comes with a price, and I'm talking about features some will never use, but which are there.

^^^. Linux takes time, and is a different beast. Most of us grown on looking at Windows too. The UI seems so much more easier and more intuitive. If everyone used Linux and then their kids would use it too, they would be more accustomed to the Linux look. Personally Windows 7 user here, and I love it. It lets me do all I need without the need to sudo. I'm not a complete fanatic of my computer. As long as it can do the simple things for me, it's all good.