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What is your favorite operating system, and why?

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rslakinski | 3 years, 5 months ago
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I like OpenBSD, its secure and fast. You have to do a lot of manual work to get it just the way you like it, b
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connectedgeek | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Windows XP SP2 is probably the best OS.

Windows as a whole has more software developed for it than any other OS.

Linux, is probably the most secure and Mac, is probably the most fun!

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merlin | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

Please cite your source on Windows having more software developed FOR it than any other OS. Linux runs on servers, desktops, phones, embedded devices, and more. The Debian 'etch' release shipped with 18,000 software packages over 20 CDs (3 DVDs): http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/ch-releases.en.html .

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merlin | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

BSD is generally accepted within the security community to be more secure than Linux due to "enterprise" features Linus refuses to put in the kernel.

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merlin | 3 years, 5 months ago
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ITS, the Incompatible Timesharing System, written at MIT by the AI lab around 1969 completely in assembly and usable for PDP-6 through PDP-10 systems. It was likely the first operating system to offer transparent inter-machine file-access through the ARPANet. It was also was the OS that birthed EMACS and nurtured the early development of MacLISP, the primary parent-language to Common Lisp. Many of its interesting real-time and time-sharing features have been incorporated into operating systems of today.
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http://www.gnu.org/gnu/rms-lisp.html RMS mentions EMACS initially running on ITS

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sara | 3 years, 5 months ago
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I like Mac -- it's simple, easy-to-use, and it has everything already integrated.

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mshubin | 3 years, 5 months ago
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My all time favorite OS is NeXT. For Desktop computing and development I like OS X, but its a close call between OS X and Gentoo Linux.

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dbspringer | 3 years, 5 months ago
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I'll use Windows 3.1 until the day I die.
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carriep | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Please don't take away my geek card for this, but Windows XP is my favorite operating system.

I don't fiddle around too much with computers, and Windows, though clearly buggy in places, allows me to do a little bit of fiddling with menus that I've become familiar with since first using Windows 3.1.

It works correctly, most of the time, and I don't really have to think about it.

Furthermore, although I like the concept of running a Mac, and I wouldn't be against an OS with more direct user involvement, I like being able to use off-the-shelf software and know it will work most of the time. Also, I don't have the time right now to try to set up and maintain a new machine or have a friend or family member do it.

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