What is your favorite Operating System?

phyrrus9 · 10-23-2017, 05:07 PM

(10-23-2017, 04:51 AM)mothered Wrote:
(10-22-2017, 02:50 PM)phyrrus9 Wrote:
(10-22-2017, 02:12 AM)mothered Wrote: I'm also eager to read the reply to this.

At the moment (Inclusive of my IDS/IPS x2), I have 6 VMs running and that's ample for my usability.
EDIT: Just noticed the reply.

He actually gave an answer for why he had so many. Many of them are duplicate OSes with different versions of tools he uses for programming (which seems to be mostly Node). I can understand this for being someone who either does a LOT of development or very little. Making sure you know the exact minimum version may be important in those cases.

Yes, I saw his reply shortly after my previous post and edited my post stating just that.

I see his point with tools of different versions and certainly agree. Many years ago I was also running 10+ VMs (not simultaneously), with each one catered to It's usability and different In It's overall setup and Installed applications/tools.

When I saw that, I remembered back when I first got a windows 7 machine and decent hardware (was an upgrade from my IBM T41 that I used for many years), first thing I did was install vmware and make a shitload of VMs. It was totally unnecessary, but I did it anyways. I wanted to test out a bunch of operating systems before I really settled down to one I liked (which ended up being Arch)

mothered · 10-23-2017, 08:40 PM

(10-23-2017, 05:07 PM)phyrrus9 Wrote: first thing I did was install vmware and make a shitload of VMs. It was totally unnecessary, but I did it anyways. I wanted to test out a bunch of operating systems before I really settled down to one I liked (which ended up being Arch)

I can relate to that.

I did something similar many years ago with Windows XP. I customized a heap of ISOs, tested them on my VMs and selected the one that was best suited to my environment.

Playboy · 10-25-2017, 02:53 PM

Linux mint how about you guys?

Llebacc · 10-25-2017, 03:06 PM

I've been a Debian user for about 5 years now. I've tried Ubuntu flavors and Mint, and it's stayed my favorite distro. Right now I'm running it with KDE Plasma and it's great. The biggest hitch you'll have with Debian is the slow release cycle, so unless you move to at least Debian Testing you'll be saddled with old software. Debian Testing, on the flipside, is more unstable than something that has a 6 month release cycle like vanilla Ubuntu. So there's no good in-between with Debian. That being said, it's a great intermediate level distro with plenty of customizability and a massive number of packages available.

dvn8ter · 11-01-2017, 05:32 PM

I started using Linux in 2011 when I got tired of Windows and all the BS that comes with it. When I first installed Ubuntu on my PC, it was like Christmas day for me! All of a sudden my computer WORKED! and I had a bunch of new, awesome, toys to play with. I've used mainly Debian based Linux distros since then. Ubuntu was my favorite for a few years and then I switched to Linux Mint. For the last year or so I have been using Windows 10 on my custom workstation and Ubuntu Server on a Dell T5500 (I have two towers at my workstation) and my laptop is dual booted with Windows 10 and Linux Mint. I'd say that my favorite is Debian, with Windows 10 being the runner up just because it makes me a lot of $ and is the best OS from Microsoft yet

Llebacc · 11-01-2017, 05:45 PM

(11-01-2017, 05:32 PM)dvn8ter Wrote: I started using Linux in 2011 when I got tired of Windows and all the BS that comes with it. When I first installed Ubuntu on my PC, it was like Christmas day for me! All of a sudden my computer WORKED! and I had a bunch of new, awesome, toys to play with. I've used mainly Debian based Linux distros since then. Ubuntu was my favorite for a few years and then I switched to Linux Mint. For the last year or so I have been using Windows 10 on my custom workstation and Ubuntu Server on a Dell T5500 (I have two towers at my workstation) and my laptop is dual booted with Windows 10 and Linux Mint. I'd say that my favorite is Debian, with Windows 10 being the runner up just because it makes me a lot of $ and is the best OS from Microsoft yet

Whoooo Debian bros! Linux Mint is really nice too. I like using their Cinnamon DE.

dvn8ter · 11-02-2017, 12:41 AM

(11-01-2017, 05:45 PM)Llebacc Wrote:
(11-01-2017, 05:32 PM)dvn8ter Wrote: I started using Linux in 2011 when I got tired of Windows and all the BS that comes with it. When I first installed Ubuntu on my PC, it was like Christmas day for me! All of a sudden my computer WORKED! and I had a bunch of new, awesome, toys to play with. I've used mainly Debian based Linux distros since then. Ubuntu was my favorite for a few years and then I switched to Linux Mint. For the last year or so I have been using Windows 10 on my custom workstation and Ubuntu Server on a Dell T5500 (I have two towers at my workstation) and my laptop is dual booted with Windows 10 and Linux Mint. I'd say that my favorite is Debian, with Windows 10 being the runner up just because it makes me a lot of $ and is the best OS from Microsoft yet

Whoooo Debian bros! Linux Mint is really nice too. I like using their Cinnamon DE.

Yea! I like to use cinnamon too. I usually keep an eye on the various Linux distros via DistroWatch.com Ubuntu was #1 for the longest time, now Mint has taken the top spot w Debian as the runner up. You can see the top 100 Linux distros on the lower right hand side of the site.

mothered · 11-03-2017, 05:23 AM

(11-01-2017, 05:32 PM)dvn8ter Wrote: with Windows 10 being the runner up just because it makes me a lot of $ and is the best OS from Microsoft yet

In terms of the latter, I certainly agree.

When Windows 10 was officially released, I didn't think too highly of It. Once I gave myself a change to delve Into It In an In depth manner, I believe Microsoft has got It right this time (over It's predecessor).

M450NC · 11-03-2017, 12:00 PM

Windows 10 at the moment. Used to be Windows 7 but got used to 10 now.

BORW3 · 11-04-2017, 07:12 PM

ArchLabs currently, used to be Lubuntu