What is your favourite operating system?

[Kage]

that seems to spend more time on the computer then outside.

Meh.... Most developers fall into this category, since most of us have jobs in the computer field, and/or is a computer science major in college.... and we devote a lot of time to this game.

To be fair to BBB, he has been trying to learn C++ quite seriously. He has a long way to go, but I expect in 2 or 3 years (if he keeps it up), he will be able to code well enough to actually make significance contributions to this project.

[Leela]

that seems to spend more time on the computer then outside.

Meh.... Most developers fall into this category, since most of us have jobs in the computer field, and/or is a computer science major in college.... and we devote a lot of time to this game.

But Kage, I think you are not a child anymore and I NEVER saw you trolling around. That is the difference.
I have huge respect for those people who put their spare time in this project.
A child can have the computer as hobby why not, my hobby is the computer, too (well I am not exactly a child anymore).But children need to go out, play, see real people in a real environment and not pixels the whole time. That is pretty important to build a personality. I don't think you, Kage, where sitting in your room the whole day, when you where a child. Or am I wrong?

[JohnBitista]

I like PC alot better, my old macintosh computer couldnt do half the stuff i wanted it to, some of the apps were useless

[Jaxad0127]

I like PC alot better, my old macintosh computer couldnt do half the stuff i wanted it to, some of the apps were useless

"PC" means personal computer, which includes Macs.
It doesn't just refer to Windows.

/me hates Apple for those stupid ads

[baseballboy]

I like PC alot better, my old macintosh computer couldnt do half the stuff i wanted it to, some of the apps were useless

"PC" means personal computer, which includes Macs.
It doesn't just refer to Windows.

/me hates Apple for those stupid ads

[Ashramsan]

Why I like the PC (windows xp-sp1/vista pre)
- compatibilty (endless software)
- office (openoffice/word03/07) perfect for skool.
- Media is good (though it isnt as sexy as the mac, its just as good)
- Games!! (sof/cod/counter/............on and on)

[chrisfrnklin]

i am a windows user(PC) but i prefer mac as i do not have to worry about viruses, i would like to have one but at this present time cannot afford it.

[Leela]

I like ubuntu because:
Easy to use, difficult to use (if going a bit deeper), looks nice, is not annoying bye asking "do you really want to xyz?" a thousand times, can keep running many days without crashing, no viruses for the not-server-versions.
I still use 9.04 and I will use it like forever. Simple reason. My PC has hardware from the stoneages and 9.10 doesn't run properly so i keep 9.04, where the only thing i can't use are those desktop effects, which are not important for me anyway. So instead of buying hardware / new PC which I can't afford, I just keep running with this and it is good

[Crush]

i am a windows user(PC) but i prefer mac as i do not have to worry about viruses, i would like to have one but at this present time cannot afford it.

The mac-has-no-viruses argument is becomming less and less valid.

The reason there were few viruses for MacOS in the past was not because MacOS is inheritely more secure than Windows. It's just that the number of installations was so small compared to Windows that noone bothered to write viruses for it. But with the raising market share of MacOS this changes. There are already viruses and other exploits for MacOS spotted in the wild.

In the meantime Microsoft has accepted security holes as the main critique point of their operating system and does its best to make Windows more secure. While XP had several security flaws by design, a lot much more attention was given to security during the development of Vista and 7.

When MacOS and Windows ever reach equal market share the number of their security concerns will also become equal.

[Jaxad0127]

The reason there were few viruses for MacOS in the past was not because MacOS is inheritely more secure than Windows. It's just that the number of installations was so small compared to Windows that noone bothered to write viruses for it. But with the raising market share of MacOS this changes. There are already viruses and other exploits for MacOS spotted in the wild.

Popularity is a small factor. Ease of exploit is a bigger one.

Most webservers run Apache under GNU/Linux. IIS under Windows, a minority, gets far more. Not just OS attacks, but attacks against the server software itself. Apache under Windows gets far more attacks than Apache under GNU/Linux, due to the underlying system.

[Shainen]

Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Puppy Linux

Never used Windows in my home, never plan to, never will.

There is far more contributing factors to virus malware security than just market share.

I was initially attracted to The Mana World because of the open source philosophy lying within. I have not played a MMORPG since "Federation" in 1992.

[janjamess]

Mac if very pc friendly as i am photo printer and do a lot of editing at work which uses mac

[Darkfangex]

buahoihohiohihoihoi LONGHORN buahoihohioih it didnt have the BSOD like other windows OS's it improved by having the RSOD lol nah i love ubuntu and w7 but hell im open to other os's i havent tried yet so lets see who will be the best of them all

[DarkLord]

Update:

I am just on briefly and here is an OS update:

Windows 7 - Lots of talk about it. Everyone loves it
I now hate Linux completely. I crashed heaps with Linux and not once with Windows so HA!

[enchilado]

WTF did you do to crash Linux?