What is your main OS?

[Holley]

If WindowsXP had been released in 1995 MS would have gone under - people didn't mind getting 16Mb of ram for Win95, but 256Mb?? (I paid about £400 for 32Mb of ram at about that time) ... but thats history now ;-)

[c64_d0c]

my main os is..

1.winxp
2.mac os x panther
3.amiga os3.1-3.9
4.commodore 64 v2 basic/commodore 128 v7 basic


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[Tomas]

1. I have debian linux on all my x86 systems, except this old laptop that runs WinXP at this moment..

2. I use it because it is the best overall OS with updated software on the x86 platform. I really liked BeOS, but is not much of an alternative since it does not have much software or updated drivers these days..

3. I am not considering switching for now, but who knows what might happen in the future..

[SilvrDrgn]

At work:  Win-DOHS XP (read: eXtra Problems).
At home:  AOS 4, AOS 3.9, AOS 3.1, AOS 1.3, Debian Linux, and Win-DOHS XP.

[sdesros]

(Home)
Main OS: MorphOS
Why: Wanted an Amiga-ish solution that could run AmigaPPC software to replace my ailing amigas.  At the time A1 and OS4 was not an option.  It's also my main OS because my PC died shortly after getting my Pegasos.
Would I change?: not necessarily.  I'd like to take a look at OS4 once it's fully released.  I've been toying with the idea of getting a Mac (I have an older mac) and/or building an HTPC...  However, that's not definate yet.

(Work)
Main OS: XP on laptop, Solaris 8 on UltraSparc
Why: IT
Would I change?: Well, I don't have a choice in the matter.  I don't see a big difference between XP and 2K (that I had before).  I might try and see if I can move my sunbox to Solaris 9 or 10.

[Failure]

Work:

Fedora Core 2 on my workstation; RHEL3, SLES9, and Solaris on servers.  We resell UNIX systems so we "eat our own dogfood".  Most of our sales staff use Windows2K/XP but one uses Novell Linux Desktop.

Home:

Debian GNU/Linux, stable on fileserver & firewall, unstable on personal machine.  I fell in love with Debian back in '98 and it has served me well, earning me my current job :-)  Used to use XP for games, but Doom 3 and Anarchy Online both run in Linux now so have not booted that OS for weeks at a time.

Also of course, AmigaOS and AMIX as a hobby!

[mjohnson]

1. Amiga OS4-pre.
2. Why not? ;-)
3. Nope. But if I was, Linux would be a strong candidate.

[Fats]

1 Linux (on x86, PPC and Sparc SS20; RH7.3 and mixed debian stable/testing)
2 Surfing, email, office, internet firewall, developing AROS, ... (basically everything)
3 Nope, I think it would be hard to find an OS that is so flexible (I have a headless firewall and a desktop machine all on linux) and where I have so much insight in what is happening on the computer.

Staf.

[realstar]

1.MorphOS

2.It runs my favourite Amiga programs, it's
  super fast and is continually expanding
  with new software and updates. I also
  find it a great OS for programming on.

3.not anytime soon

[MarkTime]

1. What is your main OS?
2. Why?
3. Are you conidering switching to a different OS?

1.  My main home/browsing os is Windows XP SP1... my main work OS is HP/UX 11i.

2.  for home, because I needed Windows XP because the tunnel software for connecting to work from home is only available for windows xp, per our company rules....and then any it was cheap as sin to put together a fairly fast pc, I have a clocked athlon xp that makes it a pr 3600+...cost about $400.

as for why I use hp/ux as my main work box...its what work uses, and it pays the bills.

3.  switching...well, I have no immediate plans to switch...but I always consider switching..I'm a real fan of OS's....and alternative platforms, hence, why I'm here typing to you...but then again, I cannot stand amiga os anymore...if I feel nostalgic, just booting it up real quick reminds me that its old

[x56h34]

1. Workbench 1.3
2. It has all I need. It comes with a calculator, date and time (in case I am not sure what the current date or time is), and there is also a neat little speech program included (a life saver when I get tired of speaking, or my throat hurts).
3. No need to switch to the bloated and overall much slower Workbench 2.0.

[amigean]

At home I use:

Windows XP SP1
Workbench 3.0 (WinUAE/ A1200)

I also play around with:

Mandrake 10 Community
TOS 1.62
Commodore Basic
AROS (now and then)

At work:

Windows XP SP2

On the road:

Windows Mobile 2003
Symbian

Switching: Unless AROS gets netowrking support by Christmas, I might go the MorphOS way

[FastRobPlus]

1. Windows XP Tablet Edition
2. My main PC is a tablet.
3. Yes. Longhorn.

[tormedhammaren]

So I answer.

1. Gentoo Linux (kernel 2.6.8.1).

2. Good question. The main reason is because it worked for me the first time and still does so. It's also the most stable OS I've ever used. It can be quite responsive if you know which tricks to apply. The shift from AmigaOS to Linux was easy because I used to run a lot of BSD and UNIX apps (GeekGadgets) under AmigaOS and Multiuser.

3. I'm not considering switching away from Linux. But I am planning to buy hardware for running MorphOS or OS 4.

[spihunter]

Contiki baby!!!

Just kidding :-P

I wish.

[clark]

A little late, but here's my 2 bits:

On my workstation
1.  Solaris 9
2.  It works better than any alternative on my UltraSparc, plus it has never chrashed on me, and has a nice array of software.
3.  Not unless I get a nice, new fast machine.

On my laptop
1.  Windows NT4 and NetBSD
2.  NetBSD is rock solid, and has not yet failed me.  NT4 is great when you need Windows compatability.  Doesn't crash as much as Windows 9x, and still runs nicely on my lowend hardware (P266, 64 MB).
3.  I might switch to Linux.  I'm not really sure ATM.  Linux does much better on Laptops for hotswapping, &c.

I'd love to be able to ditch all these in favor of an AmigaOne, Pegasus, or an upgraded A4kT, but I'm broke.

clark