Linux or Windows

**IndoPruss** · January 27, 2009, 06:13 AM

Do you prefer Linux or Windows OS? And why?

**Ahlerich** · January 27, 2009, 07:37 AM

i am a gamer - i like windows

**Norge** · January 27, 2009, 07:47 AM

Windows. I have Ubuntu on my laptop, and finding compatible software/hardware for it is nothing short of a nightmare.

**D.B. Cooper** · January 27, 2009, 08:32 AM

Windows.

**Ketzerfreund** · January 27, 2009, 08:40 AM

Both. Windows for games, Linux for everything else.

**Belgian General** · January 27, 2009, 11:10 AM

Can you have Linux on a PC?

**Ketzerfreund** · January 27, 2009, 11:49 AM

Huh? :hmmm:
With all due respect... Is that a serious question, Belgian?

**Arto** · January 27, 2009, 12:05 PM

**Wheelchair** · January 27, 2009, 12:08 PM

I prefer Windows, Couldn't really get into Linux =[

**Commander_Vimes** · January 27, 2009, 01:23 PM

Linux, though problem, is microsoft is too bloody, monopolist.

**rusina** · January 27, 2009, 01:29 PM

Never tried Linux, so Windows.

**Belgian General** · January 27, 2009, 01:35 PM

Yes, that was serious. I thought Linux was something like Mac or Microsoft, you know a computer or something.

**PointOfViewGun** · January 31, 2009, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by Belgian General

Yes, that was serious. I thought Linux was something like Mac or Microsoft, you know a computer or something.

You're aware that you can install Mac OS X on a PC?

**Simetrical** · January 31, 2009, 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by TheDarkLordSeth

You're aware that you can install Mac OS X on a PC?

Not without violating its license agreement, as far as I know.

**GrnEyedDvl** · January 31, 2009, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by Simetrical

Not without violating its license agreement, as far as I know.

Sim is correct:

http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/MacOSX.htm

2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.
A. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time,and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time. You may make one copy of the Apple Software (excluding the Boot ROM code) in machine-readable form for backup purposes only; provided that the backup copy must include all copyright or other proprietary notices contained on the original.

**AlexTheGood** · January 27, 2009, 01:46 PM

I dont know how Linux work... That means Windows (XP)

**Hookah Smoking Caterpiller** · January 27, 2009, 03:01 PM

Windows, I like my software to work

**Strelok** · January 27, 2009, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by Modern Life is Rubbish

Windows, I like my software to work

That comment slightly agitates me but you are entitled to your opinion. There is plenty of software alternatives that are better than Windows apps, and a lot of windows apps you can get working via wine no problem (such as Xfire).

Gaming: Windows XP/Vista (switch between)
Other: Ubuntu

**Simetrical** · January 27, 2009, 05:45 PM

I use Linux unless I'm testing Windows or IE7/8, or otherwise really need to use Windows. I wouldn't recommend Linux to serious gamers unless you like doing a lot of tinkering to get games to work, and don't mind not being able to play some random percentage of games. (Bioshock still doesn't work on Linux beyond the first level or so, for instance.)

For other purposes, Linux is at least worth a try, if you're at all adventurous with computers. You can get Ubuntu (the most popular desktop variety of Linux) for free by, for instance, clicking this shiny button:

Then all you have to do is burn a CD, put it in the drive, and reboot. You can use it without hurting your computer by booting off the CD, although it will be relatively slow (since CDs are slower than disks). Or you can install it next to Windows and choose which you want every time you start up. Or you can install it in Windows like a regular program, and uninstall it if you get tired of it.

Originally Posted by Belgian General

Can you have Linux on a PC?

Linux can be installed on basically anything. You can install some version of Linux on PCs, Macs (Intel or PowerPC), mainframes, supercomputers, cell phones (including the iPhone), video game consoles (including PS3, XBox, Wii, ...), PDAs, DVRs, and more or less any other electronic device that includes a CPU and a decent amount of memory. Linux has been installed on some wristwatches.

Of course, you can't necessarily get a pretty screen and whatnot on a lot of these things. But the kernel will run on them.