What OS/Distros have you installed and used?

[Omnios]

I hear that a lot of people try different OS and Linux distros so it may proove interesting to see what others have used and comments.

Comidor64-slap in the floppy and type some code
Win98-hope you have all your drivers.
Win98se-
WinXp-run straight out of the box but fairly boring, install and now what! Oh ya dont forget to download and install antivirus and anti spyware and anti rootkit.
Ubuntu-3 days to get monitor set up but I learnt a lot and had lots of fun. Always learning something new and can do all kinds of need stuff like modifying the desktop shells.
FreeBDS-Easy install is decieving-configuring can be a world of hurt.
PCBSD-Click click click all installed and running- where is the software ya ya there is ports but what is there.
Debian. Pretty straight forward but com1 mouse and ethernet compile scared me off.

I need another old box hopefully an apple.

Right now im running Ubuntu(Gnome wins this round was pro KDE last release), Xp(not used much),PC-BSD(on old p2 backup as it was only thing I could get to run easily on it)

[rfruth]

I've used several versions of Windows (last being a dual boot XP/Red Hat ver ?)
Am now using a old G3 iMac with Panther (OS X) time for something new, am waiting for my x86 Ubuntu CDs (then will pick out new hardware) :)

[matthew]

Successfully? :)

DOS 3.0, 3.1, 5.0, 6.22
Windows 3.0, 3.1, 98se, ME, XP
Debian 3.0, 3.1
Mandriva 2005
Gentoo 2005.1
SUSE 9.2
Xandros (3?)
Knoppix 3.2, 3.5, 3.7, 2.9, 4.0.2 (disclaimer: I only installed 3.5 to a hard drive...ended up with a modified version of Debian that wasn't as good as Debian)
Ubuntu 5.04, Breezy development after colony 2

Currently using:
Ubuntu 5.10, Debian unstable, Ubuntu Dapper development

I've used lots of others, but these listed are the ones I have both installed myself and used successfully for at least a week.

[Rackerz]

I've used all the Windows. Now im on to linux.

I used Mepis, SuSe and then i came to Ubuntu and thats were i stay ;).

[Ampersand]

Amiga Workbench
Windows 95, 98, 2000 (only at university), XP
Redhat 10, Fedora Core 4
Suse 9.0, 9.1, 9.2
Ubuntu Warty, Hoary, Breezy, Dapper
Irix 6.5.13 (I think)
Think that's all of them

[bonzodog]

where to start?
Sinclair Spectrum 48k (used to write progs on it in BASIC)
Commodore 16
Oric 48K
Commodore Plus/4
Commodore 64
Commodore PET
Amstrad Word processor running CP/M
PC running DOS 5.0 (I think?)
Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98se, Me, 2000, XP.
Linux -
Caldera 1.3
Redhat 6.0
Slackware 7.0, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1
Mandrake 7.0, 9.1, 9.2, 10.0 64 bit.
Suse 9.3Pro 64 bit
Debian 3.0
Slamd64 10.2
Knoppix 3.0
Slax 3.0
and finally..Ubuntu 5.10 x86_64

[vertigo]

windows 3.11, 95, 98, nt4, me, 2000, xp

I've tried to install fedora but got no where with it

Now I'm on Ubuntu thanks to this place

[Wide]

Man, sure are some old folk around here, I should talk.


Cant really remember them all, pretty much from windows 95-up

Linux RH 6-up

BSD 3-up


Windows is my favorite:rolleyes:

Now using Breezy, Debian stable, CentOS, Xp Pro

Favorite, Debian:shock:

[BWF89]

Operating systems I've installed:
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows XP SP2 (currently useing)
Fedora Core 2

Live cd's I've tried: (successfully)
Ubuntu (live cd)
Morphix (live cd)
PCLinuxOS (live cd)
Gnoppix (live cd)
Beatrix (live cd)
Slax (live cd)
Cool CD Linux (live cd)
Damn Small Linux (live cd)
Feather Linux (live cd)
Live BSD (live cd)
ReactOS (live cd)
Sulix (live cd)
Slax Popcorn (live cd)

[ow50]

Installed and used:
Windows (98 and XP)
Mandrake Linux (9.0)
Suse Linux (9.1)
Ubuntu Linux (warty - breezy)
FreeBSD (6.BETA.something)

Windows 98 seemed like a buggy copy of Windows 95 to me. Never really liked Windows XP. Mandrake was horribly unstable. Suse was painfully slow. Always felt comfortable with Ubuntu. FreeBSD's Gnome was way too unstable. Maybe I'll try again with FreeBSD 6.0 RELEASE.

[keithb]

where to start?
Sinclair Spectrum 48k (used to write progs on it in BASIC)
Commodore 16
Oric 48K
Commodore Plus/4
Commodore 64
Commodore PET
Amstrad Word processor running CP/M
PC running DOS 5.0 (I think?)
Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98se, Me, 2000, XP.
Linux -
Caldera 1.3
Redhat 6.0
Slackware 7.0, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1
Mandrake 7.0, 9.1, 9.2, 10.0 64 bit.
Suse 9.3Pro 64 bit
Debian 3.0
Slamd64 10.2
Knoppix 3.0
Slax 3.0
and finally..Ubuntu 5.10 x86_64

Wow, I would like to ask bonzodog his opinion of Ubuntu compared to other Linux distributions he has tried.

Myself, I have used MS-DOS 5.0, Win 3.1, Win 95, Win98, Win98SE, Win 2k (at work), Win XP, and I did play around with Mandrake 9.2 for a while.

Right now I only have Ubuntu Breezy 5.10 on this computer but there are other family members in the house using Win XP. My little 6 yr old girl likes the games on Ubuntu. I just plain like it for everything. I guess I am not into the kind of games that you need Windows for. I just like Ubuntu cuz it is a nice OS with lots of possibilities.

[Orunitia]

Commadore 64
Dos (Hell if I remember what version)
Windows 3.1
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 2000
Windows XP

Mandrake (Multiple versions)
Red Hat 9
Slackware (Multiple versions)
Suse (Multiple versions)
Fedora (Multiple versions)
Debian
Ubuntu (Used since Warty)


I think that's it.... Ubuntu is by far my favorite. Everything else is nice, but I love apt too much, and Ubuntu makes it easier to just get running than Debian. Ubuntu made it really easy to stop dual-booting with Windows XP too.

[xequence]

Windows - 95, 98, ME, 2000 Pro, 2000 Datacenter server, XP Home, XP Pro, XP Corporate
Linux - Slax, DSL, Ubuntu, Debian, Mepis, Fedora
Mac - System 7, OS8, OS9

Opinions on them: Well, windows XP is accually quite nice, except for the fact it gives me little "Reminders" in the corner. Every 5 minutes it tells me my D drive is running low on space. I KNOW ALREADY! :P And its slow. Windows 2000 is faster and quite stable, though ive had some little problems. It is odd that pro takes up 800 MB of space, yet datacenter server costs 15,000$ and only has some 100 MB of extra stuff. Pah. Ubuntu is nice, my linux of choice. Fedora was also good, but yum was horrible and it didnt work with my sound. Then again, ubuntu sometime works and sometimes doesent work with my sound. Odd.

[panickedthumb]

MS operating systems:
DOS, versions 4-whatever the newest one was - solid. The best OS in terms of doing what it should and not crashing that MS has ever put out ;)

Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, XP, 2003 Server - the windows infrastructure for domains/networking is great. Desktop sucks, IMO.

Does Microsoft BOB count? - Very, very laughable.

Mac OS 8-tiger - OS 8 and 9 were pretty good, but OSX took the Mac to all new levels. It's amazing to work with, just not as versatile as I like.

Unix/Linux distributions:
Freebsd, every major version since 4 - Easy to install once you understand the partitioning. A beast to configure, though. Get it up and running and it's worth it.

Solaris 8-10 - Very stable, not so versatile. Definitely one to try though. Has a lot of features that make it great for servers.

Slackware - Fantastic. Development is a little slow nowadays, but that's understandable.

Red Hat 4-9 - Once great, now just too..... something. Don't care for it.

Mandrake 5-10 - NEVER liked it. Too candy-coated for my tastes.

Gentoo - Quite a learning experience. Takes some time to install, and to update, but quite speedy and stable if you know what you're doing.

SUSE 9, 10 - Easily my second favorite distro. They have the most polished and professional look of any OS in my opinion.

Fedora (all versions) - OK, but not my thing. Yum is a beast, and apt4rpm isn't as good as regular apt.

Debian (Woody, Sarge, Sid) - If you are proficient at Ubuntu and want to see its roots, try this out.

Knoppix (don't remember versions) - Good but I didn't think it was different enough from Debian to bother deviating.

Gnoppix (don't remember versions) - ditto above. Haven't tried it since it was based on Ubuntu.

Mepis (don't remember versions) - Great, but the community wasn't as friendly :)

DSL - It's damn small.

LFS - Want to REALLY learn Linux? Do this.

Corel (anybody remember this one?) - I can't say what I think about Corel Linux without getting this thread moved to the Backyard.

Caldera - Don't remember it much.

Linspire/Lindows - OK, but having to pay to use the flagship package manager had me uninstalling it in a hurry.

Xandros - Great for the new user who wants to browse/check email, but don't try to change anything.

Blag - Based on RedHat, with a political agenda. Great for those who want to take over the world ;)


And of course Ubuntu (all versions): I use it on everything. After using all of these listed, it's still my favorite OS. Breezy has more problems than the past versions, but it's still my favorite. Best mix of ease of use, customizability (if that's a word) and power.

[sean.smithson]

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[Iandefor]

Where to begin....
All of the Macintosh Operating Systems from 7.5 on (Excepting Tiger), DOS 3, DOS 6, Windows 3.11, all the Windows 9.x's, Windows XP Professional, BEOS Personal R5 (Yeah, I'll admit it. It's kinda fun to play with, but forget about using it for everyday stuff). I've also used a few floppy-based distr/os, just to see what they were like; on that front, I've used Tomsrtbt and Basiclinux, as well as a few experimental operating systems like v_2OS and menuet. I've also used Knoppix, DSL, Vectorlinux, Xandros, and, most recently, Ubuntu. On the whole, of all of those distr/os, my absolute favorite is Ubuntu (Then again, the majority of the competition is mostly experimental or just plain crap). I've noted that Breezy on my computer, no matter what anyone says, works just as poorly as Hoary (Poorly because this is legacy hardware- no matter what, Ubuntu will not run properly with only 64 megabytes of RAM :)- thankfully, i might be getting a newer, better computer soon. Yay!)

[bored2k]

best first impressions:

ubuntu hoary
ubuntu breezy
guadalinex 2004 (http://www.guadalinex.org/modules/xoopsgallery/) (very good live/install distro inspite of hardly anyone knowing it.. new releases are based on Ubuntu).
xandros3deluxe


others:

dos (used but didnt install it)
windows 3.1 (same)
windows 95
windows 98
windows me
windows 2000
windows xp home/pro
xandros1
xandros2
xandros2.5business
mandrake10
ubuntu warty
kubuntu hoary
kubuntu breezy
knoppix 3.x
slackware 10
aurox 10
suse 8
suse 9
redhat7
damnsmalllinux
debian 3 woody
slax
yoper (my worst overall.experience with ANY Operating System)


there may be more, but i dont remember.

[poptones]

Does it count if you wrote them?

I wrote a 6502 FORTH interpreter and OS in a notebook (at the time I didn't even have a computer) when I was a teen and "ported" it to the TRS80 model 4's (ie the Z80) when I got a "real job" as an engineer. Amazingly, it actually worked as intended.

Anyone else remember the days of diy operating systems and wire wrapped home computers? Anyone remember VMS? I had a friend with a MicroVax in his living room... he "gave it all up" when he got married and moved to the Phillippinnes.

[Brunellus]

Used:

MS-DOS: 3.3, 5.0, 6.0, 6.2
Windows: 3.1 (doesn't count, as it was really a GUI on top of MS-DOS 6.2), 95, 98, ME (the friggin' NADIR of computerdom,and the only one I've installed), 2000, XP
GNU/Linux: SuSE 9.1 Personal (yuk), Ubuntu (Warty, Hoary, Breezy). Live CDs: Ubuntu, SuSe 9.1, Knoppix, DamnSmallLinux, Slax.

[super]

microsoft
MS-DOS 5.1
MS-DOS 6.0
windows 3.1
windows 3.11
windows 95
windows 98
windows ME *shudder*
windows XP

linux - in the order that i used them
mulinux
redhat
corel Linux - this was nice cause it had wordperfect for linux
debian
slackware
mandrake - i liked this distro, i used quite a few versions
suse
xandros
navynos
vidalinux
jollix
gentoo
yoper - eeww! those crufty fonts
fedora core - used this distro for a while also
dyne:bolic
ubuntu - my current favorite :razz:
elive - i use this also

the sad thing is that i still have all of these cd's that i downloaded and burnt.

[delaguer]

I have used the following:

Win 98 & XP
Mac OSX

Linux:
- Ubuntu 5.04
- Suse 9.1
- Damn Small Linux <---- plain, simple and fast.... nice!
- Feather Linux
- GoblinX <---- too colorful..... :)
- Beatrix <---- like ubuntu but lighter....

[Jeremiah85]

Microsoft:
DOS (I have no idea what version)
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows NT 4.0
Windows ME
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows 2003

Mac:
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 9
Mac OSX

Linux:
Redhat 8
Redhat 9
Libranet
Peanut Linux
Knoppix-STD
Debian Sarge
Ubuntu Hoary
Ubuntu Breezy (Current)

[rpgcyco]

Microsoft -


Windows 3.1 - Used it in the library in Primary School.
Windows 95 - Was pre-installed on my first PC.
Windows 98SE - Had it installed for 30 minutes.
Windows ME - Had to live with it for years.
Windows 2000 - Currently installed on my old PC.
Windows XP - Dual booting on main PC.


Linux -


Mandrake Linux 10.0 - Was OK.
Fedora Core 2 - Was the first distro to stay more than a few months.
Ubuntu Warty Worthog - Really liked it, but went to FC3 because it had newer packages.
Fedora Core 3 - First distro I tried XFCE on. Nothing really special about it (FC3).
Ubuntu Hoary Hedgehog - Stayed on my PC for the longest time. Incredibly stable and fast. Now used on my server.
Fedora Core 4 - Didn't like this at all. Yum is slow.
Ubuntu Breezy Badger - Ran it for about 2 months before release, and dropped it just before RC1 was released.
Arch Linux - Decided to try it out, and it stuck. I like it because it is bleeding edge and has a nice package manager.


Others [Live CDs etc] -


Knoppix 3.2 - I suddenly remembered that I had this before I went to bed one night, so in the morning I gave it a go.
Knoppix 3.4 - Very good, but only downloaded it for fun.
xDSL - Damn Small Linux for Xbox. Quite good.
DSL - Much the same, but for PC. :)


I've been tempted to try out a BSD variant, but have never got around to it. Perhaps in the next holidays.

- Rpg Cyco

[nocturn]

1989 MS-DOS on 386 PC
1990 or so, Win 3.1 on the above config
1995 Win95 dual boot with OS/2 - OS/2 was awesome, but I didn't use it as much as I wanted because of a lack of applications on it. Win95 was refreshing after DOS/W3.1 but it was crash, boom, bang
199x Win98 & 98SE
1997 RedHat Linux 5 with Xfwm95, very ugly but rock solid. Dual booting
199x SuSE Linux with KDE 1, looked better then Windows, and was stable. Still a lack of office suites back then
1999 All traces off windows removed from my HD out of sheer anger (it ruined my thesis, making me spend half the night to get the file back together in time to go to the printers. This despite me having 20+ backups).

2000-2004 (in order)
SuSE
Mandrake (switched because SuSE didn't GPL yast)
FreeBSD on my server (replacing SuSE)
Gentoo (won over Debian because Debian Stable was old), later also on my server
Trials with Mepis, Debian and Yoper, but switched back.

2004 Ubuntu Linux on all my desktops and my server.
Ubuntu is by far the best distro I have ever seen.

-- At work:
Windows NT4 (until 2002) on my desktop. then Solaris with Ximian desktop for a year (thin clients), didn't see XP until 2004.

Servers: SuSE 8 & 9, Solaris, HP-UX, some RedHat

[owdeuk]

PC DOS
CP/M
MAC OS up to 8.1

Alpha VMS 7.1
Solaris
AIX 5.2

Win 95
Win 98
Win NT
Win 2000
Win XP/2003

SUSE
RedHat
Mandrake
and finally Ubuntu.

Top 3 (Stability)
1] VMS
2] AIX
3] Ubuntu

Top 3 (General Useage).
1] Ubuntu
2] VMS
3] AIX

[wabble]

Dos (no more)
Windows (do not use it private anymore)
Trustix Secure Linux (Great server OS (with Norweigan roots i heard :D))
Debian (just had a look, did not use it)
Suse (just had a look, did not use it)
Kubuntu (Tried to use it, to many bugs not hardware related. Will try again on dapper release)
Ubuntu (Using it on a thinkpad and a server)

[gabhla]

I've had all the Window flavors. Tried Suse three or four years ago in an attempt to escape, but failed. This summer revisited linux and right of installed Ubuntu and haven't looked back. Since I've tried Kubuntu on my other box, but found it a tad convuluted and tried Xandros, whcih is still there. Simply love Ubuntu, by far my favorite.

As for Xandros....it may be on borrowed time. It's good and I like it (not nearly as much as Unbuntu).

[canadianwriterman]

I've installed the old DOS and all the Windows versions. In Linux, I installed Linspire (it's pretty, but you have to pay for too much), SUSE 10.1 (couldn't configure it to detect my network card and Internet connection), Xandros (my favourite KDE distro) and Ubuntu (my favourite distro overall).

[Gustav]

DOS (with QuickMenu!)
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows XP
Mandrake 9.0
Mandrake 9.2
Debian (testing)
Ubuntu Warty
Ubuntu Hoary
Ubuntu Breezy

In cronological order (well I'm still dualbooting Windows XP, but I'm not using it)

Favorites are the Ubuntus but Debian was very good aswell (You have to love apt :) )

[aben]

I've tried windows 3.11,95,NT,98s,ME,2000,XPs and on linux side - redhat, slackware,suse,mandrake,debian and now Ubuntu.

I think i'm going to stick with this one because

1) It uses apt-get

2) It comes with 1 CD

3) Great support and community especially in ubuntuforums.org!

[wrtrdood]

CP/M
VIC-20, C-64, C-128
Amiga 500, 1000, 2000, 4000 (different versions of AmigaDOS and Intuition)
Atari 400/800
Apple II, Mac (don't remember the versions)
Various Unix (big irons CLIX,AIX,Solaris,True64,HP-UX)
VAX/VMS
DOS (from 3.3 to present)
Windows 3.0 3.1 3.11 95 98, NT 3.51 4.0 2000, NTS 3.1:3.5:4.0:2000, XP
Linux RH 5.0 - 9, MDK 6 - 10, Slack 8 - 10, Gentoo, Debian (various versions and derivatives), Crux, Turbo, Ubuntu/Kubuntu (and I'm sure others I've forgotten)
FreeBSD, NetBSD

What I most enjoyed using was the Amiga (way ahead of it's time) and Ubuntu.

[-Rick-]

PCBSD-Click click click all installed and running- where is the software ya ya there is ports but what is there.

ehm...FreeBSD's ports contain almost 14000 packages...never saw a linux distro with that many ;)

What I currently have installed (in chronical order ;)):
- Win XP Prof
- Gentoo Linux
- Ubuntu Hoary
- FreeBSD
- NetBSD

Laptop:
- Win XP Home(preinstalled)
- Gentoo Linux

Other OS'es which I had in the past:
- DOS 3.X and 6.X
- Windows 3.11 and Windows 95

[Stormy Eyes]

MS-DOS 6.22
PC-DOS 6
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 2000 (at work)
Windows XP (at work)
Red Hat 5.2
Mandrake 6
SuSE 6.1
SuSE 6.2
SuSE 6.3
SuSE 7.1
SuSE 7.2
SuSE 7.3
Slackware 8.0
FreeBSD 4.3
FreeBSD 4.4
FreeBSD 5.1
Gentoo GNU/Linux (on a 56K modem from stage 1. now that's real ultimate power!)
Libranet GNU/Linux
Sorcerer GNU/Linux
Red Hat 9.0
Ubuntu GNU/Linux

[NeoChaosX]

DOS 5.0
Windows 3.1
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows XP
Mandrakelinux 10.1
Ubuntu Linux

[vxj9219]

Windows 2000
Windows XP
RedHat 9
Fedora Core 4
And since yesterday, Ubuntu. I installed this after removing FC4 on my Inspiron 6000. I never expected to see a Linux distro which is easy to use, which detects all my hardware (esp the wireless card). It is so cool, and Ive been playing with it like its some toy :D Cant get my hands off.
I still have XP in another partition, just in case.

[xequence]

ehm...FreeBSD's ports contain almost 14000 packages...never saw a linux distro with that many

Ubuntu has 16000, debian has a bit under that.

[SilentCacophony]

Hmm... It's getting difficult to remember. By the computers that I've owned:

Commodore 64:
- came with an extremely BASIC (pun intended) OS installed in the ROM.
- Simon's BASIC (cartridge); enhanced programming and OS functions.
- GEOS; the first graphical (and disk-based) OS that I used. Slow...
- Never finished and never named, but I was writing my own character-based (think ncurses) 'windowing' environment in assembly language before I found Amiga...

Commodore Amiga (A500 and A1200):
- AmigaDOS/Workbench 1.3; simply great, in it's time. Revolutionary for me.
- AmigaDOS/Workbench 2.0; better looks, and great useability. Quite extensible, too.
- AmigaDOS/Workbench 3.1; my favorite, until ubuntu. I was programming my own utilities in C and ARexx by this time, and besides that, there were many good sources for free/share wares such as Aminet (http://www.aminet.net/index.php).

IBM Compatible (Intel Pentium III driven):
- Windows 98 SE; Ouch! Had a hard time getting used to it, but eventually got used to not being able to do much of anything that I used to do with previous OSes. The tradeoff was the ability to run current commercial software...
- DOS 7.1; I eventually used Ranish Partition Manager (http://www.ranish.com/part/) to triple-boot two different Windows 98 installations and one DOS 7.1, for various reasons...
- Knoppix; Found this when I was trying to find a way to make a Windows 98 'live cd' (before I knew the term.) Pretty cool! I was instantly reminded of the useability I missed from my Amiga days.
- Debian 3.1; Seemed a natural progression from Knoppix, for me. I really like this distro.
- Ubuntu (5.04 and 5.10); I tried this when looking through the many debian-based distros around, and it's taken top spot in my OS history. :)

I've played with several other linux distros, but none have been as mentionable (in my opinion) as those above. I also bought my girlfriend a shiny new pentium 4 computer with Windows XP installed, but was quite unhappy with the license of XP, so I don't use it at all.

[liquid boy]

apple i think system 6 (we had a mac plus, and the model before it), system 7, 8, 10.
windows 95, 98, xp
beos (drool)
peanut linux, vector linux (forgot which versions) ubuntu 5.04 (using now)

[Goddess_of_Linux]

Windows 3.1, 95, 98, ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP SP1 and SP2...
As well as tried FreeBSD for about a month...
As well as been using Mac OS9-OSX since late 2001

[Poiema]

Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows XP
Mandrake 8
BeOS
Ubuntu Warty & Breezy
Mepis
Kanotix
VidaLinux
PCLinux OS
Puppy Linux
Athene
Solaris


I am thinking of trying Gobolinux because I am interested in their file system and Compile. I like the remastering tools and the professionalism that are available with PCLOS. I like the goals of Ubuntu. I might find the perfect distro for me if I had the base and infastructure of Ubuntu with a bit of the polish and remastering tools of PCLOS and a file structure like Gobo's along with a tool like Compile if it works as advertized. It would be very nice to have access to easily 'compile' any tar. file pretty much as the programmer intended without all the rpm, deb, etc extras getting in the way. (At least that's the way I understand it to work.) That would open pretty much the source of almost any program with a 'simple recipe' to be used.

Thats my history and thoughts.

CIAO

[earobinson]

Fedora 1-4
Deban
MEPIS
Damn Small (both live cd and installed)
Gentoo
Windwos(3.1 - XP)
Red Hat
FreeBSD

[briguy]

DOS, Win 3.1, 95, 98, 2000 and XP on the Microsoft side.
Linux - tried Mandrake at first, wouldn't install (this is 2002). Got Linux going on Fedora, have tried the 2, 3 and 4 flavours. I had to fight to get a lot of features working for Fedora (mostly laptop / ACPI related). Switched to Ubuntu with a pre-release of Hoary where everything "Just Worked" (tm).

[arpunk]

Win95
Win98
Win98SE
WinME
SuSE (8.0)
Red Hat (6)
Mandrake (7)
Gentoo (2005.1)
Debian (testing and unstable)
LFS (In late '03)
Plan9 (4 edition)
FreeBSD (3.x, 4.x, and 5.x)
OpenBSD (3.7)
Solaris ( 8 )
Ubuntu (Breezy)
Slackware (--current branch)

[arctic]

Old systems (not used any more)
Commodore C64
Amstrad C464/664/6128
Atari 800XL
Sinclair Spektrum
MS-Dos 5.0/6.0/6.1/6.2
Windows 3.1/3.11/95/98/2000/ME/XP
Mac OS8.1/8.2/9.1/9.2/OS-X
RedHat 7.2/7.3/8.0/9.0
SUSE 8.0/8.1/8.2
LBA Linux 10
Ark Linux
Arch Linux 0.7
Yoper 2.1/2.2pre
Fedora 3
Symphony OS
FOX Desktop
Mandrake/Mandriva 10.0/10.1
Ubuntu 4.10
Slackware 10.0/10.1/10.2
Gentoo 2004.1/2004.2
Vidalinux 1.0/1.1
Debian 3.0

Live-CDs (they see the light sporadically)
Elive 17
Knoppix
Kanotix
DSL
MEPIS
Ubuntu 5.04
SLAX
Beatrix

Currently used systems
Fedora Core 4 (main system)
Mandriva 2005LE/2006
Ubuntu 5.04PPC/5.10

[Evil Whisper]

Debian Sarge
Slackware 10.1
Older Ubuntu Releases
Red Hat 8
Slax
Knoppix
DSL Linux
Mandrake Linux 10
Suse 9
Yoper
Free BSD
Net BSD
Open BSD
Windows 3.1
Windows 95B
Windows 98SE
Windows ME
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows 2000 Server
Windows XP

Currently Running:
Ubuntu Breezy 5.10

Failed To Get Running:
Gentoo

[mckryptyk]

Does anyone remeber PC Geos ? :)

[darth_vector]

windows 3.0
windows 98
windows NT
windows 2000 and 2000 server
windows xp
windows 2003 server
solaris
redhat 7, 8, 9
fedora core 3, 4
debian
knopix
ubuntu hoary, breezy

im sure i will think of more later

[spdl]

IBM DOS ver. x - Hmmm...pretty cool I guess. Love the games, but customizing and figuring out memory sizes for each game sucks. This is slow (I ran the system off floppys).
Amiga OS - OH LE SHEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!
HOLLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!
Windows 3.1 - Eh...s'ok. Amiga OS kicks ur @**@)@.
Windows 95 - Not bad. Lot's of crashes though. Very unsecure. Amiga still has better games IMO.
Windows 98 - A little nicer looking, more driver support, but just like 95. Less crashes. Very unsecure. Hey, how come I still think Amiga was by far, better?
Windows ME - Problem city. What are you on crack MS? I seen it in action at friends houses, never purchased it.
Windows NT - Pretty cool, much more stable then previous Windows versions, but very plain, weird driver support and very unsecure with many updates.
Windows 2000 - A little bit more stable, more driver support, more updates and very unsecure. Plain jane.
Windows XP - Not bad. Lot's of driver support. More stable. Even more unsecure and more updates.
Windows XP SP2 - What are you, insane? Even more and more unsecure and more and more updates.
Windows 2003 - Not impressed.
Linux - Amazing! A whole new world to me. My head hurts. Amazing! This is only the begining!
Mandrake 6-8 - Very cool. But I found it sort of unstable at times.
Debian - Very stable! Not as graphically impressive but a very nice, easy to use, secure, stable box.
ubuntu - Fast, secure, graphically impressive and very easy to use. I'm happy.

The one OS that almost gave me a heart attack I loved it so much was Amiga OS. But now the sparkle in my eye, as I had when I was a kid, is coming back with ubuntu.

[kenweill]

DOS
Windows 3.0
Windows 3.11
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 98SE
Phat Linux
Q-Linux
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Red Hat Linux 7.3
Red Hat Linux 9
Ubuntu 5.10
Bayanihan Linux
Then back to Ubuntu 5.10
And currently downloading SuSe Linux 10.0

[anil_robo]

This should have actually been a poll with 20-30 options to choose from! :D

I've used the following:

1. MS DOS (Can't remember the version - it was year 1992 I guess)
2. Windows 95
3. Windows 97
4. Windows 98
5. Windows 98 SE
6. Windows ME
7. Windows XP
8. Windows 2000
9. Windows NT
10. Red Hat Linux (about ten years ago)
11. Kanotix
12. Ubuntu Breezy
13. Kubuntu and Xubuntu add-ons to Ubuntu

Getting ready to get a Mac box next year, when Steve Jobs rolls out Mac powered by Intel! :D

[aaarg]

PCBSD-Click click click all installed and running- where is the software ya ya there is ports but what is there.
.

Right now im running Ubuntu(Gnome wins this round was pro KDE last release), Xp(not used much),PC-BSD(on old p2 backup as it was only thing I could get to run easily on it)


i also run PC-BSD on a test machine and i enjoy it (although the apps are limited at the moment it is a good way to get people to try it out without have to learn commands to install.)

[bored2k]

Just switched to arch linux (for now at least).

[DigitalDuality]

All installed and used for at least 6 months:

Win 3.1, 95, 98, 98SE, NT, 2000, XP Pro Sp2
OS X 10.3, 10.4 (i think 6 mo. or close for 10.4)
Debian/Censornet 3.3 (only appliance usage)

OS's i tried out for less than 6 months
Red Hat 6.0
Fedora Core 2
Fedora Core 4
Suse 10
Ubuntu 5.10 (hopefully i'll just be using further versions of this from now on :) )

[briancurtin]

all have been used for a few months, enough to say i actually used them. not all were installed by me, some were just used at work:

OpenStep
Solaris
Ubuntu
SuSE
CentOS
NT/2000/XP

[overcast]

Hmm Ubuntu is internet OS,so any OS with multiple discs is fine for me right now.

[greenway]

Commodore 64
Dos (whatever versions)
OS2 Warp
Windows all of them untill xp
Several linux distros:
Fedora Core
Slackware
SuSe
Damn Small Linux
Ubuntu

Currently running OS X Tiger on my iBook and Kubuntu 5.10 on my Thinkpad and desktop.

[tomski]

i have owned in order of appaerance:

zx81
spectrum 128 (horace..)
BBC b 128k (elite)
commodore64 (rastan)
dos (many types)
archimedes a5000 (sentinel anyone..did you ever complete it?)
falcon 030 (wicked with cubase, what sounds!! or x-out)

around this time my brother then found his old 'EMMA' microcomputer from his electrical engineering course that they had to build & programm so i went back in time??

apple mac ????
os2
windows 3.1, nt...,2k, xp
all following os were dual boot with xp
mepis
mandrake 8.0,9.1
suse 9,9.1
knoppix
kanotix
debian 3.0 & Damn Small Linux (triple boot)
ubuntu hoary

now im trying to install bell labs latest unix 'plan9' along side ubuntu breezy & win xp ...wish me luck!!

[Apocalypse]

Installed and used:

DOS 6.0 and 6.2
Windows from 3.1 to XP
OS/2 Warp 3 and 4 (and these are still the best of all in my book)
Slackware v??? (in 1995, lasted only one afternoon)

and various Linux distros over the last 11 years... Ubuntu is the only I can say "I like it".

(but my primary OS is WinXP)

[MethodOne]

Apple:
Apple ][ - Loved Sabotage and Number Munchers! You just put in the program disk at boot and you're ready to go. Also had a great time with BASIC.

Mac System 7: My favorite apps for that were Netscape Navigator 3 and SimCity 2000! I occasionally had some I/O errors with floppies.

Mac OS 9: Better looking than System 7, but only used it in school. The only app that interested me was Interweb Exploder.


Microsoft:
MS-DOS 6.22 - The first command that I learned was "dir." I really enjoyed playing Hexxagon. Only used it at a friend's house.

Windows 95: I haven't used it much, but watched someone use the Internet for the first time on it.

Windows 98: The first OS that I owned. Did basic tasks on it and got some experience with it. Experienced many blue screens, viruses, spyware, and other common Windows problems.

Windows ME: It might be fine at first, but you'll run into problems later.

Windows 2000 Pro: Only used it in a lab situation as admin.

Windows XP Home: More stable, but loads of security flaws. Another thing that sucks is crappy network support.

Windows XP Pro: Same as Home, but I liked the networking support over that. I'm typing this message on it.

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Editon: Only used it in a lab situation.


And finally, Linux:

Damn Small: I like the size and the performance I get form this distro. I run it on my old Compaq laptop.

Red Hat 9: It was fine at first, but the laptop mentioned above couldn't run it. I later found out when installing it in a VMware machine that I didn't like rpms.

KNOPPIX: It was one of the first live CDs I used. I finally got to run Linux on more powerful hardware. The number of apps on it was tremendous, especially on the DVD. I also used some remasters of it, which lost their novelty fast.

Fedora Core 3: Came with a decent selection of programs. I'm now forced to use it in my Linux course at my college. I still don't like rpms after using it.

Fedora Core 4: Same as FC3, but I hated searching for programs that I liked a lot.

Xandros: Great for beginners, but install anything outside of the Xandros repository with caution.

Linspire: Comes with all the apps that most people use on a Windows box. I didn't like the fact that it won't work on my Compal DL70 laptop. It's great for beginners who don't want to give up their proprietary codecs, but its package manager costs $$.

KANOTIX: Excellent hardware support! I can finally use my Winmodem (using knet dialer) and the 1680x1050 resolution ($sudo fix-res 1680x1050) on my Compal DL70! Only bad thing is that dist-upgrade can sometimes break the system.

Ubuntu: I like it because it comes with the basic apps and it also supports my resolution. I run it on my hand-me-down computer and want to install it on my Compal laptop in the future! Also, the help file, wiki, and forums are excellent.

[napnip]

Let's see:

Commodore 64
GEOS for Commodore
OS/2
Windows 3.1
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 98SE
Windows NT 4.0 (Loved it!)
Windows 2000 (Loved it!)
Windows XP (Love it!)
Xandros
SUSE 9.0, 9.1, 9.3, and 10.0 (Love 'em all!)
Red Hat 7.3 and 8.0
Mandrake 9.2
Damn Small Linux
Knoppix
Ubuntu 5.10 (Absolutely LOVE it!!!!!!!!!)

[bluevoodoo1]

DOS (what version? I can't recall, but I remember playing Dig Dug!)
Windows 3.1
Windows 98
Windows 98se
Windows XP
SUSE 9.3
Ubuntu 5.10

[ubunturulz11]

Windows 98 se - Dreadful
Windows 2000 - For the most part pretty Stable
Windows NT 4.0 Rock Solid the Best NT-based OS microsoft ever put out
Windows XP - A Mixed Bag - Can be great in the right hands - Dreadful in the wrong hands

Linux Distros
Red Hat 7.1 - 9 - 7.1 was my first it made me learn linux. 9 was pretty good
Mandrake - 9.1 Didin't like it
Ubuntu - 4.10 - 5.04 - 5.10 My favortite

Mac OS
OS 7 Was good and stable
OS 8 Eyecandy improvments but basicly the same
OS 9 horrible!
0S X (not sure what versions I've used) Absoulty Beautiful!!!:KS

[towsonu2003]

windows 3.x, 95, 98, 98SE, XP, XPSP2 - all worked fine with antivirus (95, 98, 98SE, XPs) + antispyware (98SE, XPs) + firewall (95, 98, 98SE, XPs) + updates (98SE, XPs), although I kept getting "nuked" during chat sessions by linux users that I annoyed in the 90s :)
opensuse 10- fine but winmodem did not work (I think I got 3d with suse w/ ati though)
slackware- first ever distro, winmodem did not work
knoppix- hell, nothing worked nicely, including winmodem and graphics
fedora- fine but winmodem did not work
mepis- hell, wasn't even a proper install
one of the bsds- fine, but didn't know winmodems won't work
some turkish livecds- not really worth it (lack of support)
ubuntu- heeeeey winmodem works!!!

[mstlyevil]

Windows XP (Both Home and Pro.)
Ubuntu- Hoary and Breezy
Kubuntu- Hoary and Breezy
Suse 10
Linspire (That lasted about 1 day)

I am now back to using Ubuntu Breezy with Knome. (Kwin is my windows manager.)

[Sirin]

Windows XP

Fedora Core 1

Mandrake Move

Ubuntu 5 Series

COMING UP: Mac OS X. :twisted:

[Garyu]

GW DOS - 1989, don't remember the version, actually quite nice OS, easy to learn, came with a really nice manual with all the commands and a BASIC tutorial.
MS DOS - 3.0, 3.1, 3.3, 5.0, 6.0, 6.22, and I think the 6.0 was the best one actually. Even the 5.0 was better than 6.22 IMO.
DR DOS - 7.0? Not sure about the version, but I only tried it out for a while and then switched back to MS DOS 6.0.
Windows - 3.1, 3.11, 95, 95b, 98, NT, 2000, XP Home/Pro, and the winner is... for functionality 2000, but XP is still my Windows favourite.
RedHat - don't remember the version, but it was in 1996. Installing this totally saved my life, there were tools in RedHat that saved my precious data from a crashed hard drive. I never got X server figured out though so as soon as my hard drive was rescued I returned to Windows 95.
SuSE 9.2 - Yast didn't work very well and there were a lot of hardware issues. Trying to solve the problems I started reading about apt-get and debian and started hearing rumors about the greatest OS ever; Ubuntu.
Ubuntu - Hoary Hedgehog, Breezy Badger. I had some hardware issues on Hoary so I held on to my darling XP but when I installed Breezy everything worked so nicely that I just had to boot-kick XP and ask my new lover to marry me. :cool:

[Omnios]

Well I can now add Fedora COre 5 to the list though its very polished it will not pry me away from my Ubuntu.

[maniacmusician]

hmm is it just me or is there an odd number of ressurected threads today?

[Kdar]

I used all windows..

Used SuSe before.. The latest SuSe that I used was 10.0... I didn't liked it.. Booted too slow.

And then I installed Kubuntu 6.06.. and like it alot.. Well.. I still have some problems with sound and flash.. but I will fix then pretty soon.

[djsroknrol]

Wow...where do I start....

Timex Sinclair Basic on a ZX-80
Tandy Basic on a TRS-80
Dos 3.2, 4.0, 5.0 6.21(version without drivespace)
Windows 3.0, 3.1, 3.11(WFW), 95, 98, 98SE, 2000Pro, XP
SUSE
Knoppix
Ubuntu Breezy, Dapper
Kubuntu Dapper
Zenwalk
PCLinuxOS

My favorites are 2000Pro (on a fast machine), Ubuntu Dapper, Kubuntu Dapper and PCLOS.

[SoundMachine]

Xenix pretty much since it was released, same with SCO Unix, HP-UX, Irix, Solaris, Linux, Free, Net, OpenBSD and Slackware Linux.

NT, W2k, XP, W2k3 for work.

Lately it's been SuSE and Ubuntu installs and right now i'm using Vista because it's what i'm deploying in March next year.

If Linus and the devs get it right i hope to be deploying a Linux system by 2008, but that depends on the TPM development, it's here and it can be used to make sure that what i deploy is what is on the computers, nothing more, nothing less.

[JAwuku]

I've installed quite a few over the years...

Acorn MOS 3.2 (ROM Operating System)

MS-DOS 3.3, 5,0, 6.22

Windows 3.1, 95, 98SE, 2000, XP

Linux:

Redhat 5.1, 5.2
Suse 7.1, 9.0, 10.1
Xandros 3
Ubuntu Hoary, Breezy, Dapper

My Current System: Xubuntu Dapper, Win XP

[Rhapsody]

Installed: Windows 95, Windows 98, BeOS 5 Personal Edition, Kubuntu 5.10, Kubuntu 6.06.1
Used on my PCs but not personally installed: MS-DOS 6.2, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows XP
Currently using: Kubuntu 6.06.1

[Smirre]

Apart from my 8-bit machines (ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64), which came with everything related to the OS in ROM and no installation required, I've had the following:

Amiga:
------
Workbench 1.3
Workbench 2.04
Workbench 3.0
Workbench 3.1

PC:
---
MS-DOS 3.3
MS-DOS 5.0
MS-DOS 6.22
Windows 3.0
Windows 3.1
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows Me (went back to 98 after a month)
Windows 2000
Windows XP Pro
QNX Neutrino (tried it out for a few weeks 5-6 years back)
Ubuntu 5.10
Ubuntu 6.06

I'm rather unskilled at Linux, since up until Ubuntu I always considered installing it too much of a hassle. Some say Linux is easier to install than Windows, but I guess that's somewhat of a subjective view.

[punkinside]

MS-DOS 6.0
Windows 3.1
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows XP Pro/ MCE
Ubuntu 5.04, 5.10, 6.06
FC3 & 4 @ university
Debian @ university

Thats about it. :(

[Ramses de Norre]

Windows XP
Knoppix 4.?
Knoppix 5.0
Ubuntu 5.10
Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 6.10
..that's it..

I'd like to test Slackware but I'm afraid the 2.4 kernel will cause too much trouble. I had several issues untill the first dapper kernel (2.6.15-23 I guess) and Slack's highest 2.6 kernel is 2.6.13 ...

Maybe I'll try Gentoo sometimes too.

[Anonii]

Operating systems I was using for more than 1 month:

Windows XP
Windows 98
Ubuntu Linux
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux (etch and sarge)
Mandrake Linux

[gruffy-06]

I have tried many, thanks to VMware. Here are the following:

Windows XP
Ubuntu 5.10, 6.06 LTS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
SUSE Linux 10.0, 10.1
ReactOS
Debian 3.1
Fedora Core 5
Syllable
FreeBSD
Knoppix

Thank you. :cool:

[gruffy-06]

Xenix pretty much since it was released, same with SCO Unix, HP-UX, Irix, Solaris, Linux, Free, Net, OpenBSD and Slackware Linux.

NT, W2k, XP, W2k3 for work.

Lately it's been SuSE and Ubuntu installs and right now i'm using Vista because it's what i'm deploying in March next year.

If Linus and the devs get it right i hope to be deploying a Linux system by 2008, but that depends on the TPM development, it's here and it can be used to make sure that what i deploy is what is on the computers, nothing more, nothing less.

Tried to get Vista working. But it will be too faulty for that.

[UncleOwl]

* First computer experience with Yamaha-KYBT (a Soviet copy of Yamaha MSX)
* A weird Russian clone of PC Spectrum
* MS/PC DOS - from 2.0(?) to 6.22
* Some weird Russian clones of VAX and other large things on my freshman year
* MS Windows 3.0 - 98 actively; after switching to Linux have occasionally used the rest of the Windowses too.
* Occasional use of Solaris
* Very limited use of Macs
* Main Linux distros in chronological order: Mandrake/Mandriva, Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS/Ubuntu (the former on server, the latter on desktops; considering Ubuntu for server too).
* Occasionally used: Debian, Knoppix, SUSE

[ButtonMasher]

Great thread. I love reading about everyone's past experiences.

Installed and Used:

Win 98
Win 2K
Win XP

Mac OS 7.6
Mac OS 8.1
Mac OS 9.2
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaquar

Mandrake 8.2
Mandrake 9.1
Red Hat 9
SimplePUP 0.7.3
Ubuntu 6.06

Currently using:

Mac OS X 10.2 - Love the Mac OS. Looking to upgrade to Panther.
SimplePUP 0.7.3 - For an old Thinkpad 1452.
Ubuntu 6.06 - I'm liking it a lot. May replace my iMac someday.
Win 2K - Hardly ever use it, but it's there just in case.

[RAV TUX]

Moving this thread to "Other OS discussion" subforum

[arox]

Windows XP >> SUSE 10.0 >> Ubuntu 6.06 >> Zenwalk 3.0 >> ???? (90% on Zen 3.2, maybe Arch or Gentoo someday)

[Minyaliel]

This could become a long list... let's see.

Windows 3.11
Windows 95
Windows 98 (currently installed on my old PC, soon to be replaced by Puppy Linux)
Windows 2000 (*shiver*)
Windows ME
Windows XP (Home & Pro)

Ubuntu (every release since Hoary)
Kubuntu
Xubuntu
Puppy Linx
Kanotix
Berry Linux
Damn Small Linux
Zenwalk
Knoppix
Debian Etch (recently wiped from HD)
Mepis (currently using)
Elive
Goblin
Symphony OS
Belenix
PCLinuxOS
MyahOS
Slackware
DesktopBSD
OpenSolaris

Will try soon:
Dyne:bolic
Fedora
CentOS

[kopilo]

In order.

Windows 95
Windows 95b
Windows 98
turbolinux 6.0
Redhat 7.2 (custom)
Windows 98SE
Dragon Linux (Interesting distribution, installs right into Windows)
Damn Small Linux (runs off cd, fine not "installed" but definatly used)
Windows XP pro
Mepis 3.23
Windows XP pro SP2
Ubuntu 6.02 AMD 64

[esters]

Windows 98SE
Windows 2000
Windows XP

Ubuntu 5.04/5.10/6.06
Debian 3.1/4.0
Arch Linux 0.7.2
Fedora Core 5

Mainly i use
Windows XP Pro SP2 (Because of the Sony Network Walkman)
Debian 3.1 currently 4.0
Ubuntu 6.06.1 (Because of Gnome 2.16)

[pgatrick]

Whatever was on an old Apple //c
Dos
OS/2
Windows 3.1
Windows 95, 98, ME
Caldera Open Linux --Old computer with no internet, so not much to do.. It worked.
Redhat 6(I think)/9 --First distro I really used almost all the time, until the HDD crashed. (About 90%)
Then built a new computer and all it's had on it is Ubuntu 64bit (5.?/6.06)(100% linux! :D)

[xXx 0wn3d xXx]

SuSE 10.1 - Good but some packages are outdated and it's incredibly slow.

Slackware 11 - Not bad but ethernet card = not working so I might need a new kernel. I will try again after I have more expericence.

Knoppix - Lightweight and fast but I can't see me using it as a desktop distribution.

Sabayon - Amazing, Ati fglrx modules, mp3 codecs, and dvdcss are included by default. Extreamly polished and well rounded. Now about the compiling times...

Debian Etch beta 3 - No kernel module for my ethernet card...Otherwise very good.

PcLinuxOS Minime: I couldn't get it to boot at first but I needed to boot into non-framebuffer mode. Then while installing, the installer crashed, again and again and again. Then I rebooted and chose not to formet my partitions and it worked. Then it didn't detect my ethernet card by default... I got it to work though. Bcm43xx module wouldn't work, maybe it's broken and Gnome is at 2.6.10. Otherwise, stable, fast, and overall well-rounded.

Ubuntu 6.06 - Nice but sort of slow. Can't wait for Edgy though...

Archlinux - The speed on this is amazing...25 second boot time from bios to gnome. I used it for over 2 months until networkmanager became broken and my wireless card died.

There are few more but I don't feel like posting them.

[mainalisuyog]

DOS
win95
win98
red hat 6
mandrake (forgot version)
winME
red hat 8
red hat 9
winXP
mandrake
suse 9.0
suse 9.2
fedora core 2
vector soho
opensuse
nepalinux
pclinuxos
fedora core 4
ubuntu breezy, hoary. dapper, edgy now


By the way, I found suse to be the most boring OS ever. After using suse 9.2, i was so bored, i didn't use linux for 6 months! Right now, I use only ubuntu edgy. No dual booting with anything.

[haxer]

Hmmm..
WINDOWS: windows 3.11 windows 95,98,2000,xp

LINUX:SUSE 9.2 wrong display mhz so only for 10 seconds or something ive used it ... FreeBSd network installation during server update that one didnt go well hehe.. and now im currently using ubuntu dapper drake 6.06 :) and i like it werry much i really want to try openBSD and slackware 11.0 now that i downloaded it \\:D/

[John.Michael.Kane]

Heres what I have used.

CP/M, BASIC (on tape) used on the Coleco Adam
Dos
OS/2
Win3.1
Win for workgroups
Win nt 4.0
Win 2000
Win xp
Novell NetWare
Redhat 5 and 8
Suse9
Ubuntu 5.04-Dapper

[SkyNet2029]

Ahh, memories...some good, some not so good..
Commodore64,AppleIIc/e (can't even remember what those ran!)
Win 3.1.95,98,98SE,2KPro,ME,XPhm,XPpro,Server2K3
FreeBSD,PCBSD
Darwin (Bleeech!)
DSL,DSL-N,Minix,Ubuntu/Kubuntu,Debian Potato,Sarge3.1

[Trekos]

Well...

MS-DOS 3.3
MS-DOS 4.01
Win 3.11
Win 95 (Horrible days)
Win 98SE (Less horrible days)
Win ME (What a turnoff)
Win 2000 (major improvement)
Win XP (much better but still various problems)
Then I switched for the first time to Linux (Red Hat 9), which was my very first impression on Linux and didnt like it at all.
Gave it a shot again with Mandrake 9.2, and started getting used to this thing.
Mandrake 10.1 was my very first distro that lasted a long time on my machine, then tried, used and installed successfully Suse 9.2, Fedora Core 2, Mandriva 2005LE and recently I have become an Ubuntu convert.

Two years ago, I had a bad experience with a fried mobo, replaced and Windoz wouldnt let me use my "new" system even to save my data. Overnight I installed Mandrake Linux on a separate drive and backed up everything.
I was shocked that the M$ policies didnt apply to Linux distros and how easy it was to get around on KDE.
So I decided to completely switch and never looked back.
Haven't regreted it and very happy with the freedom Linux gives you.

I happen to be a moderator on a Greek forum (Computers section) and many times, users come up with new posts on "I have a problem with this... that and the other". Problems that are non-existent in the Linux world.

I have only one reply to them : Switch to Linux !

Sorry for the rant.
Keep Penguining !

[Senak^2]

Windows:
Windows For Workgroups 3.11 (12 years and still running...o_o; )
Windows 95 (Evil, must die!)
*Windows 98 (Not as evil.)
*Windows 98SE (A little better.)
*Windows NT 4.0 (New Technology? ...Right.)
*Windows 2000 Pro (Much improvement!)
*Windows XP Home SP1 (Pretty good for Microsoft.)
*Windows XP Home SP2 (Somewhat worse than SP1?)

Linux:
Red Hat 6 (My boss made me kill it for Win2K...; _ ; )
*Fedora Core 4 (Okay but not my taste.)
*Debian Sarge (Like Debian.)
*Ubuntu Breezy (Happy.)
*Ubuntu Dapper (Happier.)

Live CDs:
Knoppix 4 (Love's my Sony VAIO.)
Knoppix 5 (See above.)
Simply MEPIS ? (I forget.)
*Ubuntu Dapper (See Linux.)
*SLAX (Thumb Drive.)

* Asterisk means I installed it.

[ezsit]

This list goes back to my first operating system experience and is probably incomplete, but here goes:

CP/M
AppleDOS
DOS (3.3 thru 5.0)
Windows (3.1 thru XP)
OS/2 (Warp 3 & 4) - The best of them all!!! This one taught me about alternative operating systems.
MacOS (System 7 thru 10.2) - The most reliable was System 7.1!
BeOS (4.5 and 5.0) - Beautiful but they went out of business
SuSE Linux (4.3, 5.3, 6.2, 7.3, 8.1, & 9.3) - Something(s) always pissed me off with SuSE, every time.
FreeBSD (2.1 thru 6.1) - I had too little patience!
Caldera OpenLinux (2.4) - The first, easy, working install for me
RedHat Linux (7.3) - Second, easy, working install
Mandriva (2005LE) - The one the finally got me hooked!
ADIOS Linux
ALT Linux
Ark Linux
BLAG Linux
Dynebolic Linux
Dreamlinux
Fedora Core 3 & 4
Freespire
GoblinX
Gobolinux
KateOS
KNOPPIX
MEPIS
MCNLive Linux
OpenLab Linux
PC-BSD
PCLinuxOS
Puppy Linux
QiLinux
rPath Linux
Slackware
SLAX
SoL Linux
Ubuntu (5.04, 5.10 & 6.06) - My current setup is 5.10
Vector Linux
Zenwalk Linux

[the.dark.lord]

Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows XP

Currently :Ubuntu (the best o' course!!!!!)

[divague]

Macintosh system 6
Macintosh system 7
DOS
Win 3.11
Win 95
Win 98
Win ME
Win 2000
Win XP
Mac OS X 10.4
Red Hat 8
Red Hat 9
PClinux 0.92
Yoper 2.1
Mandriva 2006
Mandriva One 2007
Ubuntu since warty now waiting for edgy

[someusernoob]

In the past:
Win 3.1
Win 95

Last 3 year:
Win XP
Ubuntu 6.06
Debian Etch

And i've tried (not really worked with):
Suse 9.x (X failed after 2 days - tried to install ati drivers, lol, i didnt know what to do. this was my first linux experience - 2 years ago i think)
Xu and Kubuntu 6.06 (i stick with gnome)
Puppylinux (ran it on an old pentium 1, but the graphics card is broken now, so can't do anything with it, have to find another card or something)
Zenwalk
PCLinuxOS
Mepis
Debian Sarge
SLED
Win Vista

Can't remember a thing from Win 3.1 and 95 tho, i only played some games on it... ow and did some homework, I got my first own computer 3 years ago, with Win XP.Now it is running Debian, and i'm in love with it :D

[MedivhX]

WindowsXP
Mandriva 2006 (only for a week)
Ubuntu 6.06

[TheMono]

Windows 3.1

Windows 95

Windows XP

Ubuntu Dapper

[spacegypsy]

Long time ago; DOS, M$ DOS, Win 3.??

then hibernation time without any computer cellphone or any other digital machine

and in this 21st century schizoid world;
at home; XP, SuSE 10.0, Ubuntu 6.06
at work; Win 2000 pro and Win 98

[raqball]

Commodore 64C (lol)
DOS
Windoze 3.11, 98, ME, XP
RedHat
Suse
Fedora Core
FreeBSD
Ubuntu
Debian
MAC

[SunnyRabbiera]

I have used:
Windows:
Windows 95
98
2000
XP
Linux:
Suse Linux 9.0
Mandriva
Mepis 3.3 (Until now my best linux experience)
PClinux
Ubuntu Breezy (Honestly though I hated it, I think Dapper beats it by a long shot)
Mepis 6.0
Ubuntu Dapper (Dapper has really impressed me :D)

[fuscia]

windows ME - never understood the furor over it. i had it running great. just got bored with it.

sabayon linux - the halle berry of distros: looks great, but is kind of a pain to deal with.

breezy, dapper, edgy - this stuff''s for me.

[dmacdonald111]

Mine (after all the usual sinclairs, etc) would be;

Ubuntu - using now

Fairly okay. (lol. watch me get slated for that comment!) Anyhoo, I AM impressed with the ATI setup they have. And the Add Programs bit? Whoa! Totally getting sorted on the mainstream - except compiz! Sort it out! lol

FoxLinux

Ah. This one was very professional in layout and style. The designers (spanish if I remember right) are brilliant at designing the gui but need a good english development base to grow.

Windo$e Vista

Eugh. Don't. Really.

XP

Thanks to the program nlite, this became a lot more in control of what was happening to my computer. I still feel that over 300mb in java to run anything?

95-98

Thank goodness that's over.

3.1

Trusty old 3.1 (snigger). I thought (and hoped) it was just going to phase out. Here comes this 'program' (I say program because was it really a true operation system? I think not) named 'windows' It should have made people think back then - why would we put our faith into a company that can't even come up with an original and 'never-used' name? Why windows? Was that what they were staring out of when they came up with this horrendous advertising faux pas? But we did trust them. I just think of that film. I, Robot. That company SO had to me micro$oft didn't it?

Dos

Bring it back. Best thing to ever happen. Ever. :neutral:

[LowSky]

Apple II (idk the OS it used)
Mac (circa 1994?)
MS-DOS
Win 3.1
Win 3.11 with workgroups!!! ;)
OS/2 (I miss this one alot)
Win 95
WIn 98
Win 2000
Win 2003
Win XP (still use for games)
Win Vista RC1 & 2
slackware (scared me away from linux in 2003)
Open Suse 10 (brought me back to linux)
Ubuntu 5.10 (didnt work for some reason on my machine)
Ubuntu 6.06 (still on my laptop)
Ubuntu 7.04 (now my OS of choice)

[sstusick]

I've used Win98, WinME, Win2000 (which I adore), WinXP Home & Pro.

As for Linux, I've tried RedHat and Mandrake a few years ago, before giving up completely. In January '07 I wanted to settle in to the Linux world and kiss Winblows goodbye... so I thought I'd give SUSE 10.2 a try, but it was a disaster. Then I decided to try Ubuntu and I've left Windows behind for good :-D

I've also used Slax Live CD here and there and it is excellent.