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

Now using Breezy, Debian stable, CentOS, Xp Pro

Favorite, Debian

[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)

[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.