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hhh
January 27th, 2012, 03:37 AM
I'm sure this is recurring, but I'm curious and the newest thread I could find was this old dog...
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1148269&page=9

What is your primary OS? Not your desktop environment (Gnome, KDE, etc...), but your operating system (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, OS X Lion, FreeBSD, Windows 7, etc...)? Just list the one you use most often.

Debian wheezy

uRock
January 27th, 2012, 03:40 AM
ubuntu 11.10

Telengard C64
January 27th, 2012, 03:43 AM
Ubuntu, in the form of Kubuntu 8.04 and 10.04.

KiwiNZ
January 27th, 2012, 03:45 AM
ubuntu 11.10
OSX Lion
Windows 7
IOS

bluexrider
January 27th, 2012, 03:46 AM
SPIN-OFF

Pinguy 11.04

JustinR
January 27th, 2012, 03:46 AM
Ubuntu 11.10
Windows Vista

|{urse
January 27th, 2012, 03:50 AM
Ubuntu 10.4
Openindiana <-- try it, it's great
FreeBSD
Win 7

cariboo
January 27th, 2012, 03:55 AM
Ubuntu 12.04->12.10 in April

wolfen69
January 27th, 2012, 03:56 AM
Ubuntu 11.10, no need for anything else.

bsniadajewski
January 27th, 2012, 03:58 AM
Kubuntu
Windows 7

ilovelinux33467
January 27th, 2012, 04:05 AM
Mageia 1
Mageia Cauldron
Fedora 16
Windows 7

larjan
January 27th, 2012, 04:05 AM
ubuntu 11.04

grahammechanical
January 27th, 2012, 04:56 AM
12.04 and 12.10 in April

JDShu
January 27th, 2012, 05:01 AM
Fedora 16

UltimateCat
January 27th, 2012, 05:01 AM
Ubuntu 10.04 : Ultimate Edition 2.7

aaaantoine
January 27th, 2012, 05:16 AM
Windows XP Desktop
Ubuntu 11.10 Home Laptop
Android 3.2 Tablet

lisati
January 27th, 2012, 05:28 AM
4 of the 5 x86/AMD based machines in my personal collection currently have some flavour of Ubuntu on them.

oldos2er
January 27th, 2012, 05:53 AM
Kubuntu 11.10. I still have Kubuntu 11.04 installed too, but seldom boot it.

catlover2
January 27th, 2012, 05:57 AM
ArchLinux

Windows XP in a VM for my unsupported Canon printer.

veroslav
January 27th, 2012, 08:21 AM
Ubuntu 11.10 and Ubuntu 10.10, hanging on Maverick only because videos edited in AviDemux in Oneiric stutter, while they are perfectly fine in Maverick.

ubuntu27
January 27th, 2012, 08:27 AM
Xubuntu (http://xubuntu.org/) 11.10

tersogar
January 27th, 2012, 08:30 AM
Ubuntu 10.04

hilz
January 27th, 2012, 08:43 AM
Ubuntu 11.10
Windows XP

BigSilly
January 27th, 2012, 09:26 AM
OpenSUSE 12.1 Gnome 3 is my main OS, with Kubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7 also installed.

Chame_Wizard
January 27th, 2012, 09:32 AM
Kubuntu 11.10.

webra
January 27th, 2012, 10:15 AM
Work = Linux Mint Debian Edition / Windows 7 Professional
Home = Ubuntu 12.04 / Debian Wheezy / Windows 7 Home Premium

Rodney9
January 27th, 2012, 10:25 AM
Lubuntu 11.10

Rodney

blueturtl
January 27th, 2012, 10:53 AM
Debian 6 (workstation & notebooks)
OS X 10.7 (livingroom mediacenter/plaything)
Windows 95 OSR2 (ultimate gaming rig)

Baldrick_NZ
January 27th, 2012, 11:07 AM
My Desktop: Ubuntu 10.04/XP (hardly used)
Wife's lappy: Vista
My 8g flash drive on wifey's lappy: Ubuntu 12.04

nothingspecial
January 27th, 2012, 11:10 AM
Desktop - Lubuntu 11.10
Laptop - Ubuntu 12.04
netbook - Lubuntu 11.10

jespdj
January 27th, 2012, 11:14 AM
At home: Ubuntu 11.10 on my laptop and desktop PC. On my desktop, I occasionally use Windows 7 (mainly for Photoshop and iTunes).

At work: Where I currently work I have a desktop PC with Windows Vista. (No choice!).

a2j
January 27th, 2012, 03:19 PM
Debian based at home (servers, workstation and netbook)
wife uses mac os, and at work I'm forced to use ******* xp for the most part.

forrestcupp
January 27th, 2012, 06:05 PM
Primarily Win7. I also have an old version of Mint installed. When I get around to it, I'm going to replace that with the latest version of Ubuntu.


Openindiana <-- try it, it's great

That's one I'm going to have to check out. :)

Linuxratty
January 27th, 2012, 06:53 PM
Ubuntu 10;10 until support runs out.

Ozor Mox
January 27th, 2012, 07:00 PM
Xubuntu 11.10 for everything except playing Windows games.
Windows XP for playing Windows games :)

Reg71
January 27th, 2012, 08:01 PM
Work: Win7 Pro

Home desktop: Just installed Mint 12 Lisa (dual boot to Win7 pro)

Netbook: Ubuntu 11.04 ???? forgot the nick (dual boot to win7 se)

HTPC: Was Ubuntu 10.04, but going to wipe and install Mint 12 on it for a while

I have several other computers but those above are the ones I use most.

Mikeb85
January 27th, 2012, 08:14 PM
Computer: Ubuntu 11.10

Phone: Android 2.3.4 with HTC Sense 3.0

Probably going to also install Windows 8 Developer Preview for kicks, looks pretty cool, supposedly runs well already too.

desnaike
January 27th, 2012, 09:59 PM
Desktop Fedora 15 and Kubuntu 11.10.
Laptop Fedora 16.

Erik1984
January 27th, 2012, 10:12 PM
Ubuntu Lucid.

johnnybgoode83
January 27th, 2012, 10:21 PM
Ubuntu 11.10 (with Unity)
Windows 7
Android

CompyTheInsane
January 27th, 2012, 10:51 PM
Gaming Rig: Windows 7 (Primary), Windows 8 (Once in a blue moon), Ubuntu 11.10 (Awaiting removal)

Laptop: Windows 7 (Primary), Ubuntu 11.10 (used for OpenShot, upgrading to 12.04 on March 2012)

Server: Ubuntu Server 11.10 (Upgrading to 12.04 on April 2012)

amauk
January 27th, 2012, 10:56 PM
Main desktop: Gentoo
Netbook: Ubuntu 11.10
HTPC: Xubuntu 10.04
Server: Ubuntu server 10.04

peter d
January 28th, 2012, 12:23 AM
Desktop: Ubuntu 10.04
Laptop: Ubuntu 11.10

kazuya
January 28th, 2012, 04:09 AM
Main Laptop - Archbang (Based off Archlinux) & Pinguy OS 11.10 (occassionally)
Other Laptop for guest - Ubuntu 10.10
At Work - forced to use windows XP

flaneurism
January 28th, 2012, 04:17 AM
When I first began using Linux, I was using Ubuntu 10.10. When 11.04 was released, I began to think about switching - and I decided to switch to something else when 11.10 surfaced, as I dislike Unity. I'm now using elementary jupiter (http://elementaryos.org/), but I'm not quite sure I'll stay with them.

CryptAck
January 28th, 2012, 04:29 AM
Ubuntu 11.10

Planning to use 12.04 soon

Perfect Storm
January 28th, 2012, 05:45 AM
Desktop: Ubuntu 11.10
old netbook: eOS

Work: 10 various computers with Ubuntu 11.10

aykoola
January 28th, 2012, 01:22 PM
11.10 on my laptop!

grobar87
January 28th, 2012, 06:57 PM
Laptop: Arch Linux
Desktop: Arch Linux
Phone: Android 2.3.4

Phrea
January 28th, 2012, 07:02 PM
10.04, 12.04 come may or june.

Old_Grey_Wolf
January 28th, 2012, 10:12 PM
The computer I use the most at home runs Ubuntu 10.04 most of the time.

I have 5 computers at home that run different operating systems and I use virtual machines a lot. I also work in IT at a large company. I use a list of operating systems regularly ... CentOS 6, Debian 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6, Solaris 10, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS , Window Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Xubuntu 11.10, and others less frequently. If you ask next week it could be a different list.

Fortunately, knowing the *nix CLI works for a lot of them.

Cookieh
January 28th, 2012, 10:15 PM
I use Ubuntu 11.10, Mac OS X and Windows 7, Linux and Windows are dual booted...

paulie-m
January 28th, 2012, 11:40 PM
Xubuntu 11.10
cheers,paul

darkdawn
January 28th, 2012, 11:46 PM
I dual boot Windows 7 with Fedora 16 Gnome, but I spend most of my time on Linux.

Old_Grey_Wolf
January 29th, 2012, 12:01 AM
...
Work: 10 various computers with Ubuntu 11.10

I hope I understood your post correctly.

It must be nice to only use one OS at work! I have to work with whatever OS and version the software developers choose for their product. I don't understand exactly why they choose to use certain operating systems and version; however, I have to support them.

I am just happy that the *nix CLI works with few exceptions across both Linux and UNIX.

Dry Lips
January 29th, 2012, 12:16 AM
1. Main desktop: Dual boot: Ubuntu 11.04 + Mint 12 (When 12.10 arrives I'll replace Ubuntu with Kubuntu, possibly Mint)

2. Secondary Desktop/Server: Dual boot: Ubuntu Server 10.04 + Windows XP

3. Server: Right now I have Xubuntu installed, but I'm setting it up as a permanent
server when 12.04 is released.

BlinkinCat
January 29th, 2012, 12:51 AM
One and only Desktop Ubuntu 11.10 Gnome Shell.

Lucradia
January 29th, 2012, 12:53 AM
Windows 7, still. netbook still has Fedora Core (XFCE) and I will be getting a brand new copy of Windows 8 (Not an upgrade.)

kurt18947
January 29th, 2012, 01:10 AM
Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04 depending on my mood running gnome-shell. Windows7 when it's the only practical choice. SWMBO is still on 10.10. She is "I don't like/don't want change" personified but I think might tolerate Xfce.

sanscents
January 29th, 2012, 03:41 AM
Ubuntu 10.04, will update when the LTS expires. I have a Win7 drive I boot into for Windows needs from time to time, like making sure my anti-virus doesn't fall too far out of date ;)

Perfect Storm
January 29th, 2012, 04:12 AM
I hope I understood your post correctly.

It must be nice to only use one OS at work! I have to work with whatever OS and version the software developers choose for their product. I don't understand exactly why they choose to use certain operating systems and version; however, I have to support them.

I am just happy that the *nix CLI works with few exceptions across both Linux and UNIX.

Well, we have 12 computers at work. But 10 of them I'm in charge of, so I decide what OS etc. etc. ;)
I work in a daycare center (for kids age 5 to 10) and the kids don't have any trouble using different OS or DE for that matter.
They learn waaaay quicker and are more open for inputs than us adults.

We have a couple of laptops (ubuntu 11.10 with Unity) set up for school-work which are connected to the school county network. (Soon there'll be free internet for all who live within the county, wohooo!).

Our game Desktop computers uses Ubuntu 11.10 with Gnome shell. The reason I made these; http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Ubuntu+Game+Icons?content=147145

Then we have a home theatre cinema/multimedia with projector, also with Ubuntu 11.10
Other than that a couple of Playstation 3 and 1 Wii.

BrokenKingpin
January 29th, 2012, 04:14 AM
Xubuntu 11.10. Although I am considering swithing to debian testing.

Oxyris
January 29th, 2012, 07:30 AM
Dual booted win7 with Ubuntu 11.10. I'm starting to really dislike having to boot into windows (I'm just used to keyboard shortcuts on ubuntu. I have no idea how or if I can modify them in windows).

Bachstelze
January 29th, 2012, 09:26 AM
As a desktop OS, currently I use OS X most of the time because I am away from home with only my Mac laptop (though I do boot Ubuntu occasionally). When I'm back home next summer, though, I wil have some thinking to do about which Linux to run on my (non-Mac) desktop, because I'm not sure I will like Unity.

My three servers are all happily running Ubuntu of course, I don't see that changing any time soon.

VinDSL
January 29th, 2012, 09:36 AM
Desktop (dual-boot): Ubu 12.04 dev release / Ubu 10.10

Laptop (dual-boot): Mint 7 (based on Ubuntu 9.04) / Vista Home

Netbook (dual-boot): Mint 7 (based on Ubuntu 9.04) / XP Home

Pocket PC (16GB USB): PepperMint OS 2 (based on Lubuntu 11.04)

Doorstops: Macpup Opera 2.0 (based on Puppy Linux 4.3.1)

forrestcupp
January 29th, 2012, 07:32 PM
Pocket PC (16GB USB): PepperMint OS 2 (based on Lubuntu 11.04)


Really? You can run Linux on a PocketPC?

sunfromhere
January 29th, 2012, 08:48 PM
Ubuntu 11.10, but when 12.04 comes out I will switch to that, also will try 64bit.

I have 5 more OSes installed, doing a bit of exploring and testing. These days I'm very much liking Arch, and it could very easily become my 2nd favourite distro.

PhilGil
January 29th, 2012, 09:21 PM
In order of use:
1. Debian Squeeze
2. Windows Server 2003 (via RDP)
3. CyanogenMod 7.2 (Android 2.3)

Old_Grey_Wolf
January 29th, 2012, 09:54 PM
Really? You can run Linux on a PocketPC?

VinDSL is probably referring to an install on a USB thumb drive. I doubt that it is one of the Pocket PCs based on the Microsoft Pocket PC standard like this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pocket_pc_qtek_2006-08-26.jpg. ;)

I have a fully installed Ubuntu 10.04 on a 16GB USB that is useful at times when I am traveling. It is better than a live USB.

TeamRocket1233c
January 29th, 2012, 10:50 PM
Vista, not by choice.

VinDSL
January 30th, 2012, 12:18 AM
Really? You can run Linux on a PocketPC?


VinDSL is probably referring to an install on a USB thumb drive. I doubt that it is one of the Pocket PCs based on the Microsoft Pocket PC standard like this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pocket_pc_qtek_2006-08-26.jpg. ;)

I have a fully installed Ubuntu 10.04 on a 16GB USB that is useful at times when I am traveling. It is better than a live USB.
Exactly! Thank you!

I should come up with a better slang term, PC-ON-A-STICK, SOCKET-IN-MY-POCKET, or whatever. LoL! :D

Anyway, works great!

Boots a little slowly, but once everything is loaded, it's actually faster and more responsive than a HD install -- that is, if you're running PepperMint, Lubuntu, or some other low-resource OS. Puppy Linux will run in memory, once it loads - it's blindingly fast!

And, yes, it's much better than a Live CD install with (or without) persistence!

Anyway, sorry for the confusion... :)

bmeakings
January 30th, 2012, 12:30 AM
Main comp: Ubuntu 11.04 / Windows 7. Windows is just for games.
My laptop: Ubuntu 11.04 / Windows 7. Windows is there just in case or if I lend it to someone who 'needs' it, but I've never had to use it.
At work: Ubuntu 11.04 / Mac OSX Snow Leopard / Windows XP. Each are separate systems that I use depending on what I'm doing.
Phone: Android 2.3.5

I'm not a fan of Unity which is why I'm sticking with 11.04, but I'm cautiously optimistic about 12.04.

Old_Grey_Wolf
January 30th, 2012, 02:06 AM
Anyway, sorry for the confusion... :)

Actually, I think that forrestcupp may have been joking, and knew what you meant :)

Borunco
January 30th, 2012, 03:04 AM
1) 2- netbooks: Lubuntu 11.10
2) 2- laptops: 1 Lubuntu 11.10 1- Ubuntu 10.04-3 LTS
3) 1- desktop Ubuntu 11.04
4) 1-desktop for testing Lubuntu 11.10, ubuntu 10.04-3 LTS, Ubuntu 11.10
Like Lubuntu 11.10 best

kevdog
January 30th, 2012, 03:32 AM
Still kickin' things old school

1. Main Computer - WinXP Pro with cygwin. Is there really any compelling reason to upgrade from XP (besides its old)?
2. Secondary Computer - Ubuntu (Gnome Shell) 11.10 with dual boot WinXP Pro.
3. Tablet - Motorola Xoom - Tiamat Odachi 2.2.0
4. Phone - Galaxy Nexus - ICS - 4.0.2 Rooted but Stock kernel.

VinDSL
January 30th, 2012, 03:44 AM
Actually, I think that forrestcupp may have been joking, and knew what you meant :)
Okay, fine! That tears it...

No Christmas Card for him, this year! :D

VinDSL
January 30th, 2012, 03:50 AM
Still kickin' things old school

1. Main Computer - WinXP Pro with cygwin. Is there really any compelling reason to upgrade from XP (besides its old)?
Aha! Another joke!?!?!

I'm not falling for it, this time! :)

amoxicillin
January 30th, 2012, 06:38 AM
Ubuntu 11.10
Windows 7
Android
Also, Mint 10 ran well on my old beater laptop but I now use it to to tinker and dive into rash decisions with Ubuntu 11.10 (compiz config on Unity = Oh dear god... :P).

Hylas de Niall
January 30th, 2012, 07:48 AM
Main machine: Ubuntu 10.10 (will revert to 10.04 in April), dual booting Win7 for music softs only.

Lap-top: Ubuntu 10.04.

Netbook 1: Ubuntu 10.04, dual booting Ubuntu 11.10 (for now...).

Netbook 2: Win7 Home Premium.

:D

SomeGuyDude
January 30th, 2012, 09:00 AM
Arch/Win7. Latter for gaming, former for everything else.

ynnhoj
January 30th, 2012, 09:42 AM
My netbook, which I use the most (work and travel), runs Debian stable. My stay-at-home laptop (stays at home because of flimsy hinges that I don't want to break again) is currently running Ubuntu 11.10, though probably not for much longer.

Debian stable is usually my first choice for any computer that I use.

Haiku also continues to look promising; I try to check in on it every now and then.

NikoC
January 30th, 2012, 09:43 AM
Laptop for work: Kubuntu 11.10

Laptop at home: Mac Os Lion

Grenage
January 30th, 2012, 09:56 AM
Work PC: Fedora 16
Home gaming PC: Windows 7
Laptop: Fedora 16

forrestcupp
January 30th, 2012, 01:07 PM
Actually, I think that forrestcupp may have been joking, and knew what you meant :)


Okay, fine! That tears it...

No Christmas Card for him, this year! :D

Actually I wasn't joking this time. Back in the ancient times when PocketPCs were popular, I remember people trying to get Linux running on them. It didn't replace Windows Mobile; I think it might have run on top of it.

I did have my suspicions when I saw that he wrote "USB" beside it, though. ;)

whatthefunk
January 30th, 2012, 01:40 PM
Main PC - Kubuntu 11.10
Laptop - Crunchbang

koleoptero
January 30th, 2012, 01:51 PM
Crunchbang.-

Zlatan
January 30th, 2012, 02:31 PM
Debian here.

rg4w
January 30th, 2012, 04:04 PM
Laptop 1: Ubuntu 11.10 (will be 12.04 when it comes out)
Laptop 2: Mac OS X 10.6.8
KVM Desktop 1: Max OS 10.7
KVM Desktop 2: Ubuntu 11.10
KVM Local server 1: Ubuntu 10.04 server
KVM Local server 2: Debian 5.0.9

Old_Grey_Wolf
January 31st, 2012, 12:38 AM
Actually I wasn't joking this time. Back in the ancient times when PocketPCs were popular, I remember people trying to get Linux running on them. It didn't replace Windows Mobile; I think it might have run on top of it.

I did have my suspicions when I saw that he wrote "USB" beside it, though. ;)

When the PocketPC first came out I thought, 'why would anyone want it, the keyboard is to small to use'. Little did I know that today I would have a cell phone with a keyboard that is smaller, and I would be typing with my thumbs.
:lolflag:

TeamRocket1233c
January 31st, 2012, 01:15 AM
My computer: Crunchbang 10 Statler (no longer running Windows 98 ). The computer I hang out on the web on: Windows Vista Home Basic, not by choice

PhilGil
January 31st, 2012, 01:31 AM
When the PocketPC first came out I thought, 'why would anyone want it, the keyboard is to small to use'. Little did I know that today I would have a cell phone with a keyboard that is smaller, and I would be typing with my thumbs.
:lolflag:

I wanted an HP Jornada Handheld (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HP_Jornada_720.JPG) so bad back in the day - thought it was the coolest thing ever :) . They were way too expensive, though.

fuduntu
January 31st, 2012, 02:56 AM
Fuduntu 2012.1 on pretty much everything.

Old_Grey_Wolf
January 31st, 2012, 03:07 AM
I wanted an HP Jornada Handheld (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HP_Jornada_720.JPG) so bad back in the day - thought it was the coolest thing ever :) . They were way too expensive, though.

I understand. I wanted the TRS-80 model 100 'portable computer' way back in the 1980's; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Radio_Shack_TRS-80_Model_100.jpg but, I couldn't afford it either. :(

You couldn't run Linux on it because Linux hadn't been written yet. :)

sffvba[e0rt
January 31st, 2012, 03:13 AM
Ubuntu.


404

LowSky
January 31st, 2012, 03:31 AM
Desktop - Arch Linux
Laptop - Windows 7
Tablet - Android 4.0.3
Cell Phone - Cyanogenmod 7.1 (Android 2.3.7)

Old_Grey_Wolf
January 31st, 2012, 03:39 AM
Fuduntu 2012.1 on pretty much everything.

I may install Fuduntu http://www.fuduntu.org/ as a virtual machine to give it a try. It looks interesting.

Khakilang
January 31st, 2012, 04:13 AM
Xubuntu 11.10 only.

doobrie
January 31st, 2012, 12:59 PM
Ubuntu 11.10
Windows 7 for those things that need Windows.

Fedz
January 31st, 2012, 01:13 PM
Ubuntu 11.10 as boot default OS on desktop & laptop.
Win XP on a separate drive but, can't even remember when I last booted to Windows drive lol :-)

fuduntu
January 31st, 2012, 04:51 PM
I may install Fuduntu http://www.fuduntu.org/ as a virtual machine to give it a try. It looks interesting.

Lemme know what you think (in the appropriate forum or by PM). :D

Gremlinzzz
February 1st, 2012, 03:06 AM
December 22 2012 i might install a Windows system:popcorn:

Old_Grey_Wolf
February 1st, 2012, 04:15 AM
Lemme know what you think (in the appropriate forum or by PM). :D

I bookmarked it for when I have time I will try it. However, I may not have time to give it a proper evaluation; that is, if I have time to evaluate it at all. Therefore, if I do evaluate it I will respond by PM.

leclerc65
February 1st, 2012, 01:41 PM
Assortment of old, so and so new, desktops/laptops/netbooks running XP, Win7, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Puppy - but Ubuntu 11.04 (gnome classic) for the main desktop.

cotcot
February 1st, 2012, 09:16 PM
11.10 (my own choice)

win XP (forced by work)

AlexDudko
February 1st, 2012, 10:45 PM
SLED 11 sp-1

asianette
February 1st, 2012, 11:59 PM
Windows 7-64bit, Debian (don't remember which, it's on a VM), Gentoo for dev :)

viperdvman
February 14th, 2012, 07:10 AM
Technically, Windows is the primary OS on both my computers. But for the one I use the most, it's Ubuntu 11.04 on the desktop and Ubuntu 11.10 on the netbook.

LillyDragon
February 14th, 2012, 09:55 AM
Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on my laptop; the surprising thing is I didn't get rid of Windows this time, I actually like Version 7! (Vista was epic fail on my refurbished desktop machine, and I eventually uninstalled it as soon as I switched over completely to Hardy Heron and WinXP in '09.)

sffvba[e0rt
February 14th, 2012, 02:30 PM
As off a few days ago it has swung from 99% Ubuntu to about 70% Windows 7 30% Ubuntu (gaming mostly)...


404

Gremlinzzz
February 14th, 2012, 02:36 PM
All of em.never seem to resist installing the newest one:popcorn:

perspectoff
February 14th, 2012, 03:55 PM
Kubuntu Lucid 10.04 LTS (went back from later versions; I stay with LTS versions now)

Linuxratty
February 14th, 2012, 06:32 PM
Ubuntu 10.10,till support runs out.

alliance1975
February 14th, 2012, 06:39 PM
Home Server: Ubuntu 10.10 server
Home Desktop: Mint 12
Work Desktop: Win XP

HansKisaragi
February 15th, 2012, 11:23 PM
ubuntu 11.10 :KS

cwklinuxguy
February 15th, 2012, 11:26 PM
OS X Snow Leopard and Pinguy OS 11.04

chili555
February 15th, 2012, 11:52 PM
My most common is Ubuntu 11.10. My others are 11.10 and a server running 10.04. Paying for the limited right to use an OS that is admittedly the target of every worm, virus, scam, malware and spyware out there is just not in the cards for me.

I know, I know; I've heard all the Photoshop vs. GIMP and Word vs. LibreOffice arguments. I've even argued a few myself. However, at the end of the day, I give up. I don't do Windows!

skathed
February 15th, 2012, 11:56 PM
Home - Kubuntu 11.10
Mobile - Android 2.1
Work - Windows XP

yetiman64
February 16th, 2012, 03:01 AM
Desktop, Main OS used is Ubuntu 11.10 with Unity DE, can also boot up 2 versions of Xubuntu 11.04 (one based off the minimal install image) and Mint 11.

Lucradia
February 17th, 2012, 06:14 PM
Changing my post a bit to reflect what I tried in Windows 8.

I'm not changing to Windows 8, the metro IE sucks on desktop, and it doesn't render pages properly. Nothing in Windows 8 renders pages proper, not Chrome, not Firefox, not Internet Explorer, nothing. Something's wrong with Windows 8, even if it's a beta, it's too polished to have serious bugs in the public :V

Also, hotkeys are whack. Pushing the Windows Key toggles between metro UI and your last open Metro App (Desktop counts as a metro app apparently.) By default, there's no old startmenu, and you have to edit registry to get it back, which means, you need to know what exe files are what and use Windows Key + R if you don't want to go mucking about the registry. Half the time, web pages don't even load in Metro Internet Explorer, and just load the <TITLE> a black screen, and the favicon.

To get around that, you have to use the run command, and use: iexplore like the good 'ol days when we didn't know what exe was what. Then, if you wanted it on the desktop, you need to first pin it to the task bar, SHIFT+Right click, then send to desktop, or just find the EXE in Windows\ directory. The change is much worse than what ubuntu did by going to Unity so far. (Pinning Metro IE to the task bar opens Metro IE again, not the Desktop IE from what I saw.)

A new hotkey to visually change between metro apps though is Windows Key + Tab (Like a minimal coverflow.) For now, Metro IE doesn't visually show tabs either. Gettign around this is simple if you know the hotkey in Firefox: CTRL + 1 for first tab, CTRL + 2 for second, so forth. However, to close them, you must use CTRL+W, which will send you back to your last opened tab. Switching to desktop mode while a flash element is playing in Metro IE forces that flash to immediately suspend playing everything (but not pause it, and will resume playing when you switch back to Metro IE.) Speaking of Flash... since Metro IE and Desktop IE share the same plugin loading scheme, Steam will not show flash content in its steam browser because it's using a different Internet Explorer frame than those two. You will have to figure out how to install flash specifically for Steam as a result.

nrundy
February 17th, 2012, 10:03 PM
ubuntu 10.04 (i'll be switching to 12.04 when stable is released)

shadow of the locust
February 18th, 2012, 12:40 AM
Windows 7 Home Premium dual booting with Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx.

I hope to test Pear OS on my netbook when version 4 is released.

Hylas de Niall
February 18th, 2012, 12:48 AM
I'm sure i've already posted on this thread, but things have changed since.

I'm now:

Desktop - Ubu 10.10 dual booting with Win7
'06 Toshiba Laptop - Ubu 10.04.3
Pre-millennium Dell Laptop - XP
Netbook 1 - Crunchbang 10 'Statler' (Nov '11) dual booting with Ubu 10.04.4
Netbook 2 - Win7 home Premium

Chronon
February 18th, 2012, 03:31 AM
Kubuntu 11.10 on desktop
Mageia 1 (netbook also has Windows 7, but I almost never boot it.)

Rockbox on media players.

Zerias
February 18th, 2012, 05:30 AM
Speaking of Flash... since Metro IE and Desktop IE share the same plugin loading scheme, Steam will not show flash content in its steam browser because it's using a different Internet Explorer frame than those two. You will have to figure out how to install flash specifically for Steam as a result.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=25815137&postcount=27

And I quote.


The browser is based on Chrome, it is not just webkit based as some have claimed here. It is actually the Chrome (chromium) codebase plus an embedding layer and an integration layer for VGUI and the Steam UI. So it's pretty accurate to say the browser is Chrome. It's not running in the same multi-process configuration that the desktop version of Chrome Google ships does, but it is using V8 for accelerated javascript functionality, using Skia for graphics rasterization, etc.

The in-game browser is slower for several reasons 1) Chrome isn't designed to render 3d accelerated triangles, but instead has an almost entirely software rasterizer, and we then take the rasterized result and have to upload it as a texture to your GPU and composite it each frame, 2) Plugins like Flash are not built to expect any type of rendering other than directly owning their own hwnd on Windows and take extra work to scrape and composite the contents into a 3d surface or texture, and 3) Browsers always use a lot of CPU and memory resources, due to the nature of rendering HTML and CSS, when a full screen game is also running and expecting to get to use all the resources available this leads to some contention and slower functioning. We'll keep improving this as we can over time, but running both a full-screen game and a large web browser window (or even worse multiple tabs) is just a lot to ask of most consumer machines today.

MisterGaribaldi
February 18th, 2012, 06:07 AM
Lion on the desktop, and Debian on a file server.

I also use DD-WRT's own embedded Linux-based firmware on some routers I own.

I stopped trying to use Ubuntu when Canonical decided that Unity was "the way, the truth, and the life" because Gnome 3 is the stupidest thing I think I've ever seen on a desktop system.

When Windows 8 comes out, Gnome 3 will then officially be the second stupidest thing I've seen on a desktop system.

I've also stopped trying to use Linux as a desktop OS because there really aren't the apps I need for it, and their F/OSS equivalents (Inkscape, Gimp, etc.) just don't cut it.

graabein
February 18th, 2012, 01:49 PM
GNU/Linux baby. And some Windows 7 for work and games.

Linuxisfast
February 18th, 2012, 05:53 PM
Ubuntu 10.04LTS and Ubuntu 11.10

josephmills
February 18th, 2012, 06:09 PM
[klu]buntu 12.04
debian wheezy
debian Hurd

that is it.

Lucradia
February 18th, 2012, 11:37 PM
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=25815137&postcount=27

And I quote.

Then, where's flash in Windows 8 Steam? when I try to view a game page with a video, it has text where the video should be:

*Steam Flash Content Here!

or something silly they put in as a filler if flash couldn't load.

tekkidd
February 19th, 2012, 02:11 AM
Mac OSX 10.7 Lion
Debian Stable (Squeeze)

angry_johnnie
February 19th, 2012, 04:27 AM
main desktop: 64 bit ubuntu 11.10
secondary desktop: 32 bit debian squeeze / windows xp pro sp3
netbook: windows xp home sp 3
smartbook: windows ce 6

i'm considering putting windows 7 on the netbook, but i'm lazy :p
i might also try an arm port of debian for that smartbook... that or android... not sure

Porcini M.
February 23rd, 2012, 08:12 AM
Xubuntu 11.10, within a virtualbox VM atop a slimmed down win7 base. :guitar:

Let win7 handle the messy hardware interfacing, and move the actual environment I want within a VM I say.

chamber
February 23rd, 2012, 08:30 AM
Ubuntu 10.04 desktop and Backtrack 5 R1 / Windows 7 laptop.

alliance1975
February 23rd, 2012, 01:42 PM
DT = Mint 12.
Home server = Ubuntu 10.10 server
Laptop = Lubuntu 11.10

I am testing Lubuntu and am liking it.

Lee_Bo
February 23rd, 2012, 01:45 PM
Ubuntu 11.10 @ home.

Win7 Ultimate @ work.

OrangeCrate
February 23rd, 2012, 01:55 PM
Ubuntu 10.04 (office)
Xubuntu 11.10 (home)

stalkingwolf
February 23rd, 2012, 08:12 PM
super os 10.04
Ultimate edition 2.9
Zorin 5.2
Mint 12
XP sp3
win7
and another drive that has initial test systems on it.
Elementary
Bodhi

mihalybaci
February 24th, 2012, 07:10 PM
Ubuntu 11.04 (desktop)
Ubuntu 10.04 (laptop)
Windos XP (Virtual Machine, only for streaming Netflix movies)

Wraakvol
February 24th, 2012, 07:51 PM
Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot...

jfmd
February 24th, 2012, 08:24 PM
Windows 7 w/ Ubuntu 11.10 in a VM.

samalex
February 24th, 2012, 09:06 PM
What is your primary OS?

Home Desktop - iMac running OSX Lion
Primary Laptop - System76 PanP running Ubuntu 10.04 LFS Desktop
Primary Server - VBox on Home Desktop running Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS
Secondary Laptop - MacBook running OSX Snow Leopard
Work Desktop - Dell running Windows 7 (not my choice...)

My plan when 12.04 comes out is to let others mass beta it for a month or two and probably May or June I'll move my Laptop to it. I'm experimenting with LFS 7.0 though, and if I can get a few kinks worked out with it I might try it on my laptop which will be fun :)

fcomstoc
February 24th, 2012, 09:13 PM
MacBook Pro: OSX Lion \ Windows 7 \ Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Custom Gaming Rig: Windows 7 Pro x64
Netbook(Lenovo s10-3t): Ubuntu 11.10 x64
File/Web Server: Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS x64

bvc123q
February 24th, 2012, 11:20 PM
Ubuntu 11.10 soon to be 12.04 LTS :D

Adam Jensen
February 25th, 2012, 02:06 AM
I'm fairly new to Ubuntu (and Linux in general), so Windows 7 is my primary OS for now. When I get used to Ubuntu it will become my primary OS.

factotum218
February 25th, 2012, 02:38 AM
Debian-stable or Slackware. KDE or Openbox depending on the age of they system.

Less drama. Don't feel forced into distro-specifics for the sake of marketing. "New" is not always "improved".

enjoijesus94
February 25th, 2012, 02:55 AM
BlackBuntu 10.10:guitar:

smellyman
February 25th, 2012, 04:54 AM
Laptop - Arch
Laptop - Arch
Desktop - Arch
Desktop - Arch

pbpersson
February 25th, 2012, 05:08 AM
Ubuntu 10.04 at home
Windows 7 at work

Snow Keld
February 25th, 2012, 08:43 AM
phone: maemo & meego (dual boot)
laptop: linux mint 10 & imagine-linux (soon to delete mint)
desktop: imagine-linux

imagine-linux is my own project.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/imagine-linux/

based on debian sid, xfce, meant to be as easy as ubuntu and as feature rich and appealing as gnome 2. (which is not easy to do on pure debian)

Duncan J Murray
February 25th, 2012, 08:06 PM
I just had to join in... :)

Laptop : Ubuntu 10.04

Phone : Maemo

I'm not sure what I'm going to do when 10.04 support runs out. Have been playing with gnome-shell and unity, and neither fits with my style of working. Will probably give xfce or kde a try, or maybe even cinnamon...

Borunco
February 25th, 2012, 08:36 PM
I just had to join in... :)

Laptop : Ubuntu 10.04

Phone : Maemo

I'm not sure what I'm going to do when 10.04 support runs out. Have been playing with gnome-shell and unity, and neither fits with my style of working. Will probably give xfce or kde a try, or maybe even cinnamon...

Check out LUBUNTU :popcorn:

amauk
February 27th, 2012, 05:53 PM
Home
Desktop - Gentoo
Netbook - Ubuntu 12.04
Media Centre - Mythbuntu 10.04
File Server - Ubuntu Server 10.04

Work
Workstation - Gentoo
Servers - mix of Fedora, Ubuntu, Gentoo & Mandriva

MisterGaribaldi
February 27th, 2012, 06:57 PM
Mac OS X Lion
Debian 6

I have played around a lot with Ubuntu, Fedora, SuSE, and others, but honestly I've had a lot of problems on my PC with later versions of several different distributions. It's probably some kind of compatibility issue, but it really takes away from the experience.

Also, I'm not a fan of Gnome 3.

But more important than any of these things is the fact that I need software for productivity purposes. I go to college, and I need Office, not OOo or LO. I need it for some of the reference capabilities, and I also need to be able to trade documents with my professors without fear of glitches or incompatibilities. And, that PC already has Windows, so why go the hard way when I don't need to?

My newest computer is my MBP, which is far more powerful than my PC. Also, my PC died a few weeks ago (it's been a while in the making) so I've nothing to run an Ubuntu desktop OS on.

I do have a server that runs Debian, and my wireless router has DD-WRT on it with whatever version of the Linux kernel it's running. So, F/OSS is still represented well in my home!

ratcheer
February 27th, 2012, 07:14 PM
ubuntu 11.10

^^^ This

nikonian
February 27th, 2012, 11:53 PM
I use nothingBuntu. I use Fedora 16 x86_64, and love it.

JayKay3OOO
February 28th, 2012, 12:17 AM
Laptop - Mint 12

PC - Windows 7

TeamRocket1233c
March 1st, 2012, 03:06 PM
Ubuntu 10.4
Openindiana <-- try it, it's great
FreeBSD
Win 7

I actually kinda wanna give OpenIndiana a shot outta curiosity. Also, GhostBSD, Crunchbang, and Fedora are really good too.

In addition, Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop seems pretty sweet, but Ubuntu Server 11.10's good as well.

Red Hat, Solaris, and Mandriva also look pretty sweet if you're willing to pay for them (I THINK you have to pay for Mandriva, but I KNOW you have to pay for Red Hat and Solaris).