Topic: What's the best operating system for desktop use?
Anonymous A started this discussion 15 years ago #7,722
The OS war thread to end all OS war threads.
| Poll option | Votes | Percentage | Graph |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows | 14 | 54% | |
| Mac OS | 6 | 23% | |
| GNU/Linux | 1 | 4% | |
| Free/Open/Net BSD | - | 0% | |
| OpenSolaris/Solaris | 1 | 4% | |
| Plan 9 from Bell Labs | 1 | 4% | |
| Microsoft DOS | 1 | 4% | |
| BeOS | 1 | 4% | |
| AmigaOS | 1 | 4% |
Voice of !WisdomHsuU joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #133,819
Win7 is the best desktop OS right now.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #133,824
stal !nator.ccGk joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #133,832
@previous (A)
> But it's just a fancy graphical shell on top of ...
That can be said of any modern OS.
> But it's just a fancy graphical shell on top of ...
That can be said of any modern OS.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #133,834
@OP
No love for OS/2??
No love for OS/2??
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 15 seconds later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #133,835
@133,832 (stal !nator.ccGk)
Yeah but at least Mac OS and Linux use solid foundations under their graphical shells. Windows is still using 16 bit DOS from the 1980s.
Yeah but at least Mac OS and Linux use solid foundations under their graphical shells. Windows is still using 16 bit DOS from the 1980s.
Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 15 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #133,839
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 18 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #133,842
advi !!3gpAcg/hF joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 8 minutes later, 27 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #133,857
Haiku, but it's still in alpha. :(
All stable OSes suck
All stable OSes suck
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Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #134,073
RonPaul2012 !4EB6xd.Oos joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 29 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #134,085
Lets list the criteria for best OS.
I suggest ease of use, and aesthetics
I suggest ease of use, and aesthetics
dreamworks joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #134,123
They all suck.
r04r joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #134,150
@133,842 (A)
Wow. So. Let me get this straight, it has the capability of creating a start-up floppy containing MS-DOS thus the entire thing must be running on DOS? Wow! Amazing discovery.
Wow. So. Let me get this straight, it has the capability of creating a start-up floppy containing MS-DOS thus the entire thing must be running on DOS? Wow! Amazing discovery.
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 21 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #134,154
@133,835 (A)
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linuxâ€, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux†distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linuxâ€, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux†distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 46 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #134,165
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 16 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #134,908
@134,154 (J)
No need to interject, fair anon. It was properly referred to as GNU/Linux in the original post.
@134,150 (r04r)
@previous (Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4)
Are you mad because Bill Gates's "latest and greatest" operating system is just a fancy graphical shell on top of DOS?
No need to interject, fair anon. It was properly referred to as GNU/Linux in the original post.
@134,150 (r04r)
@previous (Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4)
Are you mad because Bill Gates's "latest and greatest" operating system is just a fancy graphical shell on top of DOS?
Fuck you Brian Wilson joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 27 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #134,941
i wanted to vote msdos but i voted windows but i also wanted to vote os x
Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 44 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #135,006
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linuxâ€, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux†distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linuxâ€, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux†distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.