What OS does everypony use?

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  1. Tyro D. Fox

    Tyro D. Fox Ho, hog, heg! I can does Game Dev thing, yes!
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    As awesome as all that sounds, I'm wondering about how big those games are your playing on the Ubuntu partition? In order to do so properly with something relatively modern and large like...Team Fortress 2, your computer would have to be monstrous. Kinda found that out the hard way.

    Furthermore, has anyone have any idea how to get the Chrome OS to work? I want to have a play with it.
     
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  2. Yetione

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    I have optimized version of wine, and I've managed to run Portal 2 and half life (although portal was bit laggy, and not as on windows, but it's still 3 years old laptop).
    Although, I mostly use it (as in I think on wine) for programs like PSPad, and stuff like that. I still keep games on windows since I have steam on windows.
     
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  3. B-Dog1996

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    One thing I've found with Mint is that programs like MS Office are awkward to run. Has anyone managed to run Office successfully on Mint/Ubuntu?
     
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  4. Yetione

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    well, I use Libe office. needs less space on disc, less processing power, and has everything ms office has, and runs smooth
    http://www.libreoffice.org/
     
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    Thanks, I'll give it a go. The reviews seem to be good so it'll probably be good.
     
    #45 B-Dog1996, Mar 21, 2012
  6. Dragonbait

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    After working with computers all day I just want to come home to something that works. Windows 7 64-bit on the desktop and XP Home on the laptop. Nothing fancy and it does what I want it to.
     
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    *bump, but threads run from page to page quickly in these parts of the forum, and I haven't been here in forever*

    Tower (here):
    • Windows 7 Home Premium
    • Linux Mint 12 (Gnome)
    • Chakra Linux 2012.02 (KDE; currently my only rolling distro; I'm typing these lines on this box/OS)

    Tower (my parents' place):
    • Windows 98 SE + KernelEx
    • Ubuntu 11.10 (E17 with LXDE as fallback)

    Nettop (here; running 24/7, used for mail, reading news and a lot more):
    • Ubuntu 11.10 (E17 with Gnome 3 and LXDE as fallback)

    Laptop:
    • Windows XP Professional (was pre-installed and comes in handy for certain things)
    • Ubuntu 11.10 (E17 with Xfce as fallback)

    Laptop (currently broken):
    • Linux Mint 12 (Gnome); might be replaced with Bodhi Linux if I get to have it fixed

    Please note that the operating systems are ordered the same way as on the hard drive and in the boot manager as opposed to personal preferences.
     
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    I'm a Mac, and it seems everyone here is a PC.
     
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    I use a Linux.Sudo man -k 192.168.0.0 is best command.
     
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  12. DerpyHooves MLP

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    Windows Vista here, although I have yet to get a laptop :/
     
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    I use Windows 7
     
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    I use Windows Vista and I like it.:smile:
     
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    The better question is what OS do I NOT use?

    I have MacOS 7.5.9 Revision 2, iOS 4.2.1, Windows XP Pro SP2, Windows Vista Home SP2, Android Froyo 2.2, ChromeOS, Mandrake Linux Standard 8, and Windows 7.
     
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    Whindoze 7. When I get my next laptop, I'm gonna switch over to XP or get a Mac.
     
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    Windows 7.
     
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    Put MacOSX on the laptop. It'll work as well as a real Mac, and I could fit 12 copies of MacOSX on my 64 gig harddrive and have enough space for Portal and tf2!
     
    #59 Oro, Apr 9, 2012
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    i use windows 7 i had a mac onc but i didnt like it :(
     
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