Best operating system you ever used

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nightwulf
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27 Jun 2009, 10:58 pm

It's tough to pick one, as there are different needs for different applications. If I had to pick one, it'd be Slackware.

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28 Jun 2009, 5:43 am

TallyMan wrote:

DEC's VAX VMS Those were the days! With the lovely JCL (Job control language) extensions to the operating system made it a delight. It almost bridged the gap between an operating system and a programming language.

I agree. Those were the days.

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29 Jun 2009, 12:27 pm

gamefreak wrote:

Windows XP for gaming
Ubuntu 9.04 (Gnome) for everything else.

Same here, except I don't game - I use XP for any apps/programs that can't run on Linux (or that I can't get to run due to my inexperience).

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29 Jun 2009, 7:52 pm

I got The sims 3 to work in ubuntu last night. I used PlayOnLinux to get it working.

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