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22 Jul 2010, 3:20 pm

What operating systems do you use? I use Ubuntu 10.04. I know, it is simple, but I have been a Debian guy for years, and when I started using Ubuntu I liked it because it is simple.

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22 Jul 2010, 3:23 pm

Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.6.x, Ubuntu Desktop 10.04 (for testing stuff only), was using CentOS 5.4.

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22 Jul 2010, 3:38 pm

Snow Leopard on my MacBook, Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) on my desktop, Android 2.1 Eclair (soon to be Froyo, whenever HTC releases it) on my EVO 4G.

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22 Jul 2010, 3:42 pm

I'm mostly using Ubuntu now. I stopped using Windows for most things in 2006 and only use it for games currently.

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22 Jul 2010, 3:43 pm

windows 2000, vista
puppy linux 4.3.1 soon going to upgrade to version 5.0.1 (so i can install some ubuntu apps to it and hopefully get my modem to work also)

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22 Jul 2010, 3:43 pm

I use Windows Vista.

In all honesty, I have had no problem with Windows Vista. I don't think it's particularly worse or better than any other operating system, but I don't see any reason to switch to one I'm not used to as this is working just fine for me.

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22 Jul 2010, 4:31 pm

Windows, *BSD's and Linux, different versions/flavours for different uses.

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22 Jul 2010, 4:49 pm

Mac OS 10.6 and Mac OS 9.2

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22 Jul 2010, 6:38 pm

I use Windows XP running in a virtual machine on my Gentoo Linux distribution for the few programs that absolutely require Windows. Gentoo Linux is what I use on my home computer, and Mandriva Linux is on my lappy. I also have a computer that runs BSD and Open Solaris.

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22 Jul 2010, 6:55 pm

Currently booted up in Windows 7 x64, to see if there is any reason why I need to keep this OS on my hard drive taking up space (haven't used it in a few months). So far it looks like the answer is "no" so I'll be deleting this partition soon. I have Mac OS X Snow Leopard still on here as a sort of "fail-safe" and my main OS is Linux Mint 9 (basically Ubuntu 10.04 with some minor customizations). I'm looking to add PC-BSD 8.1 to the mix, since it looks like a very interesting project.

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23 Jul 2010, 12:47 am

Windows Vista (don't kill me please! )
I'm going to install Ubuntu when I get the time.

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23 Jul 2010, 7:53 am

Linux Debian 5 is now default for me, but I still have to go back to Windows to use my printer and to do some other things I have yet to either bring over or figure out in Debian.

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23 Jul 2010, 8:45 am

leejosepho wrote:

Linux Debian 5 is now default for me, but I still have to go back to Windows to use my printer and to do some other things I have yet to either bring over or figure out in Debian.

I'm very surprised Debian has given you printer issues. When I installed Lenny, it found and configured network printing for me without me even realizing it. What sort of printer is it?

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23 Jul 2010, 9:10 am

Orwell wrote:

I'm very surprised Debian has given you printer issues. When I installed Lenny, it found and configured network printing for me without me even realizing it. What sort of printer is it?

An HP F2430. It does not show up in the list of printers in CUPS, yet I did find "hpc2430s.ppd.gz" at the CUPS site. It seems to install and it shows up in "printers", but its icon remains half-toned and the HP utility says "Printer not found".

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=53722

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23 Jul 2010, 2:30 pm

Windows Vista Home Premium and Ubuntu 10.04 64bits.

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23 Jul 2010, 7:35 pm

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit edition. A lot better than Vista,

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