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What Operating System do you use?

MS DOS or other DOS OS
6 (5.7%)
Windows 3.x or earlier
2 (1.9%)
Windows 95
0 (0%)
Windows 98 (SE included)
9 (8.5%)
Windows NT (all versions)
0 (0%)
Windows 2000
5 (4.7%)
Windows ME
2 (1.9%)
Windows XP (all versions)
32 (30.2%)
Windows Server 2003 0r 2008
7 (6.6%)
Windows Vista
18 (17%)
Windows 7
9 (8.5%)
Linux (all distro's)
9 (8.5%)
Mac OS 1-9.2
0 (0%)
Mac OS X
4 (3.8%)
Solaris
1 (0.9%)
BSD
0 (0%)
Unix
2 (1.9%)

Total Members Voted: 31

Voting closed: August 22, 2009, 01:31:28 PM

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Re: What Operating System do you use?
« Reply #30 on: May 31, 2009, 05:08:17 PM »
Quote from: milesman on May 30, 2009, 09:34:54 PM
The nice thing about Linux is the control. The user has complete control and it has many preferences.



This gets my vote as the most ridiculous comment of the Year...
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Re: What Operating System do you use?
« Reply #31 on: May 31, 2009, 08:06:12 PM »
Oh, c'mon, Patio!

You get to mount and unmount your own drives!   ::)
Complete control!   ;D

(Actually, thank goodness most of the larger distros do it for you after all these years!)
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Re: What Operating System do you use?
« Reply #32 on: May 31, 2009, 11:34:49 PM »
I imagine they're trying to hide the whole "mounting" metaphor, since some people get offended. "I have to WHAT to my drives? I don't have the energy for that!"
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