# Your OS? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2000, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607 "2000-04-02T18:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/21 "2000-04-02T22:32:00Z")
Redhat Linux 5.1 and Win98 on my two computers right here. Win95 in the car. Of course, I never post from the car. Yet. ---
**Author:** ![GoSensGo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@GoSensGo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoSensGo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/22 "2000-04-02T22:48:00Z")
Win98, BeOS 5 PE (just installed it, still hunting for drivers… but it’s a decent product!) Alex ---
**Author:** ![bedboy4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@bedboy4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bedboy4)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/23 "2000-04-02T22:49:00Z")
explains why all the losers here…Mac, what a fucking joke ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/24 "2000-04-02T23:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by zyada: > \*\*Sun Solaris at work (gloat) > > Win98 at home > \*\* I’m forced to use win95 at work. At home I use linux 2.2.14 on 3 computers (including my i-net gateway/proxy), solaris 7, and win98 for games. (double gloat) if you care, I use netgear, linksys and 3com ethernet cards, and a linksys 5 port hub (soon adding a 24 port switch). * * * ## There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots. What is it? Distrust. – Demosthenes Joe Cool ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/25 "2000-04-03T01:53:00Z")
Mac 8.6 on the main partition; Mac 8.1 on another; OS X Server on yet a third, but I confess I haven’t used it for much of anything yet. In emulation under VirtualPC, NT Server and Windows95 and Windows3.11 In emulation under UAE, AmigaOS, which again I must confess I haven’t used for much yet. In emulation under VMac, Macintosh systems 1.1 through 7.5 * * * Disable Similes in this Post ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/26 "2000-04-03T02:27:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by yojimbo: > \*\*OS2 at work (aarrrggghh) > > win 95 at home\*\* A bumper sticker I like: OS/2 for PS/2 Half an operating system for half a computer. (yes, it was several years ago, so?) * * * I do not merely dance. I bewitch. I seduce. I enchant and I bewilder. Throw money. (Gee, Wally must have seen me dance!) ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/27 "2000-04-03T03:34:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by bedboy4: > **explains why all the losers here…Mac, what a fucking joke** ? ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/28 "2000-04-03T03:44:00Z")
Win 98 at home and work. I use a Unix system at work, but it’s for processing stuff(no internet). * * * Just make yourself comfy while I shoot nuclear particles into your heart. (Courtesy of Wally) ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/29 "2000-04-03T04:25:00Z")
Win98 at home, NT at work **mangeorge** he is a troll, ignore him * * * \*\* _Sigh_. So many men, so few who can afford me \*\* _Original by Wally_ _I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it._ ---
**Author:** ![meara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@meara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meara)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/30 "2000-04-03T04:30:00Z")
At both home and work, I use Win98 for applications and Linux for networking and development. ---
**Author:** ![Jo3sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/31 "2000-04-03T05:11:00Z")
At Work: Win95b, Win98 and WinNT Workstation. At Home: Win98SE, NT Server 4.0, and Mandrake Linux 7.02 ---
**Author:** ![Strider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Strider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strider)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/32 "2000-04-03T05:18:00Z")
Darwin (Beta OS X Client), OS X Server, OS 9, Win 98, Win NT and a Redhat 6.2 hooking it all up to the internet as my web server/firewall. -N * * * “Oh my God! Space aliens! Don’t eat me, I have a wife and kids! Eat them.” Homer Simpson ---
**Author:** ![EnigmaOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EnigmaOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnigmaOne)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/33 "2000-04-03T07:57:00Z")
**Home:** Linux (RH6.2) DR-DOS (7.03) SCO UNIX NT Server (4.0-6a) W2K Advanced Server Win Millennium Beta 2 Win Exchange 2K Enterprise Server RC-1 W95 OSR 2.5 W98 SE (Build 4.10.2222.A) Ditched IIS 4.0 last month **Work:** DR-DOS (7.03) SCO UNIX Netware 4 NT Server 4.0-6a W98 SE WS 4.0 * * * – **Kalél** [TheHungerSite.com](http://www.thehungersite.com) _“If our lives are indeed the sum-total of the choices we’ve made, then we cannot change who we are; but with every new choice we’re given, we can change who we’re going to be.”_ ---
**Author:** ![xekul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/838e76/32.png) [@xekul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xekul)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/34 "2000-04-03T09:55:00Z")
I run Linux. Specifically, Debian 2.2 (frozen) with the 2.1.14 kernel. The family computer runs Windows 95 but I didn’t want to buy Windows for this system. I’m just about to download the free BeOS, though. * * * ``You’re just an empty cage girl if you kill the bird.’’ – Tori Amos. ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/35 "2000-04-03T12:50:00Z")
MacOS 8.6 at work/home Linux (redhat 6.x) =-) Whee! Down with Micro~1! 😃 * * * “Black holes were created when God divided by 0” ~Wally ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/36 "2000-04-03T13:06:00Z")
Our home LAN runs off our Linux RedHat machine, the other computers have Win98. Our webserver runs RedHat. At work, UDD uses Solaris, I believe. He’s a certified Sun syadmdin. * * * – From an actual catalog: “Disco balls create an enchanting, dazzling effect of light shafts, adding movement and glamour to any occasion” _the Abrams’ bris was certainly memorable_ O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![rubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rubes)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/37 "2000-04-04T15:25:00Z")
Home: Amiga OS 2.02, Amiga OS 3.1, Win98, Win95 (laptop) and soon Win95/2000 dual boot (new pc I got off of [Ubid.com](http://Ubid.com)) Work: WinNT4.0 ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/38 "2000-04-04T15:36:00Z")
Home: MacOS 8.5 on the iMac, with Win95 under VirtualPC for the occasional program that’s not available for the Mac. Work: NT Server 4.x on the two Wintel boxes, MacOS 8.5 on the PowerBook G3. * * * * * * “Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common.” _–Satchel Paige_ ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/39 "2000-04-04T16:58:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by xekul: > **I run Linux. Specifically, Debian 2.2 (frozen) with the 2.1.14 kernel.** So are you a kernel hacker and patch your own bugs? or have you just been lucky? I’d tend not to use a development kernel, personally. * * * ## There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots. What is it? Distrust. – Demosthenes Joe Cool ---
**Author:** ![Sentinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sentinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sentinel)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607/40 "2000-04-05T05:31:00Z")
Win95 on my desk top and laptop. I once visited a website to download some stuff and the owner promptly informed all visitors to go to one section for all WINDOWS and as for MAC uses, he suggested that they unplug their computers and throw them out the window. I don’t know, because, I’ve never used MAC. Everything I need has been on WINDOWS. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-os/15607.md?page=3)