What desktop operating system (OS) are you currently running?

[Arctine]

This thread is just for fun i guess. Be interesting to see what operating systems fellow Maemo users are running on their desktop/laptop computers.

I'll get things started:

I'm currently running Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 and Windows 7 RC (just for games).

[NSchuyler]

Ubuntu 9.10 on Desktop
TinyXP on Netbook

[*Sonic*]

Windows 7 on all laptops and desktop PC's at home apart from one older laptop running Ubuntu & Backtrak for Wireless sniffing :)

Also have another older laptop running OSX86 :D

[b-man]

Windows Vista with VMware Workstation running Ubuntu Karmic on top of it.

Sadly my dad won't let me install Ubuntu directly on the computer... :(

[Kingsley]

Windows 7RC1, on laptop, and Windows 7 Ultimate (got free for the launch party) on my desktop...
Tho i do keep trying to use linux, but have so much unsupported hardware... It is running on my FriendlyARM Micro2440

[amarjyoti]

I run Mandriva 2010. and MacOSX (Snow Leopard) .

[mark-maemo]

Mac, Mac, Mac.... :-)
Actually beside OS X 10.5.x and 10.6.x
Solaris, Fedora, Centos, Ubuntu, Win7, Win2008R2.

[DaveP1]

One with Win7 RTM (I've bought the production version but haven't installed it yet), one with Vista 64, one with Vista, one with XP Tablet, and two with XP.

[Greippi]

Ubuntu 9.10 aka Karmic, Nordic Remix

Intrepid (8.10) was the best - then they started to ruin it.

[maluka]

On my desk right now I have 2 laptops one 17" Macbook pro running snow leopard with a Vmware Ubuntu image as well and a Toshiba Qosmio running Win7/Ubuntu dual boot. I switch between the two machine for different tasks.

[aeonsim]

Desktop (X86-64) Win 7 & Mandriva 2010.0, Laptop Vista and Mandriva 2010.0 and eeepc Mandriva 2009.1.

[ruskie]

Source Mage GNU/Linux(desktop, server), Mythbuntu(mediabox), Xubuntu(mom's system), OpenBSD(netbook, router)

[gazza_d]

Personal laptop mainly runs Ubuntu 9.10, with windows 7rc1 for the occasional app needing it. Work Laptop and Desktop are both XP sp3.

Other laptops in the house are Vista and XP with a Mythtv server running Mythbuntu 9.10 and Mythtv 0.22

[Bugslife]

Self-built desktop: Windows Vista 32 bit Home Premium edition

Dell laptop: Windows 98 (1st ed.) CPU Pentium I. No longer use on web browsing since most web graphics software don't support win98 and IE5/6 and so slow.

[heavyt]

Gentoo and Ubuntu.

[j.s]

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0

[lfcobra]

vlited version of Windows 7 RC1 on my eeePC, and occasionally use a knoppix or Ubuntu live cd.
My desktop pc is windows xp 64bit edition but sadly its been in storage for the last 6 months :(

[christoph]

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0

[Dinho]

Mac OS X 10.6.2

[Aranel]

Desktop: Ubuntu GNU/Linux 9.10
Media Center: Mythbuntu
Gaming Platform: Windows 7
Business: MacOSX

[kwotski]

CentoOS on work laptop, studio64 and an old 64bit slackware install on home laptop, incredibly old and un-updatable install of gentoo on spare computer that I'm posting this on.. (firefox 1.0.4, if you believe it! :) )

[benny1967]

Laptop and desktop PC are both dual boot with GNU/Linux and Windows Vista.

The difference is the flavor of GNU/Linux: The laptop runs Ubuntu (Karmic), the desktop Gentoo.

I boot Windows every other month or so to install all the updates. - And, of course, I sometimes try Nokia software (such as Ovi Player), find it doesn't work or crashes my Windows, and leave it again.

[Caesar]

windows7 on laptop
xp on desktop

[captainqtp]

OS2 and BeOS

[mece]

Debian Lenny on my laptop doing server duties (busted screen) and Linux Mint Gloria on my desktop. Helena is out, but I just like it the way it is currently, so I'll wait a bit. Perhaps once KDE edition is final I'll upgrade.

[schettj]

Ubuntu 9.10, Windows 7, Windows XP, CentOS, and some other stuff as needed.

[sgbirch]

ubuntu ... I stay current.

[R-R]

Debian GNU/Linux Unstable on gateway and main desktop...
Ubuntu 9.10 on HTPC and laptops.

[thommy]

OSX Snow Leopard
how 'bout a poll?

[bowen]

Debian, of course :)
Haven't used Windows on any computer I have owned since 2003, except sometimes in a VM.
There is a windows partition on my work laptop, but I don't own that :)

[b666m]

laptop: dualboot windows xp (it still exists ^^) and ubuntu 9.10.

ubuntu 99% of the time. windows just for octoshape (streaming program) for viewing halo 3 mlg championships on mlgpro.com :D

[Crashdamage]

CentOS 5.4 on the desktop. Still dual-boot XP Pro/Mandriva Spring 2007 on the laptop. I know it's old, but everything just works...

[bijoux]

Archlinux at home and my workstation, Ubuntu on my sandbox and a few CentOS VPS.

[tournstone]

laptop: dual boot Mac OS 10.6.2 and Vista

Desktop 1: Windows 7 (my gaming machine)

Desktop 2: Mac OS 10.5.8 (old dual core G5 for work)

A few lesser systems running variants of XP & Vista.

[Gadgety]

Windows XP and Vista

[waamaemotalk]

Desktop: Gentoo Linux with Xfce window manager on AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+
Laptop: Gentoo Linux with Xfce window manager on Intel Core2 T7200

[Bernard]

Linux Mint on my desktop and Windows XP on my new netbook.
(because the Flash performance under XP is a lot better than under the linux distros I tried for my netbook: Linux Mint, Ubuntu netbook remix. and Moblin)
Are the site statistics publicly available for maemo.org ? That would also give a nice indication about OS-es used.

[alexb]

Mac OS X 10.6.2 on 24" iMac and Mac Mini
Win7 on the Media Centre nettop (Acer Aspire Revo R3600)

[Cartoon_Head]

Dual boot Open Solaris 11/Kubuntu 9.10 on my downstairs pc, Windows 2000 pro (love it!) on my upstairs pc and windows 7 on my gaming pc

[egoshin]

Desktop: Ubuntu 8

Home server: Slackware

laptop: Vista + SuSE 11.2

[GameboyRMH]

Ubuntu Karmic on "couch surfing" laptop (this is probably the PC I spend most of my time on)

Win7 RC 64bit on gaming desktop (gonna upgrade to a retail license Win7 Ultimate - pricey but it's only $20 more than Pro to not have to reinstall everything...and it's my only "current" Windows PC so I can afford it)

Xubuntu Jaunty on file server / torrent box

Got a couple of XP VMs in VirtualBox - basically old computers that suffered hardware failures but have been converted to VMs :cool: good for playing games that won't run on Win7.

Got an old 98SE notebook I use like a console for "retro gaming" and emulation

And I got another old desktop running Xubuntu Karmic that I have no space to actually set up :D

Oh office PC is XP SP3.

Family's PCs:

Sister's netbook: Ubuntu Jaunty
Mom's laptop : Ubuntu Karmic 64bit / Win7 Home 64bit (never used...came with it :-\) dual boot
Dad's (work) laptop: XP SP3
Dad's (gaming) desktop: XP SP3

[shiny]

A variety of Windows 7, XP and even 2000 depending on machine, circumstance and day of the week :)

[kazuki]

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic and Windows 7 Ultimate

[GameboyRMH]

Ubuntu 9.10 aka Karmic, Nordic Remix

Intrepid (8.10) was the best - then they started to ruin it.

I think it's mostly been improved, especially wireless networking, but the new Ubuntu Software Center is just the Idiocracy version of the old Add/Remove Software app. The old app is far faster and more convenient. The new one is good for people who can only hold one thought in their head at a time.

[fatalsaint]

Desktop/Gamer - Ubuntu 9.10
Wife's Laptop - Ubuntu 9.10
Son's desktop (uses for games) - Ubuntu 9.10
Daughters desktop (hardly uses at all, she's 5) - Ubuntu 9.10
8" Netbook - Ubuntu 9.10
2 1U Rackmount servers: Debian GNU/Linux Stable

Soooo... yeah. Lots of Koala's here ;). I've used pretty much any distro of linux that is downloadable over time. Not a single real windows machine in my house anymore... thank god.

Did load a windows VM for the wife that she was so sure she'd need...... she never uses it now.

[paulkoan]

Desktop: Gentoo (gentoo is rolling release so no version), plus a Windows 7RC1 partition for games.

Laptop: Windows Vista (to be W7 soon) / Arch Linux (again, rolling release so no version).

Then I have 2 Ubuntu server VMs, an XP vm and an Arch linux VM running under Opensuse 11.1 64bit + xen.

[mutterh]

Fedora 10 on the laptops and Fedora 11 on the workstation

[pycage]

Ubuntu 9.10 on desktops at home and at work.
OpenSolaris 09.06 with ZFS RAID on my NFS media file server.
Ubuntu 9.10 with Rhythmbox as UPnP server and Moovida as media center on my HTPC.

[johnel]

My laptop boots windows XP but hard-drive has an additional ext2fs partition.

I boot debian 'Lenny' version of Linux via a USB stick (4gb) and persist changes to the ext2fs.
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/Howto/USB

I also use a custom Slax version of Linux via a USB stick (1gb) too.
http://www.slax.org/

Don't need Linux installed on target pc and I can take my installation with me via USB stick

[patator]

- My laptop: Multiboot Debian Sid + Ubuntu 9.10 + Vista (was preinstalled.., not sure it still works)
- My girlfriend lappy: Ubuntu 9.10
- 256Mb RAM Laptop: Debian Sid as webserver/wiki/upnp server/..

[plaban]

Running Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit [I won it in a contest] and Ubuntu 9.10

[tuXer]

Desktop: Gentoo Linux (and Win7 that has been booted less than five times)
Laptop: Gentoo Linux and vista ultimate
Home server: Gentoo Linux
Work: WXP

[gerbick]

Laptop: WIndows 7 Ultimate w/ Ubuntu, Fedora via VMWare Workstation
OQO: Windows XP SP3
Desktop 1: Windows Vista Business 64-bit
Desktop 2: Ubuntu 9.10
Desktop 3: Mac OS X 10.6 w/ Haiku, ChromeOS Zero & Ubuntu via VMWare Fusion
Server 1: Windows 2008 Server w/ NetBSD dual-boot
Server 2: Mac OS X 10.6 Server w/ Windows 2003 Server, Ubuntu, Haiku via VMWare Fusion

And yeah... all of those are at my home.

[mrebanza]

Ubuntu 9.10 x Windows 7 Dual Boot on My Toshiba Laptop which is hooked up to a 23in Phillips HDTV Setup like a desktop PC

[DaveR53]

WorkStation : FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE
WorkServer : Solaris 9 Sparc
Home Server: FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE
Game's PC : Windows 7

[Fargus]

Laptop 1: Vista Ultimate
Laptop 2: Fedora 11
Desktop 1: Vista 64Bit Ultimate
Desktop 2: Currently Fedora 11 but looking at Debian
Tablet 1: OS2008
Tablet 2: Maemo 5!

[HugoSon]

Work: Win 7 64bit
Lap1: Win 7
Lap2: OS X 10.6
NetBook: Win 7
Mobile: Maemo 5

[Ahmed360]

Gaming Laptop: Windows Vista HP x64
Mobile: Maemo 5

OMG ^^^^^ HOW is it possible for you guys to use all those devices!!!

[blubbi]

Desktop: Gentoo Linux / Win7 (not booted since 3 Month now)
Laptop_1: Gentoo Linux / WinXP (can't remember when last booted)
Laptop_2: Gentoo Linux / WinXP (can't remember when last booted)
Netbook: Gentoo Linux / WinXP (can't remember when last booted)
Server: Gentoo Linux
Home server: Gentoo Linux
Work Desktop: Gentoo Linux
Work Cluster: Scientific Linux (with ClusterVision OS)
Mobile Phone: Maemo Linux

[SubCore]

Debian/Lenny on all of my servers and workstations at home
Vista on my company laptop (haven't had the time to install w7 yet)

[willem43]

laptop: ubuntu karmic, dual boot windows xp
3 computers with ubuntu karmic, 1 of them dual boot windows xp
symbian on N95
maemo 5 on N900

[Dollyknot]

64 bit Mandriva 2010 + dual boot Win xp (rarely used.)

Maemo 5 Nokia n900

[pinsh]

laptop: Gentoo
desktop at work: Gentoo
desktop at home: Gentoo
digital picture frame: Gentoo

..pretty boring ;-)

[chemist]

home debian lenny & squeeze (stable & testing)
office µsoft from dos to vista (close to all...) & OSX

[dominik]

laptop: openSUSE 11.2
home workstation: centos 5

[smarsh]

Home and work: OSX 10.5.x
N810: os2008
N900: M5
Me: Homo Sapiens v42(still in alpha)

[xomm]

Stolen from a thread by Arctine

Someone suggested a poll, so here it is.

This is simply for the poll. For actual discussion or remarks, go to the original thread at http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=42338.

Important: I freaking forgot, in a lapse of memory, that Mandriva is RedHat derived. Replace Mandriva with Redhat and variants (Including Fedora and Mandriva)

[rm42]

PCLinuxOS is my main desktop OS. Fedora is my fall back. ;)

[roundyz]

Gentoo Linux

[mrojas]

Windows 7 in my Lenovo T61 laptop. At home, a box with Ubuntu and another with WinXP.

[*Sonic*]

Its a bit unfair to lump Win7 with Vista they are worlds apart LOL

Vista is ME :D

[xomm]

Its a bit unfair to lump Win7 with Vista they are worlds apart LOL

Vista is ME :D

I know. But I ran out of room.

And pause for a moment to think that Vista was pretty much Microsoft's "interim" release for Win7

[*Sonic*]

I know. But I ran out of room.

And pause for a moment to think that Vista was pretty much Microsoft's "interim" release for Win7

I know which is actually quite scarey, at least things are moving in the right direction with Windows 7

It only really dawned on me yesterday that Windows 95 is 15 years old !

[arkanoid]

Well, it is Mandriva being RedHat derivative, not vice versa ;-)

[xomm]

Well, it is Mandriva being RedHat derivative, not vice versa ;-)

Oh dagnabbit... I totally forgot about that...

[fatalsaint]

Just updated my main from Ubuntu 9.10 (koala) to 10.04 Alpha 2 (lynx)... if you game with an ATI card: wouldn't recommend.

Yay for another week of hacking at ATI's drivers to make them compile with a new X server *argh*. Will probably end up having to downgrade the X.

Anyway... on topic: Ubuntu :D

[xomm]

Just updated my main from Ubuntu 9.10 (koala) to 10.04 Alpha 2 (lynx)...

I was so obsessed with my N900 that I forgot about Lynx!

Anywho, I'm not willing to go around and mess with Alpha software anymore since school started up... Who knows what big project might be coming...

My Excuse:

"Sorry Mr. Professor, I.. uh... installed an alpha version of a linux operating system, and it had problems with my ATi graphics card. I can't get OpenOffice to work either. Could you give me an extension? Maybe next year?"

Ah... now back to writing an abstract letter...

[fatalsaint]

"Sorry Mr. Professor, I.. uh... installed an alpha version of a linux operating system, and it had problems with my ATi graphics card. I can't get OpenOffice to work either. Could you give me an extension? Maybe next year?"

Sounds perfectly logical to me... I'd give you one :D

[amarjyoti]

Mandriva, Redhat and OpenSuse all use rpms. But they are not derivates of either one of them.
Mandriva and OpenSuse were derivates of Redhat a long long time back :-)

Well, it is Mandriva being RedHat derivative, not vice versa ;-)

[jkq]

Maemo falls in the "Debian (and variants including Ubuntu)" bucket, right? :D

-jkq

[Arctine]

Stole my thread did you? :P

Nice one for the poll, i of course voted for Debian :)

[sondjata]

Poll explains much of the iPad talk.

[Texrat]

XP64 on workstation, XP on laptop, Ubuntu on a thumb drive for as-needed... and of course Maemo on my N900.

[ARJWright]

Other: Symbian^1 is my main
Others: WinXP, Maemo OS2008 & 5

[sjgadsby]

Someone suggested a poll, so here it is.

This is simply for the poll. For actual discussion or remarks, go to the original thread...

Stole my thread did you?

I've merged your threads while maintaining the poll.

[Arctine]

I've merged your threads while maintaining the poll.

Well, i was joking but cheers.

[TNiga]

Arch Linux and Win XP on desktop and Win 7 on laptop.

[biggzy]

I use Windows XP as im new to linux with the N900, but once iv learnt the basics i will install ubuntu on my laptop.

[lma]

Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenBSD and various embedded Linuxen.

[x61]

Karmic Koala.

[jself]

XP SP3 on my main machine (gaming, music production)

Ubuntu Netbook Remix on the family computer after someone clicked the wrong ad which lead to Spyware/Adware and/or virus and I had enough.

Plus it seems to run a bit better than XP on the Celeron.

[Lullen]

Windows 7! Why? Because it is looking good and it just work wich linux does not :)

[GameboyRMH]

Windows 7! Why? Because it is looking good and it just work wich linux does not :)

Try Kubuntu - looks flashy (a lot of the "Aero" eye candy features were clearly copied from KDE4) and just works.

[jsa]

On the desktop machine I'm running Windows XP and Debian while laptop is OS X.

[earthling]

Your poll didn't allow for virtual machines. I guess that could be listed as "multiple boot", but its not quite the same.

I have some Fedora, some Debian, an Ubuntu, some Windows.

[carolinabluejay]

Laptop running Windows Vista, new netbook on the way with Ubuntu, and desktop in production set to run Open Suse.

[EzInKy]

Gentoo on my main machine, file server, two htpcs. Ubuntu on laptops.

[2disbetter]

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit, Windows 7 Home Premium 32 Bit, Windows XP Tablet, and OS X Snow Lepper.

2d

[Rauha]

Triple booting iMac:

-Main OS = OSX 10.6
-Getting my geek kicks = Ubuntu
-Gaming = Windows XP (currently experiencing serious Mass Effect 2 addictiong. Soon finishing my 4th playtrhough).

[soeiro]

Debian Testing for Home (Desktop)
Kubuntu for Work (Desktop)
Kubuntu for notebook

[zail]

No particular reason... I'm just interested really... (curse my endless curiousity...lol!)

I've got:

Windows XP x 2
Ubuntu x 1
Puppy Linux x 1 to play around with running from a USB stick on an old thin client machine
Win 2K x 1 as a legacy machine
Irix 6.5 on SGI 02 workstation as a historical curiousity


I thought of doing a poll but it would be too complex to specify the options!

[tissot]

Vote could have been interesting still even if it would have been simplified :)

Windows Vista (64bit)
Windows XP (32bit)

[cddiede]

I run CentOS 4.5 with the following Virtual Machines:
WinXP
Solaris 10 update 3
Ubuntu 8.04
Android 1.5 (live CD distro)
OLPC Sugar(Live CD distro)
Xandros

[craftyguy]

This is fairly simple :) :

OSX 10.6
OSX Other
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows Other
Linux Ubuntu
Linux Fedora
Linux Other

[TNiga]

Arch Linux
Windows 7
Windows XP

[qwerty12]

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=42338

XP for me, personally.

[gobuki]

Please use this poll instead: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=42338&highlight=operating+system+poll

Tanks!

EDIT: 1 min too late :)

I'm using Ubuntu at Home and Ubuntu/Windows XP at work.

[cddiede]

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=42338

XP for me, personally.

I wonder why the poll in that original thread doesn't even mention Red Hat based distros like Fedora or CentOS?

[zail]

Ah.. thanks for pointing out the other thread.. I did search but as it has a spelling error in the title ie destop not desktop it didn't appear...

Candidate for spelling correction and merge maybe?

[Heman1310]

Linux Ubuntu
Windows 7 x2
Windows Xp

[jackie_jagger]

Windows 7 ultimate x64

[crisismt]

Windows 7 x64

Previous:

Windows Vista x64
Windows XP x32

[sjgadsby]

The thread "Which desktop OS's do maemo users use?" with twelve posts has been merged into this thread.

[elris]

I started using Maemo on n900, then EasyDebian and finally I tried Ubuntu on my PC, which I like a lot.
Now, I'm wondering which OS most of you are using on your computers. Are you typical Windows users? Or are there many Linux lovers? What about Mac OSX?

[hofman]

I am Windows 7 user,I never had other OS on my computer....but now i am thinking about Linux :-) But i have to learn harder :-)

[Blaizzen]

I have windows 7, but I've also installed Ubuntu as a virtual OS. But I've always tossed around the idea of dual booting with ubuntu, just never had the time to clean my harddrive.

[johnel]

Been using Linux on desktop for about 10 years or so.

Have used Slackware, debian, read hat, mandrake and now settled with Ubuntu.

Upgrading to new versions of Linux does not mean I have to spend money on new PC or components unlike upgrading Windows.

Hardly ever have to boot into Windows now (only for work purposes) or run in virtual machine.

[clasificado]

Linux here.

Mainly ubuntu and gentoo.

Windows sometimes, when wine fails.

[elris]

I have windows 7, but I've also installed Ubuntu as a virtual OS. But I've always tossed around the idea of dual booting with ubuntu, just never had the time to clean my harddrive.

I did the same. I installed VmWare Player and Ubuntu in it. The process was very fast and everything started working very well.
Now I'm using Firefox on Ubuntu. Is it possible that it works faster than Firefox on Windows Vista?

[rpgAmazon]

CP/M running a Windows 7 virtual machine.

[elris]

Been using Linux on desktop for about 10 years or so.

How do you run software like Ovi Suite or other Windows software? Are you using Windows on a virtual machine?

[fieryriver]

I use Winodws 7 Ultimate x64. Since I got the N900 I've tried Ubuntu and it was great but I just can't migrate from win7 to Ubuntu. Maybe in time

[Straycat]

I play Windows XP at work.

Mac OSX Panther on my old Powerbook Pismo.

Debian Testing on my desktop.

Windows mobile 6.1 on my O2 XDA Flame.

Maemo 4 on both my Nokia N800 and N810.

And Maemo 5 on my N900.

I think that's all...

[philh]

Win XP Pro Sp3, just for the games, if I didn't like to swim with black sharks or chasing the seconds down at the nordschleife I would probably had linux only pc.

[stlpaul]

Also using Linux exclusively for about 10 years, no dual-boot. I use Gentoo. It's great to finally have real linux in my phone. :)

Oh, also my TV (Philips) runs Linux and so does my wireless router (DD-WRT).

Before linux on my PC I would Dual-Boot between OS/2 (primary) and Win98 (games & few utils). Before OS/2 I used DOS, multitasking inside of DESQview. :D I've never been a full-time Windows user in my life.

How do I run Ovi Suite or other Windows software? I don't.

[zlatko]

Linux Mandriva on lap-top.
FreeBSD on desk-top.
Maemo5 on palm-top ;-)

[zail]

there's another big thread on this subject with poll:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=42338

[twoboxen]

OSX (10.6) on my MBP
Win7 Ultimate x64 on my pc and laptops at work and my gaming pc at home
ubuntu server on my home server
Maemo5 on my n900 (hopefully dual booting meego/android eclair (or later) by the end of the year)
DD-WRT on my Linksys WRT600N
linux/FFP on my DNS-321 (I love that thing!)

All have advantages :)

[msa]

windows 7. easy and simple.

as a gamer you dont have alternatives, i guess.

[stlpaul]

windows 7. easy and simple.

as a gamer you dont have alternatives, i guess.

Depends on what games you play, many people use PS3 or Xbox 360 and are happy :)

[biggzy]

Windows XP user here, installd Wubi for Ubuntu for dual boot, dnt use it much tho for linux as im still learning.

[philh]

Depends on what games you play, many people use PS3 or Xbox 360 and are happy :)

Those are consoles for kids. I can't see myself owning one.

[vvaz]

At work: Windows7 with cygwin
At home: Mandriva 2010.0 (but most of userspace compiled myself)

[HoddzDJ]

Windows 7. I do have a Mac in the house, they are okay but a few little things are missing that I like too much about Windows. Have always been told about Ubuntu in the past, seen it in action and it looked okay but I couldn't be bothered messing around learning it for weeks on end when I don't really use computers much in the first place.

We shall see what the future holds though...

[anthony_barker]

TV: Ubuntu 9.10 (myth + boxee) Acer Revo
Bedroom: Ubuntu 9.10 on Thinkpad T42
Other bedroom: Ubuntu 9.10 MSI wind
Basement: Ubuntu 9.10 + Windows Vista
Office: XP Dell minitower

Dead computers:
Thinkpad x23 - Ubuntu 6.10

Thinking of replacing the x23 with either an Asus T91MT or holding out until some of the new laptops with USB 3.0 start shipping.

[JMacalinao]

I have Windows 7 and Snow Leopard dual-booting in this PC. I like the challenge of getting OS X to work on a PC, especially on this incompatible configuration -- currently, the only thing not working is the sleep/hibernate feature. On my laptop, it's Win7 and Jolicloud (a Linux OS for netbooks, kinda cool, and easy to install too).

I mostly use Windows for games and for stuff required for school (like, having to code in Visual Studio, etc.), but otherwise, I use OS X or Jolicloud.

Edit: I've just seen another [longer] thread similar to this. Maybe someone can merge these threads...

[That One Guy]

And you created another thread on this subject, why, again? There's already one such thread, look around a bit before you post crap like this. Seriously...

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=42338

Would a mod please merge the two threads?

[johnel]

How do you run software like Ovi Suite or other Windows software? Are you using Windows on a virtual machine?

I used to run Windows via virtualbox (http://www.virtualbox.org/).

Created a 10Gb hd image , inserted win xp cdrom into cd then "booted" the virtual machine. Installed windows absolutely fine. Whenever I need windows just start virtualbox, boot the image and that's it!

I think there are 2 versions of virtualbox - the OSE version but with no usb and the "normal" version which does support USB.

[quipper8]

dual boot a laptop with winxp and ubuntu

winxp desktop at work

maemo 5 n900

[microe]

TV: Gentoo running MythTV 0.21 + Mythbuntu running MythTV 0.21
Home office: Kubuntu 9.10
Work: RHEL 5.4 on everything I work on.

[AndiThebest]

I have installed Ubuntu on the day where Windows Vista were officially anounced :) I'm still loving it... Windows 7 is not bad too but i like working in Linux more, i don't know why... i think its multi-desktop and compiz.
10.04 and 10.10 gets very eye candy, but i was happy with 6.06 too :)

[NokiaRocks]

Ubuntu + Windows 7.
They are very different but I love both :)

[Cthulhu]

I hate all versions of windows with a passion. It's unstable and slow. :mad:

I mainly run Gentoo but have a Ubuntu installed alongside of it, since the VPN commection at work uses SonicWall (Piece of CR*P) and it's one of the few distros the Linux client supports. :(

[mmurfin87]

Windows 7. Easily one of the best OS's ever. Its on my laptop and two of my desktops. If the n900 ran it I would use it exclusively.

I have Ubuntu installed on a home "server" and sometimes I'll VNC into it. I have KDE dual booted onto my laptop but I never use it.

Someday I want to get a macbook pro, but only to laugh at it and say I have mac "experience".

EDIT:

Meant to add that this summer I want to make my own linux desktop and learn each piece. Its my understanding that the kernel can be built with different "modules". So I'm going to look into learning what modules there are, what they do, and build my own kernel. Installing JUST a kernel gives you a terminal, right? Cuz I want to start barebones and install an XServer, then play around with different window managers and choose which one I like and basically build it from the ground up. I'm sure my disdain for linux will only be increased but I want to try this.

[gri]

For development: I'm currently dual-booting a mac-mini with Mac OSX and Windows XP. Both systems access a Ubuntu 10.4 Virtual Machine on a USB hdd attached on it :)

For surfing: Using my eeepc 901 with windows xp all the time :)

[soeiro]

Desktop Home: Debian Testing+KDE
Notebook: Kubuntu
Desktop Work: Kubuntu
Parents': Debian+KDE (it is easier for them and for me, because it doesn't break as often as Windoze)

[thundercat600]

Desktop: openSUSE 11.2
Laptop: Fedora 12 with encryption, mobile broadband and vmware for testing stuff
Servers: openSUSE 11.2 running mythtv
NAS: 5tb qnap nas running linux based distro
Firewall: astaro linux based distro
Work PC: Win7 (if games ran on linux I would get rid of this altogether)

[Laughing Man]

Been dual booting Ubuntu and Windows XP for 4 years now. Thinking about wiping it and making it Ubuntu since I rarely boot into Windows nowadays.

[rkm]

OS X (10.6) on laptop, ubuntu running on virtual machine.

Windows XP on another laptop, haven't used it since I bought the macbook.

[daved]

gentoo for the last few years.

Started with Linux in about 1994 with Slackware when it was installed from 6 floppies. Moved on after a few years to RedHat. When RH went commercial I moved to gentoo rather than Fedora, and never looked back.

My Eee still has Xandros but without the unionfs, however that'll be finally going to gentoo in a couple of weeks.

I run Win 2K in a VM for when I need to get compatible with a customer, but for very little else.

[m165]

OSX 10.5

Switched to a mac a few years ago, I can no longer use Windows without getting frustrated! The same for OSX when I started using a mac at uni, I hated it, but now love it :p

Did use Ubuntu at one point, but I need the Adobe Creative Suite, so unfortunatly couldn't stick with it :(

[Ronaldo]

Windows 7 64bit Pro Edition. Was free from my MSDN :D

[blue_led]

laptops: ubuntu ( my mini9 laptop ), win xp ( company laptop )
servers: vmware hypervisor , guest vm ( descending ordered ) -> solaris, redhat, ubuntu, w2k3, w2k, xp
I never seen/need w7 and touch ( & puke ) vista 2 times in my life. m$ is over for me

[turnik]

Work: desktop - WinXP SP3
Home; laptop - Fedora12
Mobile: N900 - Maemo5

[steev182]

Home
Ubuntu 10.10 Server
Mac Mini G4 as desktop (need to change this for something newer as even with more RAM it struggles with iTunes, Safari, couple of Terminals open)
PS3 (waiting for GeoHot)
Mobile
Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop on Netbook
Maemo 5 (of course)
WM6.1 for work (eugh)
Work
Windows XP

[superjunior]

Laptop

Mandriva 2010.0 / E17
Vbox: WinXP

[zoner]

linux mint on everything

it's perfect for me out of the box, and i like green!

[Switch_]

W7 Ultimate x64 on the desktop and W7 Ultimate x86 on the lappie, cos the poor little chip can only process 32bit info.... Maybe ketchup would help - you know, grease those 64bit chunks up so they could pass through more easily?

Can't really be running anything else as my lady and nipper don't know anything other than windows. The shift from XP to W7 terrified them enough, I can't traumatise them any more with a command line interface.

Besides. I love W7. It's preeeeeeetty.....

[Bundyo]

openSUSE 11.2 on a X4 Desktop at home.
openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 4 / MeeGo latest trunk on my EeePC 1000H.

Windows 7 at work (MS ASP.NET required). I hate the little quirks they introduced in W7.

[filologen]

Trisquel 3.5 Awen, one of a few really free GNU/linux distributions! (home and at work).

[Scharel]

Main OS Ubuntu 9.10
Windows7 in VirtualBox, on an extra partition and at work.

I love Ubuntu, very userfriendly and fast after set up properly.
For some things you need a Windows and I think Win7 is really accaptable.
(and I dont like MacOS because I dont like Apple, they are doing everythin wrong what Microsoft did in the past)

[Scharel]

Trisquel 3.5 Awen, one of a few really free GNU/linux distributions! (home and at work).

interesting, I will try this in virtualBox...

[achiral]

How do you run software like Ovi Suite or other Windows software? Are you using Windows on a virtual machine?

Who needs such software, when having a N900?

The cool thing is, that you can copy all files you need by scp.
Every update is done by apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

So no need for any Ovi Suite. And there is not much windows Software that cannot be replaced by Linux software.

I am a Linux user for 15 years now. And the last 6 exclusive Linux.

[buurmas]

For any Linux noobs interested in giving it a serious look, I would recommend running Wubi if you're a Windows user. It is a Windows program. You run it from Windows & it sets you up to dual-boot to Ubuntu. You can even uninstall it from Windows if you don't like it. Very cool!

If you want to try other versions of Linux (distros), you can create Live CDs. But my favorite method is to use the free VMWare Player. There are lots of free "appliances" for it where you get just download a file, open it in VMWare Player, and just as easy as that you're running Linux as a virtual machine within Windows (or whatever).

If anyone is seriously considering migrating to Linux from Windows, I recommend that you start by switching to apps that run not just under Windows but under Windows and Linux both. For example, Firefox for browsing not IE, OpenOffice.org for office stuff (or Google Docs or AbiWord & Gnumeric) not MS Office, etc. Then, when you run Linux, instead of saying "Wha? Where are my apps?", you'll feel much more at home.

Also, note that some Windows programs can be run within Linux using Wine (http://appdb.winehq.org/). I think that's how Google created its Linux version of Picasa.

There are also lots of "Windows to Linux" migration resources on the web, like the "Going Linux" site / podcast.

Meant to add that this summer I want to make my own linux desktop and learn each piece. Its my understanding that the kernel can be built with different "modules". So I'm going to look into learning what modules there are, what they do, and build my own kernel. Installing JUST a kernel gives you a terminal, right? Cuz I want to start barebones and install an XServer, then play around with different window managers and choose which one I like and basically build it from the ground up. I'm sure my disdain for linux will only be increased but I want to try this.
For people in your situation, I have heard Gentoo recommended most frequently.

[CrashandDie]

W7 Ultimate x64 on the desktop and W7 Ultimate x86 on the lappie, cos the poor little chip can only process 32bit info.... Maybe ketchup would help - you know, grease those 64bit chunks up so they could pass through more easily?

Can't really be running anything else as my lady and nipper don't know anything other than windows. The shift from XP to W7 terrified them enough, I can't traumatise them any more with a command line interface.

Besides. I love W7. It's preeeeeeetty.....

Wrong answer: your "lady and nipper" probably only use the browser to check their email and facebook. Do you honestly believe that Linux would require you to use the CLI for that?

[rich c]

SimplyMepis (http://www.mepis.org/). Using version 8.0 with default KDE on my main desktop but have added LXDE for use with the lower powered (Sub 1ghz) machines I've got. Mrs. C has a vista laptop. Urgh. :p

[Trek1701]

Long time Linux user...

My linux flavours? Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu and DSL.

My laptop is running Fedora 12. One desktop is with Ubuntu.
It's been some time since I last used Debian or DSL, specially the last.

Enjoy the freedom!

[pinsh]

Nice to see so many fellow gentoo users here :-).

[UNderworld]

Win7 Ultimate 64bit....
xp on desktop..

had ubuntu, but never managed to do anything useful with it... Seemed to me that I was going backwards.. from GUI(win) to Command line(xterm for everything)..

[jaeezzy]

Debian 5.0 and Windows Vista dual in a poor Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop without a battery :D

[aspidites]

Arch Linux on my laptop exclusively

[ZShakespeare]

Windows 7. There's really no call for anything else. I have an Ubuntu VM for Java/C++ coding and a Windows XP VM for some cruddy old proprietary assembler I need to write code for. The VMs help me separate work from play.

[Techark]

Windows Vista on 2 PC's. Windows XP on 2 PC's and a laptop, Windows 7 on 3 laptops
CentOS 5 on a PC and CentOS 4 and 5 on 200 servers.

[hans51]

I run (since 12 years) openSUSE 11.2, always newest versions. also on my 4 servers for my website all openSUSE,
Desktop environment KDE 4.x

[hans51]

Anything of importance strictly on Linux - openSUSE. I work with my computer and online, thus I love security, stability and efficiency in my working environment / Desktop. 12 years ago I made my choice FOR Linux and thus against troubles.

[Flandry]

Thread "Which OS are you using on your desktop?" with 52 replies has been merged here.

[DJRedline]

Running Windows Vista

But just dual-booted with Ubuntu but having problems with it picking up my wireless card

[Trek1701]

Debian and Fedora.

[Turkishflavor]

I believe Windows 7 is so much better than Vista and in my opinion Windows 7 is the best OS by Microsoft ever! ;)

[redman]

On all systems (several desktops, a laptop and one server) I have CentOS 5.5 running.

[jperez2009]

Laptop is running Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 exclusively. My desktop PC is "out of commission" until I buy a new one and build it from scratch.* PC was running Windows 7 Ultimate with Lucid via Wubi. Was planning to transfer the filesystem and replace the Windows partition with it, but that's another reason I had to decommission it.

So yeah, Linux exclusively on laptop with WinXP via VirtualBox for my work at the Salvation Army. People are using Win7 there and were testing out alternate server methods using a combination of Ubuntu Server with TurnKey Linux Domain Controller and WinXP Home running on the server using headless VBox so it can handle being an image scanner server...don't ask...

* - Motherboard is causing major crashes and stalls in both Windows and Linux, so I knew it was a hardware issue and all individual parts were tested. Motherboard has run its course.

Jesse~

[paai]

If there are so many Linux users, why is there no syncing of calendars between the N900 and Linux?

[zoner]

If there are so many Linux users, why is there no syncing of calendars between the N900 and Linux?

<and in walks the pink elephant>

great question, I've been so curious about what this "PC Suite" thing is, I've almost fired up my windows partition just to see.

I guess nokia figured most people use windows so they cater to that crowd, something linux folks are used to.

[linuxeventually]

Let's see...

Ubuntu, Fedora, Gentoo.
Ubuntu, XP.
Embedded linux (NAS).

That's at the moment - was running openSUSE, Sabayon, Puppy and jokingly Mer previously.

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@paai
As far as calendars, have you considered just using Google Calendar? Alternatively, Thunderbird+Lightning (or digging up Sunbird) should work in EasyDebian chroot.

[redman]

I guess nokia figured most people use windows so they cater to that crowd ...

Might be more a point of commercial thinking: since most computers are sold with Windows, the big companies write their software first for Windows.

[Seraphim Works]

Just running Win7 on the desktop and laptop, the diy server I knocked up is running a rather unreliable Windows Home Server setup.

[pkubaj]

1. Ubuntu 10.04.1 x86 on the laptop, but I'm going to switch to Fedora 13 x86 today
2. Debian 5.0.6 x86 on my old desktop
3. Arch Linux x64 on my current desktop
4. FreeBSD 8.1 x64 on my current desktop
5. Windows XP SP3 on my current desktop
6. Windows 7 x64 on my current desktop
And so I run quadruple boot on my desktop :P

[anthonie]

Gentoo (love the fact there's no need for version numbering a.k.a. hail emerge)
Ubuntu 10.4
WindowsXP
OSx

And I really should add Maemo to that list as my n900 is more and more used as something very close to a desktop computer :)

[RiD]

on my desktop i use Windows 7 x64only (because it's a gaming rig)

On my laptop i use Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 (both x86, mostly i am on Ubuntu)

And Maemo5 on my 'Mobile Desktop', Nokia N900 :D :D :D

[aligatro]

Windows 7 right now :( Forced to use it. But also have ubuntu 10.04 x64 on 2nd and 3nd partitions.