what operating system ?

Walking Tree · Post by **Walking Tree** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 12:53 pm

I'd like to know what operating systems members of this forum use...

Sabarai · Post by **Sabarai** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:52 pm

Nice to put Windows XP in the list

Walking Tree · Post by **Walking Tree** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:54 pm

Windows XP usually counts as "Windows 32-bit". Since there are so many different versions of windows and variants of linux, bsd or whatever, i only put in "families" and processors. Windows XP could be x64 as well.

Fonkay · Post by **Fonkay** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:00 pm

I use Windows of some sort. Damned if I know which one.

Walking Tree · Post by **Walking Tree** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:07 pm

I see people need some clarification:

Windows users: you are most likely running a 32-bit windows. However, on amd64 computers you can install a special "x64" edition, this is not very widely used yet i blieve.

Linux users: most PCs are x86, and even if you have a amd64 (x86_64) processor, you may be running x86 linux, though the percentage of x86_64 linuxes on amd64 is much higher than x64<->32bit on windows AFAIK.

Mac users: you are bound to be runing powerpc. every G3, G5 etc is a PPC. However, Apple recently decided to move to intel processors.

klax · Post by **klax** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:45 pm

Dual boot here:
- Windows XP Professional (32bit)
- Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.04 Development Branch amd64 (linux x86_64) with an inside chroot of Ubuntu Breezy Badger 5.10 i386

But these days I'm also tempted to try Nexenta (a complete GNU-based open source operating system built on top of the OpenSolaris kernel and runtime: http://www.gnusolaris.org/gswiki)

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:27 pm

Mac OS X on a PPC7457 (AKA G4 1.1

), but I want to try Linux sometime.

Post by **Tank Program** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:47 pm

I run x86 linux on 11 computers, x86_64 on one, and windows on 3 computers. I have 13 computers total. How many dual boot?

Walking Tree · Post by **Walking Tree** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:50 pm

I say 2...

and one must be running only windows - shame on you !

Post by **Tank Program** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:51 pm

Walking Tree wrote:I say 2...

correct.

Walking Tree wrote:and one must be running only windows - shame on you !

it's the machine my parents use... so shame on them

Walking Tree · Post by **Walking Tree** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:11 pm

Tank Program wrote:
Walking Tree wrote:and one must be running only windows - shame on you !
it's the machine my parents use... so shame on them

fair enough

Phytotron · Post by **Phytotron** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:44 pm

Walking Tree wrote:Mac users: you are bound to be runing powerpc. every G3, G5 etc is a PPC. However, Apple recently decided to move to intel processors.

If I remember correctly, that's not going to kick in for some time. Perhaps a few years? Very doubtful anyone, anywhere currently has a Mac with Intel inside. (Speaking of consumers, of course.)

Post by **Lucifer** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 10:03 pm

They had announced they were going to release the first intel-based macs next year, and that was what, 4 months ago?

Right now, you have to rent a development system from Apple for ~$1000 to port your apps to the new system, and when you're done you have to give it back and sign NDAs and crap about it.

Apple is evil, but we've always known that.

Sabarai · Post by **Sabarai** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 10:18 pm

Walking Tree wrote:I say 2...

Can also be 1 triple boot...

(If it's possible to do, I don't know..

)

Post by **Lucifer** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 10:25 pm

It's possible, Sab. I've had two Linuxes and two Windowses all on the same box until I realized what a waste of hard drive space 3 of those OSes were.

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