Operating System Poll

MistaMiyagi · Dream Team

Let's see what kind of computers us bees use for our daily tasks...
That way, we can tailor the discussion to the most common environment...

mind · Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:02 pm

running XP without all the extra visual options here on my main box.
on my laptop XP and windows server 2003 [dual-boot].
also playing around a bit with various linux distro's but nothing too serious..

spincity_hustla · Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:52 pm

usually xp with no frills, killed my box and am forced into 98 which may as well be the 7th sublevel of hell. trying out some linux as well.

Guest · Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:06 am

W2k Pro
I think this is NOT the same as WinXP.

MargaretThatcher · Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:39 am

OpenBSD. The most secure operating system.

MistaMiyagi · Dream Team

W2k is not the same as XP. XP is a prettified update to 2000, although a lot of the internals are the same.

OpenBSD is the most secure operating system only when properly administered. Even a Commodore 64, in the wrong hands, can be secure... although Microsoft seems to put more things in for crackers to play with than other companies.

MM

Guest · Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:24 am

After the best of my knowledge Open VMS is the most secure OS - you need an Alpha to run it though. Old Alphas are pretty cheap to get sometimes, I always thought I will get me one someday. Just for the fun.

Any OS has to be properly administrated for being more or less secure.
I agree that FreeBSD is by now the most preferable OS for servers. W2k is the best desktop OS as I believe - its very stable and the mass of applications is the hit. (not installing anything is of course a must for keeping the system useable - but thats true for Linux too)

/ORG

squidippy · Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:34 am

I run XPpro on all three.(Lan)

I have W2K, but it's too complex for my uses, really.
IMHO W2K is the "server" version of that platform,
with XPpro being the cleaned up, extra bells and whistles removed version,
and XP home, the basic "terminal" for the end-user.

lemuralia · Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:25 pm

OpenVMS on my alphabook laptop.

I run various other operating-systems on my main workstation through vmware.Xmach,Herd,Minix, to name a few.

MargaretThatcher · Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:36 pm

I suppose it all depends on what you are trying to do. If I recall, the most secure webserver was the old Apple Mac. The coding was extremely tight and there wasn't a single case of the server being hacked. For a reasonably secure desktop, I'd use something like SUSE Linux - easy to install and administer and secure by default. With OpenBSD, you have a rock solid, secure installation and can still run KDE, OpenOffice etc. on the top.

methyl_ethyl · Riedel De Haen

Mac OSX.3.8

not interested in getting into Macintosh vs. pc wars.

I only know what is good for me....

I would be interested in a Waters vs. Agilent discussion in the Friday night forum however, :wink:

much_love

methyl_ethyl

java · Consumer

IBook G4 running Mac OS 10.3.8 a very good system ..........java

niemand · Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:20 am

Debian on all systems. Sid on server, Sarge on desktop and laptop. If anyone has heard that it's diffcult to use: that's not longer true.

cu

nazlfrag · Sun Feb 27, 2005 12:39 am

I'm running a debian distro and winXP in a dual boot config,

I find debian wins for real tasks which tend to crash the old bill...

but I still run NT4 on my laptop.. i'm hoping the hackers will forget how to break in.. Smile

i'm thinking about a debian distro for the laptop but have no idea about laptop compatability issues, anybody tried it??

mind · Sun Feb 27, 2005 6:43 pm