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Title: OS?
Post by: Toomanypuppies on June 24, 2008, 07:33:16 PM: i know theres probably been a topic like this before but id like to know what you have been using as an OS.

Personally im on win XP 32bit (sp4) but im thinking about making the switch to Ubuntu
Title: OS?
Post by: Jason on June 24, 2008, 11:20:19 PM: Windows XP with service pack 2.

Wanna see a trick? It's called WINdoes. Its the obvious choice.
Title: OS?
Post by: Firefly on June 25, 2008, 05:23:36 AM: Windows XP on desktop, Ubuntu 7.10 on laptop.
Title: OS?
Post by: Mythic on June 25, 2008, 05:47:18 AM: There's no SP4, third is latest.

Windows XP SP2 Professional 5.1.2600 32-bit myself.
Title: OS?
Post by: Barney on June 25, 2008, 06:05:15 AM: XP Pro (32bit) SP2
Title: OS?
Post by: Sucre on June 25, 2008, 06:35:50 AM: I use WinBord it's an "Prefect" S.O it's really perfect... Games work awesome, it's fast, can use up to 3 ram, the skin is of course vista ones, it's light as hell.
Title: OS?
Post by: Shifftee on June 25, 2008, 07:11:26 AM: WXP(64bit)
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Post by: Ev0x on June 25, 2008, 07:35:40 AM: XP Pro SP2+ Coccinelle
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Post by: Smacktard on June 25, 2008, 07:53:23 AM: Vista Home Premium.
Title: OS?
Post by: JayFoxRox on June 25, 2008, 09:10:43 AM: Quote from: Sucre
I use WinBord it's an "Prefect" S.O it's really perfect... Games work awesome, it's fast, can use up to 3 ram, the skin is of course vista ones, it's light as hell.

Could you give more explanations? I have never ever heard of this before and neither wiki nor search engines seem to know this..

I have been using Fedora here and there (http://fedoraproject.org/), however I still didn't have the nuts to completly move over to Fedora so for now I use WinXP SP2 all the time.

Another thing which looks great is ReactOS and it has great potential, I m also making my own OS as a fun project but didn't have time for getting the thing working so far
My personal opinion is that the microsoft operating systems are overloaded with useless crap and that linux started to follow the same way, but instead of releasing the os in a whole, the linux-groups seem to chop everything so it gets even more complex. In the future, microsoft operating systems will come to an end, the trend will be some sort of emulation software for easily switching between different OS (cause there are so many standards).
Title: OS?
Post by: Labiloute on June 25, 2008, 10:24:16 AM: Quote from: Barney
XP Pro (32bit) SP2
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Post by: godson on June 25, 2008, 10:26:47 AM: Windows XP Pro SP3 32Bit
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Post by: Laketown on June 25, 2008, 10:54:55 AM: XP Pro SP2 32 bit
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Post by: Lyserg on June 25, 2008, 11:52:13 AM: XP Pro (32bit) SP2
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Post by: FIGHTER on June 25, 2008, 12:48:46 PM: XP SP2 (32) and Vista Home premium
Title: OS?
Post by: tacojoe on June 25, 2008, 08:20:51 PM: First, I had WinXP Media Center. Now I got WinXP Pro 64-bit and it sucks ass. Half of the games don't work :/. Now, I'm going to switch back to WinXP Media Center.
Title: OS?
Post by: Toomanypuppies on June 25, 2008, 08:46:22 PM: Quote from: Mythic
There's no SP4, third is latest.
woops, i guess that was an uneducated assumption. i have 2or 3 then i think. could someone give me some info on Ubuntu games wise?
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Post by: UtterGarbage on June 25, 2008, 08:58:21 PM: Vista home premium... good way to blow a few hundred bucks
Title: OS?
Post by: GT-7 on June 26, 2008, 02:21:04 AM: Quote from: UtterGarbage
Vista home premium... good way to blow a few hundred bucks

Bad way to blow few hundred bucks. XP is douple more effective when playing games than Vista. There have been made tests to proof it.
Title: OS?
Post by: Mythic on June 26, 2008, 05:27:53 AM: Start -> Control Panel -> System, for those who doesn't know how to check it.
Title: OS?
Post by: Firefly on June 26, 2008, 05:29:30 AM: Quote from: toomanypuppies
Quote from: Mythic
There's no SP4, third is latest.
woops, i guess that was an uneducated assumption. i have 2or 3 then i think. could someone give me some info on Ubuntu games wise?
Games and Ubuntu don't mix. Most mainstream games need Windows components such as DirectX to run. Ubuntu does have a program that emulates any Windows version, but I've only gotten some relatively simple Windows programs to work, such as Photoshop. Games don't usually work,Â at least new ones.

Ubuntu is much better and smoother for everyday stuff though, which is why I recommend a dual boot. I have both XPÂ and Ubuntu on my laptopÂ and IÂ use Ubuntu for everyday stuff such as browsing theÂ interwebs and when I feel like gaming, I boot into XP. There are very simple guidesÂ on how to do this, and the Ubuntu community is very supportive when you need help with anything.

Plus, it's free
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Post by: Taz on June 26, 2008, 05:33:17 AM: XP Pro SP2. Had Vista before, but it didn't take long before I changed...
Title: OS?
Post by: FIGHTER on June 26, 2008, 05:36:01 AM: Quote from: firefly
Quote from: toomanypuppies
Quote from: Mythic
There's no SP4, third is latest.
woops, i guess that was an uneducated assumption. i have 2or 3 then i think. could someone give me some info on Ubuntu games wise?
Games and Ubuntu don't mix. Most mainstream games need Windows components such as DirectX to run. Ubuntu does have a program that emulates any Windows version, but I've only gotten some relatively simple Windows programs to work, such as Photoshop. Games don't usually work,Â at least new ones.

Ubuntu is much better and smoother for everyday stuff though, which is why I recommend a dual boot. I have both XPÂ and Ubuntu on my laptopÂ and IÂ use Ubuntu for everyday stuff such as browsing theÂ interwebs and when I feel like gaming, I boot into XP. There are very simple guidesÂ on how to do this, and the Ubuntu community is very supportive when you need help with anything.

Plus, it's free
Dual boot ftw btw Sounds good, maybe gonna buy a new Harddisk and instal triple boot possible?
Title: OS?
Post by: Firefly on June 26, 2008, 05:55:27 AM: Sure, as long as they're on different hard drives/partitions, you can have unlimited OSs. You might run into some problems with bootloaders conflicting and stuff, but those are pretty easy to fix with all the guides and tutorials out there.

I was running a triple boot on a single HD when I was trying different linux-based OSs on my laptop.
Title: OS?
Post by: JayFoxRox on June 26, 2008, 08:46:06 AM: Quote from: firefly
Quote from: toomanypuppies
Quote from: Mythic
There's no SP4, third is latest.
woops, i guess that was an uneducated assumption. i have 2or 3 then i think. could someone give me some info on Ubuntu games wise?
Games and Ubuntu don't mix. Most mainstream games need Windows components such as DirectX to run. Ubuntu does have a program that emulates any Windows version, but I've only gotten some relatively simple Windows programs to work, such as Photoshop. Games don't usually work,Â at least new ones.

Ubuntu is much better and smoother for everyday stuff though, which is why I recommend a dual boot. I have both XPÂ and Ubuntu on my laptopÂ and IÂ use Ubuntu for everyday stuff such as browsing theÂ interwebs and when I feel like gaming, I boot into XP. There are very simple guidesÂ on how to do this, and the Ubuntu community is very supportive when you need help with anything.

Plus, it's free

Wine = Wine is NOT (an) Emulator

Nearly all games from DirectX7 up to DirectX9 work perfect on linux these days, you might have to make specific changes for some games but it shouldn't be too hard.
All of these games seem to work fine for me:

America's Army
Armadillo Run Demo
Atomic Bomberman
Barrel Mania
Bontago
Counter-Strike 1.6
Counter-Strike Source
Frets on Fire
GTA SA
GTA VC
GTA3
GTR2
Halo
JelloCar
Little Big Adventure
Little Big Adventure 2
Mop of Destiny
MTA SA
NewtonPlayGround
Penumbra - Episode Eins
Phoenix Dynasty
PuffBomb
Ragdoll Masters
Re-Volt
RollerCoaster Tycoon
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
Rudi
Snowboard Assassins
Soldat
Steam
StepMania
Stunt Playground
Super Mario War
SWAT 4
TileRacer
Timeshock
TM-Nations-Forever
Trampoline
Vietcong
Warsow
Zero Ballistics

Most of them better under Fedora Linux than they work under windows.
Unreal 3 was still not released for Linux, but I hope it will be out soon, that will make it possible to run tons of games natively on linux.
Title: OS?
Post by: Firefly on June 26, 2008, 10:01:29 AM: I know what Wine stands for, and that it's not an emulator per se, but that's the best way I could describe it. I'm aware that you can get games running, but if you already have Windows (which you probably do if you own PC games) it's not worth the hassle in my opinion. It seems to be very configuration-dependent though. I read a guide on how to install a specific game with a specific version of Wine and it seemed to work for most people but crashed for some (including myself).
Title: OS?
Post by: Sucre on June 26, 2008, 10:50:12 AM: Quote from: JayFoxRox
Quote from: Sucre
I use WinBord it's an "Prefect" S.O it's really perfect... Games work awesome, it's fast, can use up to 3 ram, the skin is of course vista ones, it's light as hell.

Could you give more explanations? I have never ever heard of this before and neither wiki nor search engines seem to know this..

I have been using Fedora here and there (http://fedoraproject.org/), however I still didn't have the nuts to completly move over to Fedora so for now I use WinXP SP2 all the time.

Another thing which looks great is ReactOS and it has great potential, I m also making my own OS as a fun project but didn't have time for getting the thing working so far
My personal opinion is that the microsoft operating systems are overloaded with useless crap and that linux started to follow the same way, but instead of releasing the os in a whole, the linux-groups seem to chop everything so it gets even more complex. In the future, microsoft operating systems will come to an end, the trend will be some sort of emulation software for easily switching between different OS (cause there are so many standards).

Sorry my bad. It's WinBORG and it's FAST , LIGHT , nicely designed, it's a rebuilded XP by a kid.
Title: OS?
Post by: FIGHTER on June 26, 2008, 10:52:44 AM: im gonna buy 2 new Harddisk and install 4 boot
Title: OS?
Post by: Technogeek on June 28, 2008, 04:22:57 PM: Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit) Service Pack 1
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Post by: Ralleee on June 28, 2008, 04:39:47 PM: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit Service Pack 1
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Post by: KillaMarci on June 28, 2008, 06:47:13 PM: xp
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Post by: Herb on June 28, 2008, 11:45:15 PM: Quote from: Technogeek
Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit) Service Pack 1
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Post by: Shizzle on June 29, 2008, 05:00:30 AM: Vista Home Premium 32bit.
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Post by: Rodall Juhziz on July 01, 2008, 07:55:35 AM: Vista Ultimate 64 bit
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Post by: kr3mlin on July 01, 2008, 08:00:02 AM: XP Pro SP2 32 bit

I find it funny Vista has already had a service pack