What's Your Current OS

**ninja9578** · 05-29-2007 02:14 PM

I like good operating systems, so I voted Mac OS

I also use Ubuntu occasionally though.

**naikou** · 05-29-2007 07:27 PM

I use Ubuntu only - I never want to use windows again, if I can avoid it.

**sourcejedi** · 05-29-2007 08:30 PM

I'm much more comfortable with Linux. Partly because its just what I'm used to, partly because it isn't insecure by default or a primary target for malware.

But also because I can understand it. I tolerate gaps in the field of GUI, wizards and proprietary compatibility because I'm much more confident that I know what's going on, or can find out. I'm not just curious; if something doesn't work I'm happier reading docs and prodding. As opposed to reinstalling from scratch because I can't find out what's wrong, relying on monopolistic companies to reveal the secrets and defects of their own products, or trying to reverse engineer what I've bought (let's see, if I press this button it doesn't seem to work; what happens if I twiddle this bit first...). I'm not claiming I read the source code of each program before I use it, just when the Source is Open, the software tends to be more open.