benjaminmorgan Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Which operating system do you use and prefer and why? Which is easiest to code on etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 I'm a fan of Mac OSX due to the easy availability of the terminal if I need it, plus a nice user interface and consistency/integration with my other devices. Having a Mac makes it easy to test different web browsers, since I can run Windows in a virtual machine and near instantly have access to older versions of IE without having to reboot (plus Firefox/Chrome/etc. on my Mac). There are some apps out there (Coda, Espresso) for coding that I'd really miss if I switched back to Windows. All that said, it's really a personal preference thing. There are good coding apps for Windows too, and it really depends on what you are comfortable with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjaminmorgan Posted September 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Hmm, I wonder about everyone else. I have Windows 7 Home Premium and I have Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, IE, and IE tester which has the versions 5.5+ and I use that a lot. I am new to these forums. Do people post here often? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 I am new to these forums. Do people post here often? Depends on the day sometimes. I'm on quite a bit, but things usually slow down over the weekends and pick up a bit during the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSW Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 At work we use Windows XP, but next year should get new machines with Windows 7 as that is what our users are using. At home I have a Dell Netbook, so Windows 7 Starter... bloody worthless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjaminmorgan Posted November 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 I'm a fan of Mac OSX due to the easy availability of the terminal if I need it, plus a nice user interface and consistency/integration with my other devices. Having a Mac makes it easy to test different web browsers, since I can run Windows in a virtual machine and near instantly have access to older versions of IE without having to reboot (plus Firefox/Chrome/etc. on my Mac). There are some apps out there (Coda, Espresso) for coding that I'd really miss if I switched back to Windows. If you are willing to set all that up and understand the terminal then the Mac is probably for you mtoagtechnology but for me I prefer to stick to something I know well. Windows 7. I would like to learn terminal though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 If you are willing to set all that up and understand the terminal then the Mac is probably for you mtoagtechnology but for me I prefer to stick to something I know well. Windows 7. I would like to learn terminal though. Just pointing out... you don't have to touch the terminal if you are on a Mac -- it's just an optional feature that makes things easier for some people. There really isn't anything to set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsmith1981 Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 I personally use Centos Linux for my Web and Email servers, which I host myself, just was fascinated by making my own hosted server that's really only got resources by way of bandwidth for just me, gets by though but it only gets a maximum of 2mb but it has 3 old P3 processors so it's quite small really but with about well above 10GB of RAM so it's quite neat really, got it free from a colleague of mine (what my wordpress blog runs on actually). I also run on that IIS on a different port (since I only have 1 public facing IP address) and use that for the Microsoft side of it, on the same physical computer but as 2 different virtual hosts using Paravirtualization using Xen. I also have a what I call a work station I have done various things on which I had on a dual boot I should say now Windows XP and Centos Linux aswell (thought I did also have a authenticated method too evem on XP to Linux) so some users had to exist as a user on a server to be allowed on my workstation, just wanted to see what I could do with it. I like both really for different reasons but never really considered a Mac to be honest, not that I am against them for designers it's great but to be honest I think their way over priced personally. That's my thoughts anyways, I get my kicks highs out of developing applications not designing, Jez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andersonjohn Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 I use windows XP and Windows vista... both sucks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bevisblaine25 Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) I consider myself fairly versatile when it comes to O/S selection. I have used DOS/Windows PC's all my life, switched my main laptop to Mac two years ago, and have used numerous flavors of Unix/Linux/BSD while studying for my Comp.Sci. degree. Edited March 5, 2012 by Andrea Link Deleted - No SPAM please!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faheem21 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 i prefer Linux just beacuse no virus can enter and no data could be lost of your hard work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheochi Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Linux operating system is super-fast and great-looking and it is much more secured than any other Windows OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markvs Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Been playing around with Ubuntu(Linux) on an older window computer that just keep crashing using windows xp. It looks promising and Ubuntu offers some free cloud backup as well. You might check it out... ubuntu-dot-com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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