Which Operating System do you prefer?

[kbjradmin]

i went with ubuntu. i'm relatively new to linux, but i've been using it for about a month and i love it!

[gautham]

Linux for everything expect gaming. ( Soon im going to try to download drivers for linux and see if it works to game on it!)

Lol, you dont have drivers in Linux. You only have kernel modules and patches. :laugh:

If you want to game in Linux, I suggest you to install a software called Play On Linux. (I assume you are part of the ubuntu crowd).

It uses WINE as a backend and can instantly install a good number of windows games on linux and emulate the windows environment to play windows games.

[frankfriend]

I voted for Vista, but if I had a Mac I'd vote for Leopard.

[Energritz]

I use XP for the Huge library that avaliable to it, the amount of vast software thats avaliable for windows is huge, sure mac is good and generally geared towards the creative side of things, linux and the rest that fits the linix catagory is generally for the professional coder & power user.
Vista is primialy used for those who brought a new pc and arent to competent in computers and just stick with it, for me i wont use vista as it used way to much resources and has many bugs on it. win2k is ok, its getting rather old though and its time has passed, but also at the same time being to restrictive in some area on what you can do on the system has its cons, runs great on sub 1Ghz pcs & 512ram or less, but with xp being worked on alot over the year is the most stable windows and least restrictive, plays games well and the majority of people the use it, wont upgrade to vista unless needed to.

[xav0989]

I still have a PC, and I will always have a PC because almost everything is made for PCs. Also there is the fact that now, I've always been buying new PCs, which means that 98, XP, and Vista where pre-installed. However, for my next computer, I am playing to buy an used one, upgrade some components, and install ubuntu or kubuntu, as I am going to use it as my developing server/computer.

[geirgrusom]

I use windows vista on my usual development machine, and have become pretty addicted to .NET.

I used Ubuntu for a while, but it had way too many issues, especially with installing applications, which can be ridiculously difficult at times (depending on the application)
And the sound system in linux is as bad as it gets, wtf where they thinking. It's like a time machine back to 1990.

What I do like about Linux though is how easy C development is. You need a library? just apt-get it, no configuration needed, which is great. When I download sources from other people on windows, I usually have to edit the project configuration since my libraries are located elsewhere, which can be a hassle at times. And why the hell doesn't a C++ compiler ship with windows? It definately should.
Also the amount of control you get with the console is a blessing/curse in linux at times.

[jessew]

Windows 7 FTW. Although I still have a dual-boot with XP and Ubuntu.

[juanfragar]

X/ubuntu

[rahulkhatri]

I use windows vista ultimate
I love aero and its animation and the ultimate extras

[farscapeone]

SuSe 11.1 there's not point explaining