Do You Run Pure Linux? -- A Poll

[Dark Ninja]

Okay, this poll was inspired by a similar thread on Gentoo's forums. I'm curious -- how many people here run a pure Linux system? Or...are you someone who dual boots.

Personally, I'm only running Gentoo -- and that's it. ;)

The same rules that applied to the poll I found here apply.

If you run two different versions of Linux, you are not dual booting. It has to be two (or more) completely different operating systems. Can't wait to see the results! Thanks!

[bsm2001]

only because the USPS Shipping Assistant won't work with wine.

[Loki3]

On my iBook I dual-boot Gentoo and OS X. The family's computer dual-boots Mandrake 10 and Windows98. All other x86s machines run pure Linux.

I use OS X for iTunes and because the wireless NIC isn't supported under Linux. Windows98 is reserved for tax software.

On the dual boot machines Linux gets about 80% of the use.

[Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379]

Okay... I'll bite.

Box #1: DRAGON:
WinXP
RH Enterprise Linux AS 3.1
FreeBSD-current

Box #2: "tower" :
NetBSD-i386 1.6.2 STABLE

Box #3: "sparc" :
NetBSD-sparc32 1.6.2 STABLE

Box #4: Mothra:
MacOS 9.1
DebianPPC-unstable

Box#5: Rodan:
MacOS 9.1
MacOS X.2.1
DebianPPC-unstable

There wasn't an option for "which one?" ;) Technically, I single-boot, dual-boot, and triple-boot!

[anmaxp]

I Dual boot Suse 9.1 and Xp cause I use macromedia studio for web design

[cookiedan]

Currently I have Mandrake 8.2 and 10.0 on this computer. Someday I'll have to put XP back on it to keep my wife happy, I think. Unless I can get either my Greeeting Card Factory working under WINE (haven't tried it yet) or find a Linux equivilent to it.

[thread_killer]

Heh.... Nothing dual boots, but damn do I have a lot of machines running in my house.

Full time boxes:
One Windows XP pro (I play Star Wars Galaxies...that's all it's used for)
One Mac OS X (panther, my wife's Powerbook)
One SuSE Pro 9.0 (My usual workstation)
One Gentoo stage 1 (Works great, but is on old hardware, which is why I'm usually on the SuSE box)
One Slackware 8.0 (My firewall)
One Mandrake box (My daughters computer)
One United Linux Server running Novell NTerprise Services
One Netware 6.0 Server ( <-- Those two are my lab)


Oh...I lied...my laptop dual boots between XP pro and SuSE 9.0, but that technically belongs to my employer.

So how do I answer the poll?

[Dark Ninja]

Haha...okay, I didn't count for the fact that some people have a ton of machines. Mmm...go with the one you use the most, I guess. ;)


Or...count each computer once. I like that idea better.

[pilotgi]

I didn't vote cause you didn't have a category that fit me. Not that that's unusual.

My ShuttleX runs SUSE 9.1 only, and I also have an iBook running OSX 10.3.4.

[jrbishop79]

The server runs Mandrake 9.2... My personal computer is a DB with Mandrake 10 and XP. I haven't booted XP in a ccouple of months....

[bazoukas]

All three computers run Linux
Two desktops run knoppix. One of them runs knoppix 3.4 and the other one a modified knoppix i made.
laptop fedora c3

Now windows for me for a year and few months now.

[squeegy]

I use Linux 99.99999999999999% of the time, except for when I have to use a specific accounting application for school.

[cabu1966]

I've been running Debian "sarge" only on this computer for 3 months now.

[paj12]

I dual-boot between SuSE 9.0 Professional and Windows 2000 (also Professional, but not nearly as much so). However, I only use Windows for one thing: DVDx. So I only boot Windows when I get a new DVD so I can back it up.

[madcompnerd]

Box#1: Rachel
WinXP
Arch Linux
Main desktop, Athlon proc

Box#2: Brittney
Fedora Core 2
Laptop, Celery

Box#3: Dani
Debian Unstable
Extra box

Box#4: Kelli
Soon to be: NetBSD; currently, RH 5.1 (Museum piece ;))

Box#5: unnamed
Maybe soon to be NetBSD or Debian, but for now this stupid iMac is angering me cause I have no clue how to boot on a cd....

[EnigmaOne]

There are 27 machines in the house now; 5 of which run 24/7 as servers of one type or another.
All Linux. All serious uptime machines.

My wife and myself, and each of the six kids, have machines that belong to nobody else. Of those, only my wife's machine runs windoze--no dual-booters in the bunch. My wife's machine is the problem child that requires constant attention.
I love my wife, and she knows this. :p

There's a communal-use machine in the livingroom, for games and learning software, which dual-boots between DR-DOS/GeoWorks 2.01 and windoze--a concession on my part, because I love the kids too.
The DR-DOS/GeoWorks side of the boot never gives me a problem.

We have 3 laptops as well.
My oldest L/T runs DR-DOS only, and the newer one runs Linux exclusively.
My wife's is win98se only, and she hates using it.

The balance of the equipment serves as my development/test pool. None of those ever has anything on 'em except DR-DOS, Linux, FreeBSD or Unix.

So, out of our group of electron-hogs, two are windoze only, and 1 dual-boots windoze and DR-DOS.
I refuse to use those three, though I have to fix 'em (all the time).
Even the 'buggy' beta-releases of most distros run better than win-whatever.

[Posted from P2-450MHz test machine, running Yoper V2 Development Release 2.9.1 ("unstable") & KDE-3.3-beta2. Fast-n-stable combo!]

[Loki3]

Originally posted by EnigmaOne
There are 27 machines in the house now; 5 of which run 24/7 as servers of one type or another.
All Linux. All serious uptime machines.


Good God! I have a total of six machines in my house, two of which are full time servers and it takes up plenty of my time to look after them all.

How do you cope?

[JohnT]

NO...... I run a version tainted with Slackware and that's all...... on my main machine.:D

[EnigmaOne]

Originally posted by Loki3
How do you cope?

LOL!

The three windoze machines are more trouble than all the rest put together, but I'm bearing up under it. ;)

[Wolface]

Originally posted by Loki3
Good God! I have a total of six machines in my house, two of which are full time servers and it takes up plenty of my time to look after them all.

How do you cope?


and SIX (6) KIDS ?? ?? :eek:

you must sleep 1 hour a day on a good day

[timothykaine]

I only use Linux since Cedega's release. The only thing I could think Id ever want from Windows is compatibility with the new Y! Messenger and EA games like NHL 2004, but thats not enough to make me install Windows ever again.

[timothykaine]

Originally posted by thread_killer
One Windows XP pro (I play Star Wars Galaxies...that's all it's used for)


Star Wars Galaxies runs in Transgaming's Cedega 4.0. Say goodbye to Windows. Let go of that secuirty blanket... ;)

[MB[DK]]

Server runs Debian unstable
Workstation runs XP for games, and Gentoo 2004.1 for all else.

My new server will either run FreeBSD or Debian, I haven't decided yet.

[Raoul_Duke]

Both the laptop and desktop dual-boot but i haven't found a reason to dual-boot the server yet :rolleyes:

[Parcival]

Dualboot with SuSE when I feel like being lazy and Gentoo for everything else.

(read: I boot up SuSE when I screwed up something in Gentoo really bad)

I also have an old Dell laptop with Win2000 because of hardware compatibility reasons. I basically just use it to display openoffice slides at the university.

[dr_te_z]

My children run XP/MSN. Don't know where I failed....
My (actually my bosses) laptop runs XP - dualboot - SuSE8.2
My hobby computer runs:
- win98 (to be removed soon)
- OS/2 Warp4 (still great)
- debian sid
- slackware current
- freeBSD 5.1

when I do not boot with my knoppix CD :)

[serz]

I'm currently running Slackware/Gentoo and WinXP.

[WayStar]

Hmmm. Purely Linux on two machines, Linux + Win98 on my primary machine.

Most stuff requiring Win98 I can run using wine. However, I haven't booted into the Windows side in almost a year. (And I pulled out the ethernet cable for the duration of my visit.)

The programs I really like that don't play well with wine are Quicken and Terragen. I wish I could d/l my info into GNUCash - life would be grand.

Anyhoo, I can now run those two progs and testing software for my classes on my husband's machine.
Even then, I'm lazy, so I use VNC.

In return, he gets to run stuff on my Linux boxes. So far, it works out pretty well.

-Waylena

[hard candy]

There are 27 machines in the house now; 5 of which run 24/7 as servers of one type or another.


The words "addiction, professional help, and PG&E's best friend" come to mind. :D

[Daedrus]

Work: Main SuSE 9.1 only
Secondary: Windows XP (unfortunately many tools I need, for now, don't work in Linux yet)

Home: Dual Boot SuSE 9.1 and XP (Still have some things that I can't get working on Linux yet, but most of the games are moving.)

[mrBen]

I've been running pure Debian on my home system for well over a year now, and hadn't really touched Windows for a good few months before that.

I have Windows on my work laptop, but not by choice.

[chomski]

Sony laptop 1 - XP & Suse 9.1 & Fedora
Laptop 2 - XP (girlfriends)
Laptop 3 - Debian Sarge
Laptop 4 - Suse 9.1
Desktop 1 - XP & Suse 9.1
Desktop 2 - Win 2k & Debian
iMac - osX & YDL linux.

Mainly boot to linux, need the Win2k machine for some hooky comms software from Siemens, should really get rid of the XP.

[rbrimhall]

Dell Inspiron 8500 with Slackware 10.

Reinstalled Windows a few days ago b/c I felt I was "wasting" too much time with Linux... yeah, right... way more time trying to get XP running right... the install itself took twice as long as a Slack install... needless to say I am back in the slack again.

[mr orion77]

holey moley, some people here are just plain resource greedy. whats the need to have a machine for yourself and each sibling.
all that electricity that your hogging could go to better use. i wonder if your supplying power station uses coal or nuclear energy. if its coal then your happily contributing to global warming - thanks, i havent had a nice summer as a result of this.

[The Whizzard]

There's not really a catagory for me in the poll, as I am not actually dual booting. I voted "Linux + Some Version of Windows (incl. VMWare, etc.)" but could easily of voted "Linux + Some Other OS (please specify)".

My current setup:

AMD K6-3 450 - SME Server(formerly E-Smith)

P4 1.8G - Win2k with vmware and pearpc running Gentoo, Knoppix, Debian(vmware), OS X 10.4 pre-release, OS X 10.3.4 and Darwin 7.01(pearpc).

AMD Duron 800(or abouts) - Win2k for the wife.

Celeron 500 laptop - constantly changing between W2k, WXP and some form of Linux.

PII 450 laptop - Still running MDK7 from when I got it 4 years ago.

[Sgood1971]

I have 2 boxes running pure Windows 2000, 1 that dual boots XP Pro and SUSE 9.1, and a laptop that is purely Mandrake 10.0. 1 Windows box is for my wife who refuses to even think about trying a different OS even though she says Linux looks "Neat" 1 Windows box I have to have as I can find no drivers to run my satellite internet modem through Linux. The Dual boot box only has windows because of DVDShrink and my laptop is my PC of choice.

[Wolfger]

I dual-boot 64-bit Gentoo and 32-bit Gentoo on an AMD64. :D

[XiaoKJ]

Unfortunately I can't get damn Windoze XP off that thing, and its taking up 30 GB of space for nothing in return. It even dead and I can't do ANYTHING with it, not even go online to read this.

If not for it, I only have linux (slack, gentoo, arch) and I hope to get free/open bsd on it too. I wanna install debian but I can't.

But I think that will take almost forever, cos I have a big O'level to tackle and I also want to learn programming, starting up from bottom at pascal, slowly moving up to C

[JamminJoeyB]

I use removable hard drive bays on my system. I drive is pure linux, the other is win98.

I haven't booted that drive in about 6 months. But as my current drive is starting to fail I'll probably have to do some reparticianing to put linux on that drive till I can get a new drive dedicated to linux only.

[Icarus]

Here's a quick breakdown of what I have at home

WinME (wifes, no need for anything else)

Fedora 1 only (webserver + fileserver for my network)

Gentoo + Win2000 (my desktop, but I've been using vmware and haven't touched the HD install of Windows in months)

Gentoo + Win2000 (Laptop, win2000 is rarely used, netstumber works great for finding wireless networks. I haven't tried kismet with the latest ipw2100 driver and firmware, in the past it had sever packet corruption)

I'm working on a MythTV box, but need a TV card

[Dark Ninja]

Originally posted by Wolfger
I dual-boot 64-bit Gentoo and 32-bit Gentoo on an AMD64. :D
L0L
Mind if I ask...

...why?

[Loki3]

Originally posted by mr orion77
holey moley, some people here are just plain resource greedy. whats the need to have a machine for yourself and each sibling.
all that electricity that your hogging could go to better use. i wonder if your supplying power station uses coal or nuclear energy. if its coal then your happily contributing to global warming - thanks, i havent had a nice summer as a result of this.

You have an excellent point. If it makes you feel better I just got rid of two machines and am in the process of getting rid of two more.

It's nice to have a seperate test box... especially when you don't feel like fixing the computer so another family member can use it.

Orignally posted by EnigmaOne
The three windoze machines are more trouble than all the rest put together, but I'm bearing up under it.


Yah I know how that goes. I switched an XP machine that used to be a constant headache over to MDK10 and managed to save myself a lot of trouble in the long run.

No more, "Ahhh! Spyware! It's taking me to porn sites every twenty minutes"

[Dark Ninja]

Originally posted by Loki3
No more, "Ahhh! Spyware! It's taking me to porn sites every twenty minutes"
Yeah...now you can do it on your very own.

Thank you, Linux. ;) :p

[Wolfger]

Originally posted by Dark Ninja
Wolfger said:
I dual-boot 64-bit Gentoo and 32-bit Gentoo on an AMD64.
L0L
Mind if I ask...

...why?

When my old 20 gig drive started failing, I bought an 80 gig drive. I had no idea what I could possibly use 80 gigs for, so I only formatted half the drive, and installed Gentoo on my Athlon t-bird. So when my birthday rolled around and the t-bird got replaced by the 64, I just slipped that 80-gig in there and booted up. A couple weeks later I formatted the remaining 40 gigs and did my 64-bit install.

But for all practical purposes, I just run the 64-bit system. There's just no reason to go through the trouble of removing the 32-bit system from grub.

[JohnT]

No more, "Ahhh! Spyware! It's taking me to porn sites every twenty minutes" Now I can get there instantaneouslyhttp://www.geocities.com/jtarin47/images/229.gif

[madcompnerd]

Originally posted by mr orion77
holey moley, some people here are just plain resource greedy. whats the need to have a machine for yourself and each sibling.
all that electricity that your hogging could go to better use. i wonder if your supplying power station uses coal or nuclear energy. if its coal then your happily contributing to global warming - thanks, i havent had a nice summer as a result of this.
Please tell me you are kidding. That's the most naive comment I've ever heard from someone who believes in global warming (those who don't like to joke about it, similar to what you just said). If it warmed up enough to make summer notably hotter for you there would be no coastal cities...

[Icarus]

Originally posted by madcompnerd
Please tell me you are kidding. That's the most naive comment I've ever heard from someone who believes in global warming (those who don't like to joke about it, similar to what you just said). If it warmed up enough to make summer notably hotter for you there would be no coastal cities... Technically...Global Warming causes most places to be cooler (theory is that Global Warming will cause an Ice Age), thus the summer here in Chicago has been much cooler then normal, the high today was 75 when it should be the upper 80s.

And about the computers using so much power it makes the power factories work harder...bull. When my air conditioner kicks on (central air) it uses more power in 5 minutes then all 6 of my computers use in a month. I turn the monitors off when not in use also which will save me the cost of a 75 watt light bulb per month.

[EnigmaOne]

Originally posted by Wolface
you must sleep 1 hour a day on a good day
"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" ;)
Originally posted by hard candy
The words "addiction, professional help, and PG&E's best friend" come to mind. :D
I was hoping you wouldn't notice, HC. :D
I'd say that you're right, but the hardware is cheaper than professional help.
Then again, I was looking at a lot of 4 - 1U servers today--comptemplating putting in a bid. Still room in the rack y'know. ;)
Originally posted by mr orion77
holey moley, some people here are just plain resource greedy. whats the need to have a machine for yourself and each sibling.
Accountability.

[ooagentbender]

Originally posted by hard candy
The words "addiction, professional help, and PG&E's best friend" come to mind. :D

heaven is more like it.

[mr orion77]

oh yeah, im not innocent on thr resource hogging but i make a concious effort to use only what i need and i dont run three, four and five computers at once.
someone once told me that turning the computer on uses more power than a computer running for 12 hours.

i have never done tests on this so im not sure so dont go flaming me, although its rained so much here in north west UK that the flames would be out instantly. all that global warming makes places hotter is bull.

lol i live on the coast, although the eastern coast of the uk is predicted to be covered in water by 2050!!!!! goodbye manhattan (i best visit new york soon then)

[raz0rblade]

Kurayami (Main):
Linux 2.6.7
AthlonXP 3200+

asylum (Server):
Linux 2.6.6
Duron 750MHz

Shiroi (Laptop):
OS 10.3.4
iBook G3 900MHz

[StarTiger]

My desktop
Mandrake 10.0
Redhat9.1 (don't use it mush anymore, Never gotten around to taking it off.)
WinXP Pro.
Win98

My Laptop
Mandrake 9.1 (havn't gotten around to upping to 10.0)
win98

My server that I hope to get setup sometime when i get a chance
pure Mandrake 10.0

[saikee]

Only go into Windows when it is absolutely needed. 2 laptops still on XP. 6 boxes with Linux on two. Main PC has 9 Linux with XP. Still playing around with booting but will spread Linux out once picking confidence.

[eisman]

Server runs on Linux only.
Desktop pc runs Linux only with bochs.
Notebook has Knoppix 3.4 and WinXp (for the woman at home ;-)
Woman's PC runs Knoppix 3.4 and WinXP again for her use only (the windows thing).

All what I do is with Linux and Linux only.

[Dark Ninja]

Well, here's what appears to be the breakdown so far:

1.) Only Linux
2.) Windows is only used to play games.
3.) You have Windows but only have it for the significant other.
4.) You only use Linux, but for some reason, keep Windows installed. Who knows why? (LET GO OF THE SECURITY BLANKET!) :p


Any other responses? I apprecate all the replies so far! :)

[Sgood1971]

Originally posted by Dark Ninja
Well, here's what appears to be the breakdown so far:

1.) Only Linux
2.) Windows is only used to play games.
3.) You have Windows but only have it for the significant other.
4.) You only use Linux, but for some reason, keep Windows installed. Who knows why? (LET GO OF THE SECURITY BLANKET!) :p


Any other responses? I apprecate all the replies so far! :)

Also, a couple people who use Windows to back up DVD's. If there was an easy way to do this in Linux, I would strip Windows off of one more box. If I could convince me satellite internet provider to provide Linux drivers, I would strip it from another.

[eriksays]

desktop ->

windows xp pro (i have to support asp/sql-server, hence the windows)

server -> fedora core 1

laptop -> windows xp

i tried the full switch to linux and was SO CLOSE to a full switch. my last trouble was code editing. i tried to use quanta as my code editor but i could never figure out the permissions to edit /var/www/html stuff (i use vi for command line stuff but i like a graphical code editor to work with)

any suggestions on this last problem? you might be securing my final transition to linux full time

[Dark Ninja]

Originally posted by eriksays
desktop ->

windows xp pro (i have to support asp/sql-server, hence the windows)

server -> fedora core 1

laptop -> windows xp

i tried the full switch to linux and was SO CLOSE to a full switch. my last trouble was code editing. i tried to use quanta as my code editor but i could never figure out the permissions to edit /var/www/html stuff (i use vi for command line stuff but i like a graphical code editor to work with)

any suggestions on this last problem? you might be securing my final transition to linux full time

Not exaclty sure what you mean? (Sorry...just confused by the language.) Are you trying to edit HTML and the permissions won't let you? Or, are you trying to find a good editor? Or...?

:) Just let me know. I'd be glad to help in the final switch to Linux!

[eriksays]

Are you trying to edit HTML and the permissions won't let you?
:) Just let me know. I'd be glad to help in the final switch to Linux! [/B]

right. using quanta, i don't have user permissions to edit the files in the web directory /var/www/

i can edit files in my home directory but i didn't want to have to hassle with editing and then moving them, right? i tried finding a setting in quanta that would let me edit as root, but i never found it.


:) Just let me know. I'd be glad to help in the final switch to Linux! [/B]

see, this is why linux rocks -> the users.

[JohnT]

Why dont you just change permissions on the /www directory?

[av8or]

I'm forced to dual boot with W2K and Suse9.0 because my wireless network card doesn't work in Linux..... I'm really bummed about that. :(
:confused:

[pezplaya]

I use linux all the time on my desktop pc (slackware). I have two servers in my house both running gentoo. I have a 10 gig partition wtih win2k on it just in case I NEED something to work for school.

[eriksays]

Originally posted by JohnT
Why dont you just change permissions on the /www directory?

that wouldn't be a security risk?

[Loki3]

Originally posted by EnigmaOne

Accountability.

All I have to say to that is... HAH!

So true.

[EnigmaOne]

Originally posted by eriksays
that wouldn't be a security risk?

Not really.

I just created an account and private group for editing just such items, and gave the user/group write access to the directory; while denying remote login capability.
I added my normal login to the group, to minimize the usual logout/login shuffle, and keep an eye on the logs.
'man lastb' for information on logging login attempts.

[JohnT]

Originally posted by eriksays
that wouldn't be a security risk? That would be your determination.

[Legithrandil]

I only have a measly two computers:

z3r0-0n3
Athlon XP 3000+
Slackware 9.1 - 2.6.7 kernel (60gb\80gb) - used for most everything
WindowsXP (20gb\80gb) - only to play battlefield vietnam

0n3-z3r0
Duron 750mHz
Slackware 9.1 - 2.4.26 kernel - teamspeak server, file backup, quake 3 server (sometimes)

if cedega can play bf:v, then i don't need winXP either.

[lpaulgib]

Originally posted by Dark Ninja
Okay, this poll was inspired by a similar thread on Gentoo's forums. I'm curious -- how many people here run a pure Linux system? Or...are you someone who dual boots.

Personally, I'm only running Gentoo -- and that's it. ;)

The same rules that applied to the poll I found here apply.

If you run two different versions of Linux, you are not dual booting. It has to be two (or more) completely different operating systems. Can't wait to see the results! Thanks!

Proud to be 100% Linux.

[windowsfree]

my everyday use box is now running Mandrake 10 and only Mandrake 10, my laptop runs Windoze XP untill I can figgure out how to use Nikon Capture and all my print utilities with linux, really looking forward to that day!

[angelfly91]

I have both. I use windows simply for games and occasionally for IDA Pro and 3D Studio Max (since I'm still getting the hang of Blender) and Linux for everything else

[Sawdusty]

Deleted windows a few weeks ago when I realized I hadn't used it for months and also realized it was highly unlikely my last two university courses would require windows software.

My only OS now is Arch Linux. My parent's comp runs Arch Linux, dual booted with Windows because their scanner doesn't work with Linux. But they don't use that much now that they have a digital camera.

Dusty

[blackbelt_jones]

Right now I'm running RedHat 9 exwoosivewy, but I may install Windows 98 (the last windows I'll ever need) if I can't get CallWave to work with Wine.

[JohnT]

Originally posted by blackbelt_jones
Right now I'm running RedHat 9 exwoosivewy, but I may install Windows 98 (the last windows I'll ever need) if I can't get CallWave to work with Wine.

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[Dark Ninja]

Originally posted by Sawdusty
Deleted windows a few weeks ago when I realized I hadn't used it for months and also realized it was highly unlikely my last two university courses would require windows software.
Yeah, that's the thing that always bothered me. Courses that "require" that oyu have Windows.

Good thing students today have labs that run Windows (and the necessary software). They don't get the comfort of their own computer, but they at least can make a choice about what they want on their comp.

[EnigmaOne]

Originally posted by ooagentbender
heaven is more like it.

Just brought home 2 more boxes to make it even more heavenly 'round here.

One gets SuSE 9.1 (DVDs came in last week!) and the other gets MediaLinux2...just to see if it's all it's cracked-up to be (the .iso should be downloaded tomorrow morning...2.1KB/S...geeze their server is slow!).

[thread_killer]

SuSE 9.1 is nice. This message is being brought to you from my 9.1 box in fact. And I like the bootable DVD's. I'm already running a couple of UL servers, so now I'm debating whether or not I want to sacrifice another of my machines for the SuSE 8.2 with the Ximian desktop just to see how that is.

I probably will. :)

[Rinias]

Let's see...

My eMachines crapper:

Currently:
XP Pro (Certain games, CAD software, Forth Programming)
Slack current
(Soon to be FreeBSD)
DragonFlyBSD (soon to be gone)

< Previously:
XP Pro
Mandrake 10
Slackware 9.1
Gentoo 2004.0 >

IBM ThinkPad dinosaur:

Slackware 10

Can't let the XP go... Plus, for some reason Morrowind won't run on my cedega- that means I've got a few hundred hours of just game playing left in windows.:rolleyes:

[loopback48]

I first came across linux in '99. Been using it as my one and only OS since. My familly does have a Win box but I rarely if ever get on it. Pure Linux is what I run. One box has Fedora Core 2 on it and I'm playing around with Slackware on the 'test box'. One OS per box. As far as I'm concerned, it make things easier.

[Erikqwerty]

SuSe 9.0

Linux experimentation(Changes distros every month)

XP (For flight simulator) boots once a mont at most.

[H2O-linux]

AMD 1800 with raid XP PRO for BattleField VIetnam
Ata20 gig flop boot Slack 10.0 daily use.

[Ath0s]

I voted Linux plus some version of windows ... however:

My box: Slackware 10.0 + Windows ME (for the kids friends to use with Warcraft, Galaxies, BF1942, etc)

Wifes box: Windows ME (don't ask)

Kid #1: Windows-ME (for games)

Kid #2: Windows-XP (for games)

TIVO box (home built): Slackware 9.1 + windows-ME (I don't remember why, I think I'll take it off)

Router/Firewall: Slackware 9.1

Box I inherited from friend: Slackware 10.0 (I use it to test stuff)

Laptop #1 (kids): Windows-ME (for games)

Laptop #2 (mine - for work): Windows-2K (not my fault)

I've also got two P200's sitting on a shelf - I think one has Slackware 9.0, I don't think the other one has a hard-drive.

[chatins]

Linux only locally. But a FreeBSD server provides apps that Linux doesn't run through ssh sessions. :)

[MkIII_Supra]

1 -I could play my Civilization GOLD with Transgaming - says it's supported... 3 different Linux boxes (set-ups) same distro (SuSE I refuse to go anywhere else right now)

2 - My stupid scanner would work with Linux (see post in hardware forum -- here -- (http://justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=132879)

3 - The tools I need at work all would run on Linux OR with wine. They don't.

4 - I could actually get Windows media player files to actually play! And yes I have the Crossover plugin installed and I even paid to update it!

5 - Xine would consistantly play web fed movies... some work... some don't. And by don't I mean it takes the web browser out, and on verrrryyyy rare occassion, it will take X as well.

6 - I could actually find a fax application that would allow me to send a fax from one of my Open Office documents, like you know, Windows can! Not one of them I have tried so far has worked. But I haven't given up yet!

Other than the reasons (all I can think of right now) above, yes I could run 100% Linux, but I don't. I have to run Win2K for work, some of the tools are designed specifically using ActiveX and various other Windows specific calls.

[SeT]

I play games to much to run pure Linux. I would like to though. At home, I have an old P2 set up as a router/file server/firewall and then a gaming rig that is dual booted, XP and Gentoo.

The company I work for has considered going to all Linux/Unix but there's one or two large applications that won't work and those companies have no plans to make versions available...

[Imek]

I have Gentoo as my main OS, but I have a 26 Gig Windows partition for scanning, printing and a couple of games. I barely ever use it, though.

[blackbelt_jones]

RIght now I'm running 100 per cent Linux (I think I said that already) but there are things I still haven't figured out how to do. Most of these are perfectly doable; I just haven't gotten around to learning yet.

I really love staying in one OS; Booting back and forth from one OS to another is a pain. In about a week and a half, I'm gonna be getting a new computer, with a lot more speed and a lot more RAM than what I'm using now, and I think I'd like to see if I can get BOCHS running on it which, unless I'm misinformed, creates a platform that will allow me to run Windows from inside of Linux. (That must take a lot of resources, eh?) Anybody ever try BOCHS, or anything similar to it?

[blackbelt_jones]

Turns out that SuSE pro comes with BOCHS.

[Dark Ninja]

Originally posted by blackbelt_jones
Booting back and forth from one OS to another is a pain.
Agreed! This is why, when I setup Gentoo on friend's computers (yes -- they actually ask me to do this), I always want to tell them - "Don't dual boot -- just use Linux." But, of course, I can't, because they don't usually want to drop the safety blanket of Windows. It's such a hassle though, because, of course, I then need to partition an extra drive so that Windows and Linux can both access their documents/music/etc.

This is why *I* only use Linux. :D

[enshum]

I run Suse 9.1 pro on one hard drive and Linspire 4.5 on another had drive. :)

[lintoon]

I run Mandrake 10.0 only.

PC is nothing special but it runs like a dream, and has since day 1.

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Pentium 2/400
256Mb RAM
30Gig HD
Sound Blaster 128
Voodoo 3-2000
Hauppage WinTV
VIA PCI USB Card

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Everything was detected during install. My Camera just appears on the desktop. I am well and truly converted.

[formerssgtusmc]

12" Apple Powerbook OS X 10.3

17" Apple iMac Flat Panel OS X 10.3 and Yellow Dog Linux 3.0

Sony Vaio R505 Notebook SuSe 9.1:D

[enshum]

You are the best kind of advertising a distro can hope for a satisfied customer. Linux seems to attract a lot of us.:)

[leonpmu]

Well I voted Linux and some form of windows, although in reality it is more like Linux (primary), Windows, Mac OS 9, Mac OSX, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DOS, AS/400.....

Some more than others, some just for interest...etc