What OS/distro is the best?

  • Candunc
    2nd Sep 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    Mac OS X is my favorite. I hate Windows 7, it is way over complicated.
  • andrewdavidloftus
    2nd Sep 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    I think that the fastest and most efficient overall OS is OS X... I have Windows 7, Linux, and Hackintosh running on my PC at my house, and Windows 7 is terribly glitchy, Linux I don't mind, but OS X is amazing.
  • Phlegmkitty4427
    2nd Sep 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
  • DucTape
    2nd Sep 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    Right now I'm on a Kubuntu 64 system, but I've used plain Ubuntu, Arch, Sabayon, and openSUSE before on here. Probably going to try Chakra or Pardus next. (I would use a BSD if it worked with my hardware) I don't just mean in a VM either, I mean full on installation.
    Picking a favorite would be kind of silly and pointless as all have their strengths and weaknesses, though I favor Linux in general over Windows or Mac, and I use all three most every day.
  • Made2Shred
    2nd Sep 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    linux is the best.
    what distro depends what you want.

    Server - Red Hat
    Fast and Light Weight - Ubuntu
    KDE - Mandriva
    Eyecandy - Debian/Ubuntu
  • DucTape
    2nd Sep 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    LOLWUT!?!

    I don't know much about servers so I won't argue Red Hat, I hear it's good

    Fast and Light Weight is not Ubuntu, nothing with a desktop environment, save for e17, is light. You gotta use a wm like awesome or fluxbox to get lightweight.

    I never liked Mandrivs's KDE, too KDE 3 ish. But that's just personal preference, and easily changeable.

    If you think Debian has eyecandy, you have never installed Debian. Ubuntu is different, especially with Unity which is quite pretty. (I hate Unity, but that's another subject)
  • Ace
    2nd Sep 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    I like Open Suse 11.3
  • Made2Shred
    2nd Sep 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    @DucTape
    if you think you cant get really good eyecandy for debian then you dont know how to use debian.
    ubuntu is light compared to alot of gnome systems with all the useful shit ubuntu has.
  • massey101
    2nd Sep 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    Look face it. 100% of Operating Systems are crap...

    I say screw operating systems, what have they ever done for us!
  • Bank
    2nd Sep 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    @massey101
    Correct! Command prompts are the way to go :D