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BrandonOperating Systems
What OS do you use? I use a heavily modified Puppy Linux 4 on my Asus, and Linux Mint on my Athlon. Unfortunately on my Core 2 Duo and my Athlon I have Windows XP to play games (I can't wait for SPORE).		2008-07-056:31 PM
MPNQBRe:Operating Systems
Primarily, Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" w/GNOME and Compiz Fusion. Also has fvwm, twm, ion, wmii, icewm, and others. I occasionally boot into Windows XP MCE 2005 SP2 to sync my ipod and finish up any climateprediction.net workunits still running under XP.		2008-07-056:38 PM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
I'm in Mint 5 so its based on Ubuntu but made cool. It has GNOME and unfortunately I got an ATi video card and Compiz don't like it. I like iceWM and think my next distro will use it.		2008-07-056:53 PM
rCXRe:Operating Systems
I use Windows XP or FreeDOS.		2008-07-058:52 PM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
Windows is the Devils OS!!		2008-07-058:55 PM
rCXRe:Operating Systems
[b]Brandon wrote:[/b] [quote]Windows is the Devils OS!![/quote] Yeah I know... One day I'll have to try Linux as well and join the fight to vanquish the evil Micro$oft. :P		2008-07-059:09 PM
MPNQBRe:Operating Systems
If you ever make a server version of DCL, twm would make an excellent window manager for that. Some people even install twm on server versions of Linux themselves. Of course, it hasn't been developed since 1988, however it still functions and it functions well and with very low overhead (that's important for a server).		2008-07-059:11 PM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
Before I make any new OS I need to mess with Linux From Scratch, then I might make a Debian Based one, to have a large package pool.		2008-07-059:14 PM
jasonwoodlandRe:Operating Systems
I'm drowning! I use the Devil's OS		2008-07-0510:14 PM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
Well its your own fault! Tell you dad to put one of your macs on-line.		2008-07-0510:15 PM
jasonwoodlandRe:Operating Systems
Would getting a phone line and hoocking the Windows to the Mac Work Or am I dumb?		2008-07-0510:17 PM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
I don't think so. Hopefully someone else will have a better answer.		2008-07-0510:19 PM
ToddRe:Operating Systems
That won't really work because you'd be setting a connection through to Windows.		2008-07-0510:21 PM
jasonwoodlandRe:Operating Systems
Yes, I don't want evil Windows connection going to my MacB)		2008-07-0611:16 PM
MystikShadowsRe:Operating Systems
I use Windows XP Pro on one machine, I have a 2nd laptop with Windows 98 for DOS coding and well cause I want windows 98, too bad it's discontinued, I'd still be using it today on the main PC if it wasn't discontinued lol. I also have a dell server with Ubuntu Linux on it. so well, I vary. Am I evil? Is my laptop Evil? I don't think so. lol. then again, I don't think evil is meant to be something scary, temptation is what evil is all about so I'm still looking for the cute woman in a red leather suit to tell me which OS to use ROFLMAO then we'll see what's evil. Me, I can resist ANYTHING except temptation. LOL		2008-07-075:57 AM
jasonwoodlandRe:Operating Systems
Isn't Win98 - a GUI, It runs off DOS dosen't it?		2008-07-075:59 AM
MystikShadowsRe:Operating Systems
Yes, that was the case all the way to Windows ME. I think Microsoft should combine all their best versions of windows, Windows CE, Windows ME and windows NT into one, Windows CEMENT and make a Dumb as a brick version. ;) lol		2008-07-076:13 AM
jasonwoodlandRe:Operating Systems
Lol. Poor old M$ had to use DOS. Talking about DOS I got the original with Book, CD, Floppy all mint and sealed from the 1980's		2008-07-076:30 AM
ToddRe:Operating Systems
The Windows 95,98,ME architecture is based to be a GUI that sits on top of DOS and basically runs as a shell. It doesn't just work in any DOS environment because you might notice in "CONFIG.SYS" it calls "HIMEM.SYS" and some other drivers. They set up the environment to load Windows. Because if you usually enter a regular DOS mode or boot using a DOS boot disk, you'll notice you might not be able to run Windows.		2008-07-077:02 AM
jasonwoodlandRe:Operating Systems
Did Bill Gates Give us permission to call our DOS GUIs a OS then? if 'yes' then :woohoo:		2008-07-077:07 AM
MystikShadowsRe:Operating Systems
CD? Was tehre even CD-ROMS in the 80s? at least early 80s? LOL		2008-07-077:20 AM
jasonwoodlandRe:Operating Systems
Oh, it's MS-DOS 6.22 with book and floppysStill sealed though, I'll make some money from it in few years.B)		2008-07-079:18 AM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
MystikShadows, I'm surprised, all this wisdom, and you still run Windows!!!		2008-07-0710:13 AM
jasonwoodlandRe:Operating Systems
Oh, so I'm stupid? LolB)		2008-07-0710:15 AM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
If you think you can make money of MS-DOS disks then yes. People can just download FreeDOS, for Free!!		2008-07-0710:16 AM
jasonwoodlandRe:Operating Systems
;) Why don't I commit suicide?		2008-07-0710:17 AM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
You have to finish Cobra!!		2008-07-0710:22 AM
jasonwoodlandRe:Operating Systems
DW, I'll live. until i'm 62844 years old!:silly: (Imagine that!)		2008-07-0710:26 AM
MystikShadowsRe:Operating Systems
lol Brandon, maybe I'm getting stupider with age ;). (not a damn comment about that, i'm the only one that can laugh about my age lol). I'm runnign Windows XP Professional. I can complain all I want about Windows, but XP is the best distro so far. I'll die before I put vista on any of my PCs. lol. ErgonOS isn't done yet, when it's done, that's what I'm gonna be running. lol		2008-07-0710:46 AM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
Unless you have anythiong better than an Athlon 64 X2 5400 with 2GB of RAM, don't try vista. I tried vista on those specs and it made WinXP on a Pentium 2 sound fast. So will ErgonOS have somesort of web-browser? Maybe we should make own here as a community project to port to all GUIs? Your age, whats that?		2008-07-0711:06 AM
MystikShadowsRe:Operating Systems
lol ain't telling....but i'll give you a hint....I started programmign when I was 7, I've been programmign for 33 years. you do the math ;)		2008-07-0711:29 AM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
no no, I ment that to sound like I didn't know what you were talking about. Just so you know your older than both my parents.		2008-07-0711:32 AM
MystikShadowsRe:Operating Systems
LOL well that gave a swift kick in my ego's butt....thanks Brandon. ;) Give your parents my email, I'll tell them how to kick your ass and make it look like an accident..ROFLMAO		2008-07-0711:39 AM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
lol, Its ok, your not the old pervent that hangs around forums with teenagers (are you??), you're more like a Wizard, no?		2008-07-0711:45 AM
ToddRe:Operating Systems
So what's wrong with MystikShadows hanging around the forums? Plus why do you degrade everyone for using Windows? Yeah, it's not great and not perfect, but what software is? Every program has it's small little bugs (while they might not be seen as often). Nothing is perfect and neither are we. I've grown to accept the fact that you use a Mac. Why can't you accept the fact that we use Windows by our choice?		2008-07-074:42 PM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
I DO NOT USE A MAC!!! I told you yesterday! I use Linux thats it there is NO absolutely NO reason to use Windows.		2008-07-074:54 PM
ToddRe:Operating Systems
You said you switched to a Mac. The reason I use Windows is because I have software that won't run in WINE.		2008-07-075:25 PM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
What software? (Is there a Mac in my signature?)		2008-07-075:26 PM
ToddRe:Operating Systems
Borland Delphi, Popcorn, WinRAR (7-Zip can suffice), Tuniac, DVDx, Game Maker, The3DGameMaker, Genesis3D, Retribution Engine, G-Max, Media Player Classic (not WMP), Turbo Pascal, Turbo C++, etc. I thought you used a Mac more often than you did Linux. Plus how often do you think I look at signatures? lol		2008-07-075:44 PM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
What!! I NEVER use my mac, I wish I used one more but mine old as hell. Basically it looks as if your one of the guys M$ loves. You have to have them and thats what they want. You could learn C and OpenGL and them you could join the dark side!!		2008-07-075:53 PM
ToddRe:Operating Systems
Yeah but some of those apps are paid programs so I've got $$$ in those programs. I just wish WINE would perfect their DirectX emulation. Then more apps would work fine. The apps that are just simple (like Popcorn) would work decently. I know C and C++ so that's no problem. I haven't done much in OpenGL since 7th grade so I'm pretty rusty with that. But I've got tons of Delphi tutorials and apps with OpenGL/SDL examples.		2008-07-075:55 PM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
Join us on the Dark Side!!		2008-07-076:00 PM
ToddRe:Operating Systems
I'll break out my Compaq and my Toshiba and start playing with Linux distros. :-D		2008-07-076:03 PM
MystikShadowsRe:Operating Systems
[b]tlsuess wrote:[/b] [quote]So what's wrong with MystikShadows hanging around the forums? [/quote] Yeah what's wrong with me hanging around the forum? ;) didn't know there was an age range on these darn forums. lol. *grabs his walker and wables outta here! lol		2008-07-076:17 PM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
Your like Yoda. So if you switch to the dark side all hell would break loose.		2008-07-076:19 PM
ToddRe:Operating Systems
Or like when he sees Darth Vader, he'll throw down his walker and start hopping off the walls with a light saber. :D		2008-07-076:39 PM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
yep thats MystikShadows		2008-07-076:47 PM
ToddRe:Operating Systems
Like in Star Wars Episode 3.		2008-07-076:57 PM
MystikShadowsRe:Operating Systems
ROFLMAO you guys are damn nuts, in my best Yoda voice: "Their minds, they've lost!" "To Oblivion, they'll go!" "When, upon them, the force bestows!" "The beginning, death is only." Yoda. I met him in a swamp down in Dagoba, Where it bobbles all the like a giant carbonated soda. S..O..D..A...SohoooDahh! I saw the little rimp sitting there on a log, I asked him his name and in a raspy voice he said a Yoda. Y..O..D..A...YohooDahh! Well I've been around but I ain't ever seen, A guy who looks like a muppet but he's wrinkled and green oh my yoda, yo yo yo yo yo..da. Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand, How he can lift me in the air just by raising his hand oh my Yoda, yo yo yo yo yo...da. Start of a good song by weird al yankovic, one of my idols ;).		2008-07-077:52 PM
ToddRe:Operating Systems
From the comedic mind of Mel Brooks and Spaceballs, [quote]Yogurt! Yogurt! [referring to the character] I hate Yogurt! Even with Strawberries![/quote]		2008-07-077:56 PM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
Someone got me that for christmas one year when I was like 8. lol		2008-07-078:32 PM
ToddRe:Operating Systems
It's a great movie! :D [quote]Who are you? BARF!!!!! Not in here, this is a Mercedes! No, my name is BARFollowmew![/quote]		2008-07-078:38 PM
jasonwoodlandRe:Operating Systems
I know how old you are		2008-07-079:10 PM
ysftRe:Operating Systems
I've read somewhere that Mac OSX is BSD based (Darwin I think). So if you are using Mac you could kinda say that you are using linux/unix?		2008-07-079:41 PM
ToddRe:Operating Systems
I read that Mac OS is UNIX-based in architecture.		2008-07-0711:21 PM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
Yes its based of BSD which is Unix-like, they took parts of the Next operating system, made by Steve Jobs's company when he left Apple.		2008-07-088:19 AM
agumaRe:Operating Systems
steve jobs went bye bye		2008-07-082:59 PM
BrandonRe:Operating Systems
what!! When he left Apple drowned. Hes back and Apples rising.		2008-07-085:01 PM
agumaRe:Operating Systems
yeah good point		2008-07-085:51 PM
ToddRe:Operating Systems
I remember NeXT.		2008-07-085:52 PM

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