Xandros 4 (the other Linuxes are just too much hassle) & Windows XP as a secondary. Itās been a while since I used BeOS5 Max Edition V3, as it stopped working after I upgraded my computer hardware.
Although Haiku is based of BeOS5, it is a UNIX compatible OS right? If thereās a non-QT/non-GTK application that Iād like to port over from Linux or FreeBSD it should be possible to do right?
It will be nice to have another Open Source alternative based on simplicity compared to the complicated Linuxes & *BSDs.
For my daily work I use Kubuntu 6.10 (KDE 3.5.6) and a little bit Zeta. On my second and old computer run W2K and QNX RTP 6.3.0 and sometimes I have a look on ReactOS.
(And in my earlier life I used OS/2 to! )
I started out as a Mac user, running MacOS 7 as a kid. I slowly moved up, eventually to OSX, so Iāve been a mac user (and used to be a mac advocate until I realized how silly that is) for a long time.
After a while I started getting into linux, which is what I run now. I have a windows machine that I keep running for the hell of it. Every once in a while thereās something that I need that OS for.
I currently run Gentoo linux (I usually avoid saying the first part out loud, as gentoo users have something of a bad - and in many cases, deserved - reputation). Previously a fan of gnome, I now use KDE. Itās annoyingly complex (thatās the GNU way!), but I have gotten it all to work well together.
My linux system is used for everything from gaming (mainly ut2004) to coding, with a lot of chatting and music listening in between.
I think itās interesting that a lot of the folks here run more than 2 operating systems, not counting Haiku. This bunch sure is hard to pleaseā¦
Have been on Debian first then various Ubuntuās for about 18 months now. I also have a machine on PC-BSD, which is very nice, I try different Linux distroās occasionally, & have recently installed Nexenta Alpha 6, the Ubuntu on the Solaris kernel, interestingly the next release will have ZFS available, which is probably the only other interesting file system, apart from the Haiku one!
Free Solaris is on itās way via snail mail, it will be interesting to look at, I donāt think Iāll stay with it for too long though.
I look at the Zeta 1.21 boot CD rarely.
Play UT2k4 natively on Ubuntu, & use Cedega, (though you can now do it with Wine) to play Guild Wars, which works superbly
I am really looking forward to Haiku RC1ā¦
Environment is shared fate, initiated by will, governed by law & inherited by the future.
I use Windows XP and since RC1 also Windows Vista, which I really like.
In past (1998 to 2006) I used Linux but I was quite disappontedā¦ too slow and too big differences (configuration, package management, etc.) between the distributions. Also I had some compatibility problems with scanner and printer.
I know that Linux fans will kill me because of these words, but Linux is not the best OS for everybody.
I know BeOS since 1998 and really love it.
I still have an installed version of BeOS Developer Edition on my old notebook and it works really fine although some devices (e.g. my scanner) do not work because of missing drivers.
And I use BASIC V2 on my Commodore 64.
Also sometimes GEOS.
Iād argue that itās not slow (unless youāre using rpms, rpm package managers seem to be incredibly slow), but yeahā¦ Itās not for everyone. Use what works for you.
As my boot manager can handle more than 4 primary partitions, I have
MS-Windows XP & Server 2k3 just for fun and gain experience, BeOS r5(my primary system) & MAX(Iāve replace it with Haiku 4 days ago), FreeBSD, Sun Solaris, Ubuntu & SuSE Linux dist.(gain experience & for cross compilation only), Syllable, QNX Neutrino & Plan 9 from Bell Labs. Under VM are ReactOS, AROS(I prefer install it under VM because of itās partitioning system(Amiga)), & Oberon.
Maybe Iām too greed, but I love & enjoy to know & learn about from them.
Iām currently running Ubuntu 7.04 on 2 machines, openSuSE on my file server, Win Vista on one machine, and Vista 64bit as a second OS on my main Ubuntu box. Iāve got Haiku running in a VM.
I switched from Windows (XP) to Ubuntu Linux in Summer 2007.
Iām keeping WinXP in dual boot for gaming purposes only.
All this has happened while I was waiting for Haiku to boot properly on my pcā¦ Now Iām a really happy and enthusiast Ubuntu Linux user but my heart is always waiting for Haiku to be my primary OSā¦
Iām almost all the time on Archlinux. Iāve got an Windows XP parittion which i rarely use, last time it was in a LAN party.
When youāre done installing Archlinux, you got a console login and just the services for the basic system, than you choose what you want to do with it. Itās kind of Gentoo but binairy even if you can build or rebuild from sources too.
I tried syllable and haiku in vmware and iām looking forward to use haiku when it will be more completed. Iāve been a BeOS user for a while, which i discovered with the personal edition in an OS magazine years ago.
I tried OpenSolaris too which feel a lot like linux because of the gnome desktop.
I started using MS Basic 2.1 back in the day on my Amstrad CPC6128+ (last OS that microsoft released that i like)
Along the way I have used BeOS 5 PE, then 5.0.1, Mandriva Linux, Mac OS 8-OSX, Ubuntu, Open Suse, Open Solaris, Solaris 10 (I really like the Java Desktop Environment) and will soon by trying out Haiku
I have 1 win-xp rig (2007)
(+ my father has another one that I am leading to him long term{2003}),
1 Ubuntu(2004),
1 that is meant to be haiku(2006 cheapo)
and one that has no PSU(2000)
)
