Personally, I'm a fan of Mac OS X. It does everything I need a computer to do. However, I still depend on Linux when it comes to distributed computing.

I use whatever works. An OS is a tool, not a religion, but the way some fanbois go on about it, you'd think it was.

At the moment, I use *nix, solely for the reason that windows doesn't work (for me) and I'm not smug enough or a big enough asshole to own a Mac.

Ubuntu FTW

Are you kidding me? I've tried both sides of things. From Windows 98 through Windows Vista, from RedHat 7 to MEPIS to Ubuntu from Dapper-beta days. Ubuntu wins (though Vista is scarily close). (Mind you, I have not tried OpenSuSE, Gentoo, or anything else not mentioned.)

I really don't like the reviews that say "Vista Stinks!" because they aren't true. Take a look at Vista, and you'll see many improvements. Security, searching, efficiency, and ease-of-use. Sure, Vista looks cool, but the main point is that it is useful. If I don't use Ubuntu, Vista's next.

I only been using linux about 3 days now on my laptop, and im thinkin of stayin with linux as well but keeping my pc on windows for gaming, but other than that linux is number one xD lol....

Kind of obvious that Linux would turn out number 1 in the poll here with a good chunk of the users on this site coming from ubuntuforums.org...

i like ubuntu alot more than windows and i havent been using it for long.

True true... there should've been a "Linux (ubuntuforums.org)" and "Linux (others)" option.

Same here. In some cases I've found it to be a lot easier than Windows. Take scanning for example. I was expecting all sorts of hassle connecting an HP all in one machine and getting the scanner working, but it worked within 1 minute. I didn't even need to install any software which certainly isn't the case with Windows.

My sentiments exactly. I use Windows at work for my school network, OS X for video editing and multimedia stuff and Linux for the more nitty gritty network diagnostics stuff and any web hosting.

Don't use a round peg to fill a square hole...

Ubuntu/Debian. They don't always "just work", but they definitely come closer than others.

PS: Don't forget BSD!

hypocritical much?

Ubuntu Rules!

Not undermining the other Linux versions. Even though I think Open source as a whole is still far away from fixing Ubuntu`s bug #1 my concern is that some day the core principles of free software(open and FREE) might some day be "outlawed" by the last dirty trick of MS. and it would be up to communities to avoid such a calamity to happen.

Not really. Ive yet to meet a Mac user I haven't wanted to kick in the pants. I'm sure the OS is lovely.

Actually, not all Mac users are a pain in the...well, I think you know the next word. Anyways, there are many who are just regular everyday people. But my problem lies in Windows users, here's a typical exchange between me and a Windows user:

User: Agh! My computer crashed again!
Me: What operating system are you using?
User: Windows. Someone should make something better.
Me: How about Mac or Linux.
User: No, I like Windows. It works well for me.

lol

Seriously, I like linux -- in particular kubuntu -- but I am very strongly against MS because of what I consider to be unethical business practice. So yeah, linux works for me, but it's philosophical too.

When I first switched to Linux, I was extremely strong against Microsoft. I would even bash Microsoft in reports at school. It has now been a few years and I've come to accept that things probably won't change. I'm still against Microsoft, but one just has to come to accept them because it's what the users want.

I'll also mention that when I first switched to Linux, I found myself turning against Apple as strongly as I was against Microsoft. About a year ago, my uncle offered to sell me his old G4 for $250. I bought it, in hopes of trying out Ubuntu on it to see if it would run different. Well, that G4 still hasn't had Ubuntu installed on it but instead has become one of my main systems here. I'm currently looking into purchasing a Mac Pro as the software I use (even though I use it on Windows right now) runs exceptionally well on the Mac Pro. I still use Linux, but it's mainly for development, storage, heavy processing, and posting on a website called SocialDiscussion.com.

I've used:

TRS-DOS (Color Extended Basic version on a TRS-80 Color Computer, model I)

Unix System III, System V

MS-DOS 3.1, 4.0, 5.22

MS-Windows 3.0, 3.1, 95, 98, 98se, Me and XP

MacOS 8, 9, 10

FreeBSD

Linux (Debian, Gentoo, lots and lots of other distros)

My favorite: Ubuntu Linux. It's got a good balance of stability and current features and it's the easiest OS to install and set up that I've experienced (at least on the 8 or 9 systems I've installed it on)...and it's FREE, in both senses of the word.

I use Windows for gaming but I don't give a damn about it. I uninstalled my anti-virus on Windows coz it was taking up precious space for gaming. We all should use Linux coz there's no need for an anti-virus

I don't have a favorite OS . I use what ever best suits my need.