Which OS do you prefer ?

[Instab]

Of course its a good thing. just look at firefox and any other well maintain opensource code. Just consider pgp for a moment - rock solid.

yes, these apps are fine but this about an os and not just some apps. the situation is different there

[saebrtooth]

Apple like to keep some thing secret (proprietary) right?

[Instab]

Apple like to keep some thing secret (proprietary) right?

proprietary and not open source can be 2 different things.
and yes, they do have their own apps.

so?

[saebrtooth]

... the situation is different there

my reply to what may be "different there"

Apple like to keep some thing secret (proprietary) right?

[Instab]

eh, sorry, i'm not sure what you mean

[saebrtooth]

thats ok man, its not really important Just a a point of view.

[dreamer]

all of these codes that you have to write to download drivers
the whole console concept seems wrong for me..
I like to use my mouse better than my keyboard

[Instab]

all of these codes that you have to write to download drivers

you lost me there

the whole console concept seems wrong for me..

you mean terminal?

I like to use my mouse better than my keyboard

sure, just as you like it.
so where's the on-topic part?

[dreamer]

you lost me there

2 years ago I tried Ubunto (still have the installation CD by the way).
I read somewhere that in order to install the drivers of the USB modem I had, I needed to write like 5 lines in the

you mean terminal?

yeah, that's the term..
and don't get me wrong.. I know my way around computers.. it's just that Windows' so much more convenient than Linux or its distributes..

sure, just as you like it.

I lost YOU there.

[Instab]

it's just that Windows' so much more convenient than Linux or its distributes..

sure, it heavily depends on what you wanna do

[yoco]

Hey guys! Let me just ask one thing. Would you rather install Windows 7 or XP?

[saebrtooth]

@yoco
Windows 7 has greatly improved upon XP, this includes the installation so of course W7

[yoco]

I guess you're right, it's just that I'm really used too XP and I don't know a thing about 7

[saebrtooth]

really and this is from my many years experience of using windows and msdos. Everything has improved so much dude I remember if W 3.0 crashed for whatever reason u had to reinstall everything except for DOS.

anyway...
If you find XP easy to use then you'll find W7 even better and if you got x64 hardware it'll be even better cos of the extra ram

[innovativeone]

Im using Mac OS X and its a very smooth and comfortable operating system.
When I used Windows XP I had to reinstall the whole system every 6 months in the best case, because its performance decreased rapidly. Now I m using the same Mac OS X installation for 2 years and there is still no reason to reinstall it.