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melinda_sayang

11-19-2004 05:06 AM

the best "unix like" or "unix" operating system

Solaris 10 is out and FreeBSD 5.3 is out. I have read reviews from osnews.com, slashdot.org.... I just want to know what is the best "unix" or "unix-like" operating system according to you for desktop and server or workstation.....

I know the "best" word is very loosy...

Unfortunately I haven't try BSD and Solaris because lack of time. :( However I am happy with my Gentoo and Windows XP.

acid_kewpie

11-19-2004 05:14 AM

is there really anyone here that's not going to say Linux? talk about a biased sample!

LauroMoura

11-19-2004 05:38 AM

I'm using linux full time at home since last march and I never tried any other *nix before. Maybe next march (My "Month of change"....) I'll try BSD.

bakery2k

11-19-2004 06:17 AM

Minix!:)

fenderman11111

11-19-2004 05:11 PM

linux, purely because of hardware support and my personal preference of sysV as opposed to BSD4.3.

MafiaGeek

11-19-2004 05:58 PM

I've used Linux for a few years and find that there are lots of divers for hardware. But Linux drivers tent to be buggy. Linux distributions tent to come with to much unnecessary software.

I’m using FreeBSD 5 and I’m like it. FreeBSD 5 pretty much all common hardware is supported.

Configuring FreeBSD is a breeze and the documentation is some of the best I’ve seen.
Also FreeBSD is a lot liter and does not come with unnecessary software.

gug	11-19-2004 06:04 PM

slackware!

OK, it's all I've used for the last 8 years, so I'm biased.
And stubborn!

redjokerx

11-19-2004 06:17 PM

I picked BSD. If it weren't for hardware compatibility, I'd use it. Slackware isn't bad though.

migulic

11-21-2004 03:31 AM

Re: the best "unix like" or "unix" operating system

I don't think that those three are the only *nix OS-s. There's Mac OS X, for a start. Minix. AIX. HP-UX.

Migulic.

da_zombie

11-21-2004 04:14 PM

SCO Unix is the worst!

Fabyfakid

12-01-2004 01:05 PM

the Granddaddy of them all...Multics!!!

enzo250gto

12-01-2004 01:29 PM

I use Linux everyday at work. When I go home I use Apple's OS X because it is by far the best OS on the planet. If you give OS X a fair try you will probably agree with me.

d1s4st3r

12-03-2004 02:50 AM

I tried out many Linux distros, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris 9 and Darwin, and currently I'm using Linux (Debian on PC and Slackware on laptop), cos I think it's absolutely the best.
I think BSD systems are extremely good, but some kind of strange under some aspects (I mean, for desktop users, for whom Linux rocks!).
Solaris... uhm... awful? Terrible installation, pathetic hardware support, CDE as default interface, generally old...
Let's use Linux!!!

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