The Operating System Debate Thread

[w1z4rd]

My favourite is "Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam
possit materiari?"

bwhahaha!

 

[Datura]

And a nice 861 page "Special Edition - Using Linux" on my desk.

 

[Ivan...]

I succeeded in summoning satan into my computer (translation)

Satan..aka Steve balmer says:
.!.. your threads, Vista Ultimate is the most Ultimate..therefore we gave it the title "Ultimate"..

 

[bwana]

Why recreate the Weel?

I'd be glad to . . . . but first . . . what's a weel?

 

[Datura]

I'd be glad to . . . . but first . . . what's a weel?

Ask Charles Dickens

'and my fellow-workmen - for that yo are to me, though not, as I knows on, to this delegate here - I ha but a word to sen, and I could sen nommore if I was to speak till Strike o' day. I know weel, aw what's afore me. I know weel that yo aw resolve to ha nommore ado wi' a man who is not wi' yo in this matther. I know weel that if I was a lyin parisht i' th' road, yo'd feel it right to pass me by, as a forrenner and stranger. What I ha getn, I mun mak th' best on.'

 

[bwana]

So why don't you come and tell us that in here then?

That thread is just about two operating systems - according to wiki there might be just a few more than that . . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operating_systems

Perhaps we should merge that thread into this one?

 

[w1z4rd]

The forum really is boned today

 

[The_Techie]

Do we really need to discuss this?

 

[w1z4rd]

Do we really need to discuss this?

Discuss what? Dickens is always a good topic to discuss.

 

[The_Techie]

Discuss what? Dickens is always a good topic to discuss.

Fair enough

 

[Datura]

*applauds derailing*

 

[Rocket-Boy]

My favourite is "ah fsckit, where is that Knoppix/SuSE/Ubuntu CD?"

I *always* have a trusty knoppix cd around somewhere, that and the linux boot tools one for changing admin passwords on windows machines...

 

[The_Techie]

I *always* have a trusty knoppix cd around somewhere, that and the linux boot tools one for changing admin passwords on windows machines...

BartPE with Sala's Password Renew for me

 

[Highflyer_GP]

MS-DOS 5.0 ftw

Probably MS's most stable OS, I loved messing around on it, and the games were fun! There was something satisfying about managing your memory manually, or trying to configure your sound card from the command prompt

 

[chiskop]

GPartEd is my weapon of choice.

 

[Moederloos]

Question: Can we discuss Vista too, even though its not really an Operating System - since it barely Operates and "System" implies " a coherent interaction of parts to form a working whole"?

 

[Ryder_JHB]

MS-DOS 5.0 ftw

Probably MS's most stable OS, I loved messing around on it, and the games were fun! There was something satisfying about managing your memory manually, or trying to configure your sound card from the command prompt

Hehe, I was a member of that club too! Many hours were spent with trying to get enough ram to get a game to work!

I still use those "skills" to this day, when making bootable ghost imaging dvd's, or OS pre-install disks!

 

[Ryder_JHB]

Question: Can we discuss Vista too, even though its not really an Operating System - since it barely Operates and "System" implies " a coherent interaction of parts to form a working whole"?

Vista is teh evil!

 

[Ivan...]

Question: Can we discuss Vista too, even though its not really an Operating System - since it barely Operates and "System" implies " a coherent interaction of parts to form a working whole"?

Vista is teh evil!

oh you kids say the silliest things
Vista Home Basic isn't an operating system, its a demo..

 

[The_Techie]

Vista is teh evil!