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| The best operating system is? |
| Windows Vista |
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14% |
[ 2 ] |
| Windows XP |
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21% |
[ 3 ] |
| Windows Longhorn |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Mac OS(X) |
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7% |
[ 1 ] |
| Sun |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Any of the linux branches |
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57% |
[ 8 ] |
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Redwulf
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Joined: 24 May 2005
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 Posted: May 06, 2008 5:39pm Post subject: Yes you want to link with us :) |
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Cutting to the chase
us
Unreal
Anope
Neostats
global user count varies between 50-85
been around for a little over 2 years.
you
Unreal (obviously)
our services
don't really care about stats, so if you'd rather use yours, that's fine.
no Xdcc, warez, all that stuff that's usually not allowed.
and you must have more users than you have ircops. considerably more actually (that should disqualify 1-manned nets, and bot nets.)
you can keep your domain, your staff, your money, and your joys. Or you can use ours?
Post back or pm me or something, I dunno if I'm allowed to post links and it's not worth finding out the wrong way  |
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greg27
Lurker
Joined: 07 Oct 2006
Posts: 161
Location: Australia
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| Posted: May 06, 2008 6:02pm Post subject: |
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| i think saying who "us" is could be a good idea.. |
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katsklaw
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Joined: 28 Jun 2004
Posts: 1122
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| Posted: May 06, 2008 6:18pm Post subject: |
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In your poll you missed the correct answer.
The "best" OS is the one that suits your needs the best. Best is an objective opinion. What's best for me may not be best for you. |
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Redwulf
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| Posted: May 06, 2008 6:39pm Post subject: |
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NO...!!!! only 30 minutes within posting? Oh gawd 
Katsklaw best is very subject, I just want people's general opinions.
Where us = Bit'sJoint-IRC.
thanks greg.
what is best for you katsklaw :p |
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katsklaw
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Joined: 28 Jun 2004
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| Posted: May 06, 2008 6:42pm Post subject: |
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| I have no "best" as all of them have strengths and weaknesses and in most cases any OS is missing something I need. |
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PingBad
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Joined: 05 Feb 2005
Posts: 2075
Location: New Zealand
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| Posted: May 06, 2008 9:00pm Post subject: |
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Speaking from first hand...
for serious network routing and security, Windows (even the server-class edition of the OS) is pathetically useless where Linux (RHEL) does the job nicely.
for productivity/development/general use, windows has the edge if only because the vast majority of commercial-grade software packages are designed for a Win32 environment.
for IRCd hosting, FreeBSD hands down - no contest.
for gaming, Win32.
As for Vista - what ... a ... waste (of money, and system resources) |
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twiggz
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Joined: 25 Jan 2008
Posts: 74
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| Posted: May 06, 2008 10:22pm Post subject: FreeBSD |
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| Why isnt FreeBSD or Any of the BSDs in that poll? IMO linux is utter chaos that somehow manages to work, it definately isnt an operating system since linux itself is just a kernel and GNU apps wrapped around it.....I use BSDs with no problems on my desktops and servers. |
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PingBad
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Joined: 05 Feb 2005
Posts: 2075
Location: New Zealand
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| Posted: May 07, 2008 5:21am Post subject: |
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| I imagine the *BSD lines of Unix are implicitly included in the "Branches of Linux" option - from value value they seem similair, but IMO both are geared towards different environments (to me, *BSD seems more suited to a server environment, and "Linux" - aka: Ubuntu, Fedora Core, etc - seems to be more suited towards desktop/workstation environments depending on distribution and options. I could be wrong, however) |
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twiggz
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Joined: 25 Jan 2008
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| Posted: May 07, 2008 10:19am Post subject: |
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| You are wrong. How can you include *BSDs in "branches of linux" when BSD was started about 2 decades before the first linux kernel was created? BSD to the uninformed user may look and function similiar to linux on the cli, but they are VERY different. Also, FreeBSD (my desktop of choice) does anything and everything that my wifes debian etch machine does. All three major BSDs can run linux binaries, linux cant run freebsd binaries iirc. I would say that FreeBSD is much more versatile than linux due to its superior package management, its true BASE install (no linux distro has a true base because in reality everything in all linux distributions (other than the kernal) are just GNU apps maintained by someone other than the distros dev team). Debian makes a half decent attempt at having a true base, but its still not up to par imo. And there wouldnt be any need for any BSD to have the ability to run linux binaries if todays imature coders werent so intent on creating apps that are dependant soley on linux. The average BSD user is ten years older than the average linux user. The BSD developers are more often older and more experienced than any linux distro team. Ill end this rant with a popular saying: BSD is designed, linux was grown like a fungus. |
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katsklaw
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| Posted: May 07, 2008 4:44pm Post subject: |
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| BSD is Unix, not Linux. Full Stop. |
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PingBad
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Location: New Zealand
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| Posted: May 07, 2008 5:16pm Post subject: |
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| katsklaw wrote: | | BSD is Unix, not Linux. Full Stop. |
You are indeed right, katsklaw, my post up above - if i mislead anyone, I apologise - was me offering a thought on why the poll options are as they are.
PS: Windows Longhorn = Windows Vista |
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katsklaw
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Joined: 28 Jun 2004
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| Posted: May 07, 2008 5:29pm Post subject: |
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| I thought they recycled longhorn and used it for 2k8 server? |
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PingBad
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Joined: 05 Feb 2005
Posts: 2075
Location: New Zealand
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| Posted: May 07, 2008 5:32pm Post subject: |
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| katsklaw wrote: | | I thought they recycled longhorn and used it for 2k8 server? |
iirc, they just called win2k8 "Windows Server 2008" as they did w/ win2k3 |
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greg27
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Joined: 07 Oct 2006
Posts: 161
Location: Australia
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| Posted: May 07, 2008 6:17pm Post subject: |
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| i don't even understand why there's a poll here - isn't this a thread about linking? |
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Jobe
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Joined: 30 Jul 2006
Posts: 376
Location: Lurking in the shadows of some random channel!
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| Posted: May 08, 2008 10:45am Post subject: |
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| greg27 wrote: | | i don't even understand why there's a poll here - isn't this a thread about linking? |
Because some people think it's "clever" to use a poll to make their thread stand out. |
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