Who Uses Linux

[ajbrun]

i said no, but I do use knoppix at least twice a week on my home machine

So why says no then? I'm sure it's installed on the machine isn't it? You don't uninstall it every week do you?

[iMc]

Knoppix runs from a bootable CD ajbrun. So you just slap it in the drive if and when you feel like using it.

[bsodmike]

Gentoo all the way...

Plus my desktop - a Mac - uses BSD at its core.

[bmh.01]

Got two servers running fedora core 3, for servers you can't beat it but i'm still a 100% windows man for my desktop.

[GRiDlock]

Use SUSE 9.2 on a laptop, and quite often use Knoppix via CD boot to test old PC gear.

[ikonia]

I think there is a difference between who seriously uses it, who installs it and plays with it, and who just has it installed.

I think the numbers would be different.

Perhaps better make the pole


Who has it installed
who has it installed and plays with it
who has it installed and uses it
Who uses it as a main OS

[Raz316]

So why says no then? I'm sure it's installed on the machine isn't it? You don't uninstall it every week do you?

Nah i run it as a live CD, i.e. just boot the machine up with the CD in the drive if I want to use it.

[DigiGuru]

I always found that Linux just wasn't as productive... I play games and I develop using M$ software... linux will never do lol

Plus I used some weird-@$$ hardware at one point... getting redhat installed took over 4 hours

[r1zeek]

I have Debian installed on my Laptop and on one of my desktop rigs (a nice PIII 700Mhz)

I use Windows and Debian equally, most of my work etc is done on Debian (GIMP, OpenOffice, Bluefish etc) and most of my Gaming and MSNing is done on my Windows rig.

[satan]

I had a penta-boot (5 OS's), WinXP, Slackware 10.1, Mandrake 10.1, FC3, SuSE 9.1.

Now I just have XP and Slackware, which I use as a webserver and file server.

[Tifosi]

Windows XP main rig
Windows XP & FreeBSD 5.3 laptop

[badass]

Where do you lot download your distros etc from?

[ikonia]

linuxiso.org is always a good one, most of the distros have a download on their on site.

ftp mirrors

lots of places

[Butcher]

Just windows, no use for linux on either of my machines.

[wasabi]

I use linux (mandrake 9.0) at work as a proxy/firewall/web/fileserver but can't really be bothered with it at home. Even though I'm moderately comfortable with linux, something which is going to take me endless hours just to recognise my onboard network card properly and not make a klutz of working with my audigy card just isn't worth the hassle.

[gadgetboy]

Use Linux and at least 3 other flavors of Unix on my home machines (HP-UX, Solaris and AIX).

Tend to change Linux distros quite often more for curiosity than anything. Currently trying to get Gentoo to compile on a HP C360.

Saving up for a mini-itx rig so I can run a web server in the corner without the noise and at relatively low power.