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harpo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 04:39 PM
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Poll question: What operating system does your computer run?
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NJ Democrats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 04:41 PM
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1. Windows
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 04:42 PM
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2. I have several computers and they run several different OS's...
...so I can't reply without a "several of the above" option.
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Idioteque Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 04:45 PM
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3. At the moment, Ubuntu Linux Daper Drake n/t
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 04:45 PM
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4. There's a difference between OS and ISP ?
Good Gawd ! I'm hopeless :silly:
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harpo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 04:48 PM
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6. yep...
os=operating system...the thing that comes up when you turn your computer on.
isp=internet service provider...the folks that give you access to the internets
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 05:22 PM
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21. Thanks!
So my OS is Windows XP and my ISP is AOL. Got it :hi:
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harpo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 05:47 PM
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24. you got it
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MazeRat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 04:48 PM
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5. Which computer ? The fastest, slowest, smallest, biggest, oldest, newest?
We have the three main ones in our house.

Linux for all the heavy lifting (firewall, servers, penetration testing, etc), windows on a couple of desktops/laptops for misc "windoz only stuff", and a couple of iBooks with OSX. The majority of systems are Linux which I guess is the point of the poll.

MZr7

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riona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 04:50 PM
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7. maybe you can figure it out
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 04:51 PM
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8. If you're running Windows, you're actually running DOS.
Windows is the lipstick on a pig.
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high density Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 05:13 PM
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15. Not if you're running Win 2000 or newer.
2000/XP/2003/etc have a "command prompt" available in Windows but it's not DOS.
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 05:17 PM
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17. I guess all Linux users just have Unix installed with no GUI.
Given that type of logic..
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 05:30 PM
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22. No, it's close but they share no code. OSX is a flavor of
UNIX with the GUI UNIX dreamed of.
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Finder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 04:54 PM
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9. Several of the choices. n/t
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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 04:57 PM
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10. Five Linux boxes running 24/7
Edited on Wed Apr-05-06 05:49 PM by longship
All connected to the Net 24/7. No viruses. No spyware. Just reliability.

It might not be perfect, but it sure is good.

Three boxes running Gentoo (AMD Athlon 64 X2, VIA C3, AMD Duron), one Debian (P4), one custom Red Hat (StrongARM NetWinder). The NetWinder has been up continuously, with few reboots, for about seven years. That's reliability.

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corkhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 05:00 PM
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11. Where is CP/M in the choices?
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harpo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 05:02 PM
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12. not enough space
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 05:08 PM
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13. I remember that stuff.
Ran it on an Osborne with a Z-80 processer, 64 k RAM & 2 single-density single-sided 90k floppies. The CRT display musta been all of 5 inches diagonally. Hell, I wrote a book in WordStar on that machine.
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corkhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 05:16 PM
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16. Yup, I had one too until I moved up to TurboDOS
If I recall, the Z-80 was the souped up model.

Yes, Floppy Disks the size of pizza boxes
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harpo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 05:19 PM
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19. I loved the huge floppies :)
I thought they were the SHIAT at the time!
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 05:18 PM
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18. I remember those.....
they were the first 'laptop' machines, I think. :-) real cutting edge, way back when..
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 05:09 PM
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14. some windows 2000, some linux
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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 05:20 PM
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20. voted windows, but I am currently testing out a linux build
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 05:38 PM
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23. Mac OS 8.6 and WindowsXP
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 07:09 PM
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25. Z/OS 1.7
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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 08:08 PM
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26. If I told you I'd probably get a virus, wouldn't I?
PM'd to me. Pathetic.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 08:15 PM
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27. self-delete
Edited on Wed Apr-05-06 08:27 PM by madokie
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 08:17 PM
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28. Basic.
Man, I got that Z-80 SO overclocked, it GLOWS! 36 Mhz!
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 08:23 PM
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29. FreeBSD
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