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Title: What's your OS?
Post by: Lelygax on February 19, 2013, 04:52:12 AM
 In my absence, I've observed some 4chan /g/ discussions (yeah, I've been THAT bored lol) and now that I remembered that... what OS do you use? Do you have a second or third one too? Feel free to share your experience with them here (Android and iOS included).

 Im thinking in trying something new like linux and see how they evolved, since I've used it long years ago, when Debian and Red Hat are becoming famous here and no one even knew what is linux until then. My preferred Windows is 98, I use a XP in my house and right now Im on a 7 on my mom notebook, atleast the BSOD doesnt appeared not even one time to me in 7 and thats a good thing (but it still more resources-hungry than XP).

Also, install gentoo
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi666.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv30%2Fpowel443%2F1254880169100.png&hash=36b7c8b3940a2ea7ce01ea878dd1de7e8e2a9f93)
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: uzo on February 19, 2013, 05:30:44 AM
Desktop:
Windows 7 (primary)
Windows XP (dual booting)
Windows 8 Trial (on virtual machine)

Laptop:
Windows 7 (primary)
Windows 8 Trial (on another HDD, have to swap, wont dual boot for some reason)

Home Server:
Fedora Core 10 (outdated, I know, but does the job)


I like Windows 8, but it doesn't like my Laptop's drivers, and it's unlikely that HP will ever fix the drivers for my model. I'll consider upgrading on my Desktop though. It's pretty nifty so far.

Linux isn't good for anyone who doesn't know what they're doing. The GUI is lacking, sometimes even faulty, and doesn't include all options and features. If you don't know how to, or are not comfortable with, using the console to text command everything on your OS, then it's going to be a complete nightmare and you shouldn't even bother with it. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless your goal is to run a web server or something on the advanced spectrum like that.
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on February 19, 2013, 11:43:22 AM
Windows 7
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on February 19, 2013, 12:51:56 PM
I used to have a plugin for this forum which showed forum members what OS they were using.
But someone bitched about it, something about "I don't want people to know what I'm using", so I took it down.

Not like it really makes a difference, right?
Oh, and I'm mostly on WindowsXP still.
And on AndroidOS on the Tablet (Ice Cream Sandwich).
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Lelygax on February 19, 2013, 01:01:13 PM
 Yeah I know what you mean, some people are a little paranoic about privacy, the funny thing is that they want to continue anonymous but dont even search ways to really do so xD

 What about your android, the emulators run smoothly on them?
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on February 19, 2013, 01:13:59 PM
Yes, they doooooooo.  So good.
NES has no screen tearing, and SNES has almost none (I want to say 'none' but honestly I wasn't paying attention).
Though I can play GBA I haven't really had a need to.

Supposedly I can play N64 and Playstation, but those emulators keep on putting shortcuts to ads on your homescreens, which I found very annoying and after the 3rd ad was added, I just uninstalled.  And I don't really want to pay for emulator app use.
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Aridale on February 19, 2013, 01:23:58 PM
I have win 8 on one computer here at home and 7 on my "server" computer I use for my minecraft server and its all 7 at work. I have Jelly Bean on both my tablet and phone
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Lelygax on February 19, 2013, 01:29:07 PM
I hate intrusive ads. I think its disrespectful.

Hey Aridale, do you play minecraft or only host to the friends? I play it sometimes and would enjoy to play with someone from here xD
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Mooning Freddy on February 19, 2013, 01:42:19 PM
This reminds me of arguments the nerds in my Junior high had. Among the nerd community, the type of your hardware or screen card was equivalent to penis size. It was all about having more RAM and more MHZ and if you had a CPU from a second-rate company you better never mention it or you'll be ridiculed for all eternity.

Damn. For a bunch of nerds, those guys were ASSHOLES. On the other hand, back in Junior High, who wasn't.
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: uzo on February 19, 2013, 01:46:07 PM
Speaking of Minecraft, I do run three servers off of my desktop. I put them on the SSD, which honestly is the only way to go since the main bottle neck for these servers is read and write speed. Without an SSD you'll notice lag on a lot of things, especially when you have more than 5 people on at once.
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Lelygax on February 19, 2013, 01:51:50 PM
What is a bottle neck? I heard that SSD is insanely fast compared to a HDD, its true? I never asked you about your minecraft server because you seems to be a busy person without time to play lol
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on February 19, 2013, 02:18:43 PM
A bottle neck is, essentially, a spot within a path in which the flow of something slows down.

Think of it this way: You have a pipe the diameter of your arm, so water flows through it at a certain speed.
Then you have a part of the pipe which has the diameter of a BOTTLE NECK. ;)
In that part of the pipe, the flow of water will slow down.

In terms of computing, it is a part of your system, whether physical hardware or in the software, in which data flow rates slow down.  In UZO's case, the physical problem of the read/write speed of a conventional hard drive causes a natural bottleneck.  Thus, he switched to a SSD (Solid State Drive), which, by nature, has no such physical problems.  Thus, he solved the bottleneck situation and as a result has a faster system/server/MinecraftWorld.

I'm interested in Minecraft.  I'd like to build something for it but I don't want to spend time fighting zombies or whatever: I just wanna build.
Maybe something nice and Castlevania-ish.
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: uzo on February 19, 2013, 02:22:48 PM
Jorge beat me to it. That is what a bottle neck is.

Also Jorge, Minecraft has many modes. You can do unlimited building mode. You can even do survival without monsters. It's fully customizable on all levels.

And finally, yes, at this point I've not been playing because running a video game company is a lot of work. I don't have the time to sink into Minecraft, or risk it's addictive nature.
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Lelygax on February 19, 2013, 02:45:18 PM
Cool, now I understand what a bottle neck is (it even have a apropriate name), thanks for sharing that with me. Maybe I will create a Minecraft thread later (or join one if it exists).
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: X on February 19, 2013, 03:41:56 PM
Quote
Supposedly I can play N64 and Playstation, but those emulators keep on putting shortcuts to ads on your homescreens, which I found very annoying and after the 3rd ad was added, I just uninstalled.  And I don't really want to pay for emulator app use.

What N64 emulator are you using? I've got Project 64 on my machine and no annoying pop-up adds. Also my OS is Windows 7. I don't feel like I can trust Windows 8 yet.
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Lelygax on February 19, 2013, 03:54:23 PM
That ads appear on the Android xD
But if he wanted he could look on the interwebz for a "free version" of the paid emulator I think.
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on February 19, 2013, 06:29:51 PM
The 'free' version of the emulator is the one with the annoying ads.  That's kinda the problem.

And yes, we're talking emulators for Android, for portable gaming on my Tablet, not emulators for Windows.
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Kaori on February 20, 2013, 01:36:48 AM
I have 3 computers.

My laptop: Windows 7 (primary) Ubuntu (Secondary)
New Desktop: Windows 7
Old Desktop: Windows XP
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Lone Wolf on February 20, 2013, 02:34:19 AM
Windows 8 Pro.
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Aridale on February 20, 2013, 03:51:40 AM
My minecraft server isnt open to anyone right now. Im workin on a multiplayer adventure map on it. Once it gets farther along Ill start lettin ppl play. There wont be any building or anything atleast in this world. If I add another normal world dimension later itll be no mob griefing survival. The adventure mode world is all custom spawns and npcs.

Heres the finished land map =P
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on February 20, 2013, 04:49:47 AM
All I wanna do is build. :3
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Lashen on February 20, 2013, 05:10:39 AM
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimgs.xkcd.com%2Fcomics%2Flinux_user_at_best_buy.png&hash=e4f39c431a4f5884b19527b1202f905e1bfb5d13)

Linux User at Best Buy
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Lelygax on February 20, 2013, 12:51:51 PM
What Linux? Gentoo? Or you are a Arch hipster? (JK)
But seriously, what do you use?
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Aridale on February 20, 2013, 02:18:35 PM
Hey Jorge I tried to PM you but I guess I cant cause your an admin. If you msg me can I reply?
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Lelygax on February 20, 2013, 02:25:16 PM
I PMed him early normally, thats strange, it give a error?
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Aridale on February 20, 2013, 02:43:13 PM
nope I sent it before I left for work and it seemed like it sent fine but I cant find any record of it in my msgs lol
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Lelygax on February 20, 2013, 03:33:10 PM
Maybe it unmarked to save a copy automatically for some obscure, random and magic reason? LOL
Its good to know of that, I'll check to see if that happens with me later. Thanks for letting us know.
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Flame on February 21, 2013, 05:15:04 AM
Desktop: Win7
Laptop: WinVista
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on February 21, 2013, 06:50:01 AM
I got the messages.
I was busy though. >_>
N-no! I wasn't building things in Minecraft! DON'T JUDGE ME! <_<
Title: Re: What's your OS?
Post by: Lelygax on February 21, 2013, 03:25:57 PM
 I will judge you! Creepers, attack his buildings! >:)