What OS do you run?

What OS do you use?

  • Windows

    Votes: 51 87.9%

  • Linux

    Votes: 4 6.9%

  • Mac OS

    Votes: 3 5.2%
  • Total voters
    58

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 3 (members: 0, guests: 3)
  • 75
    Replies
  • 2K
    Views
  • 0
    Participant count
    Participants list
ConTRo13R

ConTRo13R

Active Member
Messages
1,675
Reaction score
1
Tokenz
0.00z
Just moved to vista 64bit, still prefer xp pro and im liking windows 7 so far...apart from the bugs when trying to run anticheat software with games

Can i ask why linux?

Suse was best for me, i hated ubuntu but you cant beat windows lol
 
VashPL

VashPL

New Member
Messages
62
Reaction score
0
Tokenz
0.00z
ConTRo13R said:
Number 2. your sure yea
Click to expand...

Lets just say, i know a bunch of sites that are just flooded with viruses and trojans. With a Windows pc, my computer got to the point it wouldn't even go past the boot screen. On linux, i visited such sites and no effect what so ever. And to even make sure, i downloaded an AntiVirus program for Linux, did a bunch of scans, and i come out clean.

So yes, i am sure...am i 100% sure...no cause there may be a very tiny chance there is a virus that could screw up a Linux kernel.

Have you ever heard the saying "Mac's have no viruses" ? Well a Mac is Linux...just all pretty and all.
 
ConTRo13R

ConTRo13R

Active Member
Messages
1,675
Reaction score
1
Tokenz
0.00z
VashPL said:
Have you ever heard the saying "Mac's have no viruses" ? Well a Mac is Linux...just all pretty and all.
Click to expand...

Just going to quote that for the lulz

The reason why these sayings came about is because they are such unpopular OS's that viruses were never written for them for many years as the majority of the market use windows (not to mention the 'target' audience for such viruses)

But there are viruses for both linux and apple OS's, which is precisely the reason anti virus programs were written for them! They are just less common. Malware is mostly created to steal sensitive infomation, obviously microsoft owning the majority of the market (when fugures come into it pretty much all of it) then there is more of a hit rate than going to the trouble of programming for the sparse end of users.

It simply comes down to windows being the most used OS, if linux pawend the market like microsoft it would be the other way round.

Linux is more suseptable to damage than windows, aim for the kernal and linux is a gonna!
 
VashPL

VashPL

New Member
Messages
62
Reaction score
0
Tokenz
0.00z
ConTRo13R said:
Just going to quote that for the lulz

The reason why these sayings came about is because they are such unpopular OS's that viruses were never written for them for many years as the majority of the market use windows (not to mention the 'target' audience for such viruses)

But there are viruses for both linux and apple OS's, which is precisely the reason anti virus programs were written for them! They are just less common. Malware is mostly created to steal sensitive infomation, obviously microsoft owning the majority of the market (when fugures come into it pretty much all of it) then there is more of a hit rate than going to the trouble of programming for the sparse end of users.

It simply comes down to windows being the most used OS, if linux pawend the market like microsoft it would be the other way round.

Linux is more suseptable to damage than windows, aim for the kernal and linux is a gonna!
Click to expand...

Well you are very right. Yes if linux was used like Windows then it probably would be getting owned with viruses etc too.
Well i still love the stability of Linux...and tend to use it :) :p
 
ConTRo13R

ConTRo13R

Active Member
Messages
1,675
Reaction score
1
Tokenz
0.00z
I used suse for a while and yea it was good i still preferd the windows interface and the abilty to play games! lol

Still have suse on a small raptor drive somewhere, im gonna have a play around with it again lol

I build, bench and game! lol
 
78,874Threads
2,185,387Messages
4,959Members
Back
Top