Operating Systems

Operating Systems shywolf9982 has used:

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1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

MS-DOS

Windows 3.1

Microsoft Windows

Windows 95

Windows 98

Red Hat Linux

Linux

BeOS

Windows Me

Windows 2000

Debian

Slackware

NetBSD

OpenBSD

Berkeley Software Distribution

Windows XP

Ubuntu

Mac OS X

Fedora

Windows Vista

Windows 7

Windows 3.1

1992–1997

Used it sparingly, although never on my computers

Microsoft Windows

1992–

Started with it, now my interactions are limited to "maintenance for third parties"

MS-DOS

1992–1995

Some computers at school had only MS-DOS, back then

Windows 95

1995–1999

Honestly don't remember much of it. Needed a lot of maintenance.

Red Hat Linux

1999–2002

First Linux I had. Was a good way to begin.

Linux

1999–

The everyday OS for me since 2001

Windows 98

1999–2001

A lot slower than W95. And I hated how IE got everywhere.

Windows 2000

2000–2002

Not an extensive usage, mostly work stuff. Used to be quite stable.

Windows Me

2000

It crashed three times while installing it.

BeOS

2000

I installed it, played with it a few days. Then it was gone. But it looked cute.

Debian

2002–2005

Rock stable. Also, initially one of the few linuxes where graphical tools did not overwrite your custom config files.

Slackware

2002–2004

Was so simple. And like most simple designs, quite sturdy.

Windows XP

2003–2007

Been the Office-OS for a long time. For a time I had installed on top of it bash, blackbox, and various ports of GNU tools.

NetBSD

2003

Briefly used it to convert an old computer to "home server".

OpenBSD

2003

I installed it once, then was like "why bother, I have bazillions of packages on other BSD"

Berkeley Software Distribution

2003–2006

On-and-off usage. Never offered any compelling reason to switch away from Linux.

Ubuntu

2004–2007

Daily (home) OS for those years. I did not like the "super patched kernel" policy.

Mac OS X

2006–

Maintenance, etc. Also, nowadays all my technically knowledgeable friends have switched to the dark... migrated to it.

Fedora

2007–

<3. Daily OS.

Windows Vista

2008–

Okay, it's the OS on my sister's PC. And guess who gets called to fix it?

Windows 7

2009–

Because my friends have it, and I sometimes use/fix their PCs.

Cleese

I never really used it, but I wanted to help develop (the technical level however was, and might still be, above my head)