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Operating Systems PaulM has used:

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Windows 3.1
MS-DOS
Slackware
Windows 95
Red Hat Linux
Windows 98
BeOS
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Solaris
Ubuntu
Mac OS X
Windows 3.1
1992–1995
MS-DOS
1993–1999
Slackware
1994–1996
I remember watching my dad install this from floppies.
Windows 95
1995–1998
I remember being astounded by the desktop the first time it booted after installing from the million floppy disks. Nothing quite made the same impression on me as the difference between 3.1 and 95.
Red Hat Linux
1997–1999
Windows 98
1998–2003
Supported a lot of older installs of this long after XP became dominant.
BeOS
2000
Played with this a bit just around when it started to go downhill. Was a fun alternative - the first non-windows I really gave a chance.
Windows XP
2000–
Solaris
2003–
Installed on university machines I still interact with occasionally.
Ubuntu
2006–
Mac OS X
2010–