What Is your Favorite Alternative OS and Why

[DaNIsH]

gentoo, cause portage is the best!

Beat me to it :D

Gentoo seems to hard for me.

The install is time consuming (if you do a stage 1), but other than that it's simple IMO.

Installation has a huge guide that covers all areas (unless you have some non-standard hardware), and after that it's usually one command to do anything.

[beh]

I wouldn't like linux nearly asmuch as i do if it wasn't for gentoo.

[vertigosity]

Heh, I know I'll get flamed for this, but I'll say Win98 is actually a decent "alternative OS" now, especially with something like 98lite removing stuff... it'll boot and run stably for a lot of tasks on a P/100 laptop and it can make an Athlon XP 3200+ feel like a 3500+ for a few seconds :-P. Aside from that, Debian. Debian everywhere. Debian makes my babies. Never mind the 2 year gestation period...

Edit: And OS/2 Warp (3, never played with 4 - I've got a box full of XDF floppies for 3 :no:) had the coolest shell, evar, in my opinion.

[jamend]

I like Solaris too =)

[krmathis]

I like Solaris too =)

Thank you! :laugh: :rofl:

[zivan56]

BeOS Developers Edition for sure, its rock solid, and everthing except the wireless card works on my new Centrino laptop.

[gazebee_]

Macs!

[sanctified Veteran]

BeOS Developers Edition for sure, its rock solid, and everthing except the wireless card works on my new Centrino laptop.

where can I get it? are you refering to the max edition?

[hornett]

,Sep 12 2004, 09:14] where can I get it? are you refering to the max edition?

Here you go,

http://www.beosonline.com/

[Axel]

My favourate alternative OS is "Windows XP Professional" (dunno if anyone's heard of it before?). This guy called bill came up with the idea and it's easy to use and has a lot of software support!

:p

[vbagaria]

My favourate alternative OS is "Windows XP Professional" (dunno if anyone's heard of it before?). This guy called bill came up with the idea and it's easy to use and has a lot of software support!

:p

yeah i have heard of that.... i think its the best. is should get very popular, soon

:woot:

[Jase]

Macs to the Max!

[Zerosleep]

Slackware. It beats all the others, hands down.

[Galley]

BeOS...It's the OS! :yes:

[Aeonandromere]

Gentoo 2004.2 Stage 1 Install.

Though Id love to use SkyOS 5, Too bad it costs 30$. << semi-serious request for 'donation' (a.k.a. 'warez') edited out. >>

Edited September 12, 2004 by markjensen

[neowin_hipster]

Gentoo 2004.2 Stage 1 Install.

Because unless you kernel hack, there is no faster :p

I use stage 3 install, but over time you'll get a stage1 equiv as portage updates...

[AOXOMOXOA]

I dont

[junkie]

i'm a linux newbie and UHU linux is my choice. :yes:

[dtanderson]

Yoper

[Blue-Vision]

Slax and Yoper. Slax is the one I use for data recovery on Windows systems. The new Yopers are nice too, I use it for whatever else when not on XP. :yes:

[randomnut]

U use SUSE. I love it :)

[Praxeus]

I still use XP really only for playing games. Used to be a real slack fan till I found Yoper. Great OS.