xxxxxx.xxxxxx Share Posted April 6, 2011 I was just wondering how Neowin's Linux users run their systems, whether they are Linux Only, Dual Booting on the same system or using Virtual Machines for their experience. I run Debian 6 exclusively on my desktop for my primary OS. Link to post Share on other sites
metallithrax Share Posted April 6, 2011 Linux Mint 10 & Windows XP dual boot, but mainly boot into Mint. I will probably be Linux only in the not too distant future, but at the minute i'm not quite ready to ditch XP fully. Link to post Share on other sites
Jen Smith Share Posted April 6, 2011 For me, depends on the machine and what it's doing. Most of the computers here are server oriented, they're a mix of BSD, Linux and a couple 2008R2 machines. My "main" system and the family's desktops are mostly Windows 7, a couple running BSD, and a couple laptops running Arch. Personally, I'm not a fan of dual-booting.. if the OS in question doesn't do everything I need it to do, then (for me) it doesn't have a place on the machine. The only machine I do have an actual dual-boot set up is a test rig that happens to have a Hackintosh installation that I fire up every couple of months for giggles and haven't gotten around to erasing yet. Link to post Share on other sites
Syanide Share Posted April 6, 2011 I use PCLinuxOS as a primary OS - though that can be subject to change. I don't dual boot anymore, but I do keep a copy of Windows XP in VirtualBox, basically for two programs: Photoshop and Illustrator, I use them for occasional work, and tbh, I'm too lazy to learn Gimp and Inkscape at this moment (both seem really good, especially Inkscape, but as I said, laziness). Netbook runs Linux Mint 10 and nothing else. Link to post Share on other sites
shockz Share Posted April 6, 2011 I have all my primary servers at home running on Linux. File server, personal server (irssi, minecraft, vpn, shoutcast), and a web server. Running via ESXI. Link to post Share on other sites
fusi0n Share Posted April 6, 2011 Ubuntu 10.10 Dual Booted 7 on work laptop. Ubuntu 10.10 tribooted on my mac with Windows 7. Link to post Share on other sites
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Share Posted April 6, 2011 Linux is a contingency for me. There is a laptop with Linux Mint on it for use if - for whatever reason - the other 5 computers we have aren't working. :p Link to post Share on other sites
Chasethebase Veteran Share Posted April 6, 2011 Ubuntu 10.10 is currently my secondary OS, but may be removed soon. Link to post Share on other sites
Travelar Share Posted April 6, 2011 I run mostly in VMs at this point with Win7 as my main OS. When this semester is over, I am going back to running it as my primary with Windows as the VM OS. I always kept Windows for gaming, but at this point of my life, I'd rather game on a console. If I need to game, there are plenty of good resources to get many popular games working in Linux. Not sure what flavor I'll be switching to, but I'm going to guess Debian since it's primarily what I run in my VMs. Link to post Share on other sites
DavidM Share Posted April 6, 2011 Other - I use it on my router, everything else is Windows 7. Link to post Share on other sites
Growled Member Share Posted April 6, 2011 I use a variety of Linuxes in VM. None as my primary OS at the moment. They are all Windows 7. Link to post Share on other sites
Carbon Fiber Share Posted April 6, 2011 Virtual for school purpose, handy to take with me on a USB key :) Link to post Share on other sites
mps69 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Ubuntu 10.10 on both netbook and desktop. Dual booted for about 6 month, and then realised I didn't really need Windows any more, and I've never looked back. Link to post Share on other sites
Subject Delta Share Posted April 6, 2011 Other, I use Android on my phone which is built from a modded Linux kernel Link to post Share on other sites
Aethec Share Posted April 6, 2011 Well, I've got a NT Password Recovery CD, which is basically a Linux kernel and chntpw, just in case. Last time I tried a LiveCD, it crashed after 10 minutes. Link to post Share on other sites
Kreuger Share Posted April 6, 2011 I have Ubuntu only on my desktop. My laptop is Linux Mint dualboot with Windows 7 though I don't use the Windows often. Link to post Share on other sites
briangw Share Posted April 6, 2011 I've dabbled with OpenSuse 11 and Ubuntu 9 on VMWare Workstation, but that is it...just dabbling. Oh, and like Subject Delta, got a variant of it on my Droid Incredible ;) Link to post Share on other sites
lunamonkey Share Posted April 6, 2011 I've got a partial upgrade of ubuntu 10.10 -> 11.04 running at the moment, it's caught between updates and it's peeing me off. How can I cleanly finish it off without losing stuff? Update manager keeps failing on one item, and then tries all over again. :/ Edit : to answer quiestion.... it's on my browsing laptop. I don't use it for anything in particular, just Opera, email and WoL and VNC and stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
cork1958 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Still have Zenwalk http://zenwalk.org/ installed on a couple machines that dual boot with Windows 7. Personally, Never saw much sense to dual booting and even less sense to triple or more booting. Only have those 2 machines dual booting just so I don't get TOTALLY rusty with Linux. Linux has definitely come a long ways in recent years, but it will never be my main OS even if I had to find and use a pirated copy of Windows!! Link to post Share on other sites
c3ntury Share Posted April 6, 2011 Linux on my smartphone in the form of Android (if that counts), used to use Linux on the desktop, but Windows 7 dominates at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites
+InsaneNutter MVC Share Posted April 6, 2011 In my life Linux runs on devices that usually perform one purpose, for example: Media Player - I have a Nettop PC that runs an install of XBMC Live, that is used for playing back all my media. Router - runs the Tomato firmware. Phone - runs Android. I'm not a fan of it at all on the desktop, its just not for me. However for a device more focused on a single task such as a media player / router i think Linux is great. Link to post Share on other sites
ichi Share Posted April 6, 2011 On my HTPC/desktop, on my laptop, on my netbook, on my work laptop and on my smartphone. I guess it might also be on other appliances I have around (nook? router? tv?), but I don't care enough to be bothered checking. Link to post Share on other sites
Descartes Share Posted April 6, 2011 Most notably in my phone :p Other than that, dual boot on my netbook, but I only use it for Linux/UNIX related classes. Currently I don't have any Linux install on my desktop. Link to post Share on other sites
COKid Share Posted April 6, 2011 Does the B&N Nook Color use Linux? If, that'd be it. Link to post Share on other sites
pkubaj Share Posted April 6, 2011 I voted dual-boot it's not really dual (on my desktop). I have Arch Linux and Splashtop OS on my desktop among three other systems (FreeBSD, Windows 7, Windows XP). I also dual-boot Debian with Windows 7 on my laptop. My phone runs Linux as well, Maemo to be precise, and Android (but I installed Android on my own). Link to post Share on other sites
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