Best operating system

Best operating system

  • Windows

    Votes: 15 78.9%

  • Mac OS

    Votes: 1 5.3%

  • Ubuntu

    Votes: 2 10.5%

  • Solaris

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Red Hat

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other (unix-based)

    Votes: 1 5.3%

  • Other (non-unix based)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    19
there is no best. each os has its advantages and disavantaes.

linux.
pros:
great servers
light weight
free
easly moded

cons:
hard to get use to
not good for average joe
not a lot of games

windows
pros:
easy to use
many applications avalable
lots of drivers

cons:
expensive
not good servers
licensing


mac
pros:
ease of use
fun applications
good looks
can be servers

cons:
the computers is expensive
cant be put on a noraml computer
not a lot of games
 
Best OS for what exactly?

Games: Windows XP.
Anything else: Unix (meant to include Linux, BSD, and others)

Price: Unix.
Security: OpenBSD or Hardened Linux
Malware resistance: Unix.
Ease of use: Ubuntu, SUSE
User power: Unix.
Embedded: Linux.
Efficiency: Unix.
Tinkering: Unix.
Portability: Unix.
Flexibility: Unix.
Compatibility: Linux (yes, better than Windows)
Freedom: BSD
Standards compliance: Unix
Reliability: FreeBSD (Proof?)
64-bit Support: Linux.
Server: Unix
Transferability of OS knowledge: Shared between Unices. (One who knows Linux will need only a little adjustment to use OpenBSD or FreeBSD or Minix or Solaris or...)

Availablility of technical support professionals: Tie.
Office tasks: Tie.
Web browsing, music, IM: Tie.


Gaming, however, is really the only thing anyone ever actually does with their computer, thus it is a clear victory in this case, for Windows XP. After all, there are no games for Linux whatsoever, and no Windows games run in Linux, making it inviable as an operating system for general-purpose use.
 
First of all that thread is wrong.
You can't have UBUNTU as an OS, then RED HAT, it should have been DEBIAN derived distros , then RED HAT derived ones..

Mac OS ftw
 
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