May 21, 2009

• Which operating system(s) do you use? Why?

  At home: Primarily Linux.  It’s stable, it’s free, it doesn’t hog resources just to sell hardware, and it has yet to be infected by viruses.  Infact whenever I need to deal with pen drives or external hard disks, I use Linux just to be safe.  Plus it’s got a wide library of opensource software, conveniently available as a list in package manager; so whenever I need to download something, or upgrade the system files, all I need to do is check the appropriate box and click “install”.  Sadly, quite a few PC games have not been ported to Linux, so I end up using Windows XP to play them.

  Incidentally enough, my laptop (Compaq CQ45 301-TU) came with with Windows Vista, but Bob knows, it ended up irritating the hell out of me.  Too many “helpers”, from Vista as well as HP, automatically doing things they think I want to do, even though I don’t; and telling me what I shouldn’t do because they think I don’t know what I’m doing.  In the end, I figured if I’m going to turn off all the “features” and configure the operating system to run like Windows XP, I might as well install Windows XP instead.  So I ended up formatting Windows Vista in favor of a Linux/XP dual boot setup.

  At the office: I have little choice but to use Windows XP.  90% of the work I need to do require software that are not available for Linux.  i.e. Photoshop, After Effects & Flash.  (And WINE can’t run the latest editions without problems.)

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