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Postby blkmage » Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:49 pm

Warrior4Christ (post: 1462869) wrote:For me, it was about a day, and was pretty solid. Until there was a hardware fault...

Essentially, the big problem with my development environment was that I had a billion environment variables that I needed to keep changing and that was managed through a bunch of old scripts that would break really easily.
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Postby Mithrandir » Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:46 pm

I wonder if we should add "Mobile: (e.g., iOS, Android, etc)" to the list, as some people seem to only use their phones these days...
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Postby sh51 » Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:16 am

I'm using WIN 7 on my latest desktop, and WIN XP SP2 on the oldest. I tried Vista once but I don't like, it's too annoying,and buggy and almost all the softwares I use on XP don't work on it. Never had the same problem with WIN7. I find it the most stable of all,and I prefer it over XP
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Postby Xeno » Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:55 am

My primary OS is OS X 10.6.7, but I've also got Windows 7 Professional dual-booted on my MacBook. I use OS X about 95% of the time, I only hop over to Win7 when I want to play a non-mac compatible game such as the Star Wars Jedi Knight series games.
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Postby Valkaiser » Wed Jun 22, 2011 5:10 pm

Bobtheduck (post: 1461456) wrote:What happened to the darned Linux version of Unreal Tournament and Unreal Editor, too? *sigh*

I assume you mean the installer scripts and binaries developed by the now defunct Loki Games.
You can find updated versions of those at http://www.liflg.org/
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Postby UniqueAngelStar » Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:24 am

I'm currently using Windows 7. I really enjoy this version the most. I'm very satisfied with it.
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Postby TheMewster » Thu Jun 23, 2011 10:19 am

Still using XP~! :grin:

Works great for me. Don't plan on upgrading anytime soon! :)
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Postby Xeno » Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:07 am

Update: I'm now on OS X Lion (10.7), and since I use my iPhone quite a bit to access here I'll give iOS 4.3.5 a mention as well.
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Postby Furen » Sun Jul 31, 2011 7:01 pm

Windows Seven, though it's mainly because my old comp couldn't function any more, so I figured why not
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Postby TheShadowFog » Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:20 am

I use Arch-Linux

I really want to try Gentoo(RMS 4ever) But for now I am sticking with Arch Linux.
Arch Linux is more of a DIY distro.
The package manager is very different in Arch linux, it's called: pacman.
I try to stay away from debain-based distros.
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Postby Neane » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:01 pm

Two Computers: (Laptop and Desktop): Windows 7
My Childhood Computer that is alive that is used for old Computer Programs: Windows ME
The Old Computer that I still have for when my nephews and niece come over: Windows XP Professional.


I keep my computers and if they stop working, I fix them to the best of my abilities.
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Postby Atria35 » Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:11 am

Since I just bought myself a new laptop, I am now operating on Windows 7.
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Postby shooraijin » Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:20 pm

Since we're counting Android, just got myself a Galaxy Nexus (so moved from 2.3.7 on the Nexus One to 4.0.1-yakju).
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Postby seaglass27 » Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:24 pm

I use XP, the most beloved OS of all time.
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Postby Atria35 » Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:30 pm

Otaku Jordan (post: 1525864) wrote:I use XP, the most beloved OS of all time.


The one they're dropping all tech support for when Windows 8 comes out in a few months? (I have friends that are so upset over this)
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Postby seaglass27 » Fri Jan 06, 2012 8:01 pm

Atria35 (post: 1525878) wrote:The one they're dropping all tech support for when Windows 8 comes out in a few months? (I have friends that are so upset over this)


Wait, what?! No, no! Say it ain't so!

What in the heck? XP is the most popular Windows OS ever! They're just shooting themselves in the foot.
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Postby shooraijin » Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:30 am

No, that isn't true. Most versions of XP will have support through April 2014.

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&x=14&y=14&C2=1173
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Postby TheMewster » Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:02 pm

I recently started using Ubuntu 10.04 on my PC and I also have been using iOS since before I got saved.
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Postby seaglass27 » Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:41 am

shooraijin (post: 1525971) wrote:No, that isn't true. Most versions of XP will have support through April 2014.

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&x=14&y=14&C2=1173


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Postby Atria35 » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:43 pm

shooraijin (post: 1525971) wrote:No, that isn't true. Most versions of XP will have support through April 2014.

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&x=14&y=14&C2=1173


....Salespeople lied to me. So not happy about that :shady:

Ah, well. I'm actually pretty happy with Windows 7.
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Postby TheMewster » Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:36 pm

Actually, mainstream support for XP has already ended, according to Wikipedia.
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Postby shooraijin » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:41 pm

Mainstream support, yes. That means there won't be any more service packs or minor to moderate fixes. Extended support still covers security updates of sufficient acuity and high-priority bug fixes.

Still, in fairness to the otherwise duplicitous salesperson Atria35 encountered, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to not use Windows 7 unless you have a particular software requirement or must support older hardware.
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Postby Technomancer » Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:49 pm

Win 7 64-bit at home, Win 7 32-bit at work. Also been looking to fiddle more with Ubuntu and VDK when I have the time.
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