Comparison of operating systems - page 5.

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Quote from: RodeoX on September 25, 2015, 11:26:24 AM

I know that is provocative, but windows is not open source and so I have no idea what it is doing or who has the backdoor keys. I would assume China has access to all win computers as well as all spy agencies. I try to ONLY run open source software that I compile myself. Otherwise I would be operating on hope, trust and hearsay. That is not the bitcoin way. I like to operate on math.

While this is definitely way too much for the average man, or even the average tech savvy person, I understand your point of view. Without the source code you can not tell what could be inside of a OS/software. It is very hard to determine if something is fishy with it as well. Most people will find you too paranoid though. I know that there are a lot of weird things with windows (e.g .NSAKEY).

Quote from: Fraxinus on September 25, 2015, 12:30:03 PM

Windows is a really good choice so I guess the vote goes for it.

Good at best if compares to Linux.

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Windows is a really good choice so I guess the vote goes for it.

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With Antergos / Arch Linux my distro-hopping finally ended.

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Quote from: RodeoX on September 25, 2015, 09:39:25 AM

I think of non-Linux options as a joke. I would not even consider using BTC on a winxx or mac.

*BSD? FreeBSD (and probably OpenBSD) are great server distributions. You could run a Bitcoin node on one.

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Quote from: Lauda on September 25, 2015, 11:17:15 AM

Quote from: RodeoX on September 25, 2015, 09:39:25 AM

I think of non-Linux options as a joke. I would not even consider using BTC on a winxx or mac.

Well that's a bit over the line. I would not call it a joke. I do not see a problem with using BTC (spending wallet) on Windows as long as proper security measures are set and the user has experience/knowledge. As Vod said, currently most people are using Windows 7 but a surprisingly high amount is still using XP. Windows 8/8.1 is okay, but Windows 10 is horrible for BTC.

I know that is provocative, but windows is not open source and so I have no idea what it is doing or who has the backdoor keys. I would assume China has access to all win computers as well as all spy agencies. I try to ONLY run open source software that I compile myself. Otherwise I would be operating on hope, trust and hearsay. That is not the bitcoin way. I like to operate on math.

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Quote from: RodeoX on September 25, 2015, 09:39:25 AM

I think of non-Linux options as a joke. I would not even consider using BTC on a winxx or mac.

Well that's a bit over the line. I would not call it a joke. I do not see a problem with using BTC (spending wallet) on Windows as long as proper security measures are set and the user has experience/knowledge. As Vod said, currently most people are using Windows 7 but a surprisingly high amount is still using XP. Windows 8/8.1 is okay, but Windows 10 is horrible for BTC.

Quote from: Ashwell John on September 21, 2015, 11:05:49 PM

Quote from: jjacob on September 16, 2015, 10:04:02 PM

Ubuntu works perfectly for me.

What is this?

Ubuntu is a Debian-based variant of Linux with unity as it's desktop environment. Aside from computers they're trying to migrate the OS to smartphones as well. Ubuntu is free as well.

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The revolution will be monetized!

I think of non-Linux options as a joke. I would not even consider using BTC on a winxx or mac.

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I must say that Windows Vista was the worst Windows i have ever used. The Windows XP was far better that the Vista, so i got back to the XP after the awful experience with the Vista. I think that Vista was a very bad product by Microsoft.
Now I am using windows 7. It is the best for me now.

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Quote from: jjacob on September 16, 2015, 10:04:02 PM

Ubuntu works perfectly for me.

What is this?

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★Nitrogensports.eu★

Ubuntu works perfectly for me.

Ashwell John

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I like to use Windows 7.

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I prefer Mac because of its unix core, great for development. No plans to upgrade from Windows 7, I only use it for gaming anyway.

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Licking my boob since 1970

I can tell you right now it's Windows 7.

Even with Microsoft pushing Windows 8, and now FORCING Windows 10....

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