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[DarkLordoftheMonkeys]

Linux? Mac OS X? Solaris? FreeBSD? SCO? I'm wondering what the distribution is.

[WingedPanther]

Linux

[Hignar]

I use Linux. More specifically I use Gentoo and Ubuntu.

I've tried FreeBSD but didn't really get on with it. I might give it another go though, it's been a few years since I last looked at it.

OpenSolaris is really nice to use, but, from the brief testing I gave it, it seems a little lacking in software. Maybe I'm just spoiled with the vast amount of software available for Linux. I'm actually downloading the latest version at the moment with a view to replacing the Vista install on my laptop with it.

I'd love to try OSX but I refuse to pay through the nose for their machines and I've had no luck with the hackintosh installs.

[BlaineSch]

I'm not a big fan of Mac's actually. I think they are overpriced. One of my friends at school got the windows "rocket dock" , hit the task bar and got a Mac background, making his Windows XP look like Snow Leopard lol

I like Linux, I've tried a few so far I prefer Mandrivia the most.

[marwex89]

Linux - Arch and Gentoo

[debtboy]

Home: Linux

Work: HP-UX and Linux

[DarkLordoftheMonkeys]

Looks like Linux is the most popular OS among the programmer crowd. I've never used Linux myself, and don't really see any reason to switch to it from my OS X. I'm still thinking I might want to try it out sometime though. OS X surpasses Linux in usage share by about 400%, though I'm guessing most of the people who use it are not Unix geeks and probably don't even know that their OS is Unix based, or even what Unix is.

[Hignar]

There's no harm in trying out linux, especially if you do so in a virtual machine. I believe VirtualBox is available for OS X.

If you've never installed Linux before then you'd probably be better off trying Ubuntu or one of it's variants/derivatives. It's liveCD has the most straight forward installer I've seen. If you decide to install on your mac make sure you're comfortable with partitioning your hard drive before you begin and read up on dual booting linux and OSX. I don't know if it's anymore involved than on a PC as I've never used a mac.

[linuxprogramming4ever]

For everyday use, Linux
But I've played around a bit with NetBSD and OpenBSD, and maybe someday I'll check out FreeBSD and Solaris.

[Super2cool]

I have tried almost every linux distrobution and out of all of them it was really difficult to choose 1. My favorite was Ubuntu, before I tried Linux Mint. Ubuntu was awesome, but the looks were not cutting it for me. Linux Mint filled in the gaps for Ubuntu. I urge everybody to try every linux distro and then see which one fits them best.

[Corwin]

Debian squeeze @ home and HPUX, AIX, RedHat @ work :-))))

[UnknownFear]

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and I absolutely love it. I've tried Ubuntu countless times in the past, and always end up taking it off for some unknown reason. I think Ubuntu will be here to stay though :). I dual-boot it along side Windows 7, and Ubuntu is my main OS. ^^