Subj : Re: Computer operating system of choice?
To   : boraxman
From : DW
Date : Mon Feb 07 2022 11:06:00

For me, it depends on the primary task the machine will be performing, as well as what options are available on that hardware platform.
 
I use OSX on my daily driver computer and have quite a few applications specifically for it (OmniGraffle, Affinity Photo, Scrivner, etc...).
However, I also find I spend a LOT of time in the terminal SSH into servers, writing/modifying code, etc... Nano and I are good friends. :)
 
On virtually all of the production servers I run, you'll find Linux of some flavour. These are machines running Apache, FreeRADIUS, MySQL, etc...
Linux is my GOTO 10 for reliable, stable, fast server requirments.
99% of the time headless and CLI only via SSH.
 
If I was married to a Windows networked environment, I'd probably be running Windows Server for AD intigration, etc... but I'm lucky enough to not be. :)
 
Any electornics projects that I build using a Raspberry Pi for will of course also be running Linux.
 
I do run Windows for my BBS machine, simply and only because I run a DOS based 16bit BBS (RemoteAccess) and use the awesome NetFOSS to get telnet connectivity.
 
As far as CISCO appliances, I'll take CiscoIOS over their GUIs anyday of the week. :)
 
Take care
Aaron/DW
Dark Systems BBS 
 
 
 
> Probably a banal question, but I'm curious as to what Operating Systems
> people prefer to us.
 
> I'm guessing that most people here are BBS hobbyists of sometime, but I
> wonder whether this correlates with a preference for an OS which gives
> you more power/flexibility, or is just practicality of day to day use
> important.
 
> I'm a Linux user myself, preferring control over my machine, and simpler
> 'text based' ways to do things.  Freedom is another aspect.  The simple
> text-based, responsive UI nature of posting here on fsxNet kind of fits
> well with the way I like to do things.
 
> I'm kind of thinking that people who like the Windows/Mac OS way of doing
> things would prefer a more graphical approach, but my assumptions may be
> wrong.
 
> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/11/06 (Linux/64)
> * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

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 * Origin: Dark Systems BBS (21:1/148)

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