What Operating System Do You Use On Your Home Computer and Why?

[Agkistrodon]

I triple boot Windows 7, Snow Leopard, and Ubuntu 14.04

Windows is for gaming, office applications, and GIS software (ArcGIS, IDRISI, ERDAS).

Snow Leopard is what I use primarily for the bioinformatics work I do (it requires a fair amount of programming). I use this when I want to write code, but still want to have access to Microsoft Office programs.

I use Ubuntu when something is too much of a pain in the *** to do under Snow Leopard. Despite OS X being Unix based, the programs I need to use often just work better under Ubuntu, or compile with fewer issues for various reasons. If Microsoft would release a version of Office to work under Linux I would never use the Mac operating system again (but I know this will never happen).

 

[NickTheGreat]

W7 on all except one, on 8.1. And that's because putting up with Microsoft's crap is easier than redoing it. :twitcy:

 

[Cyclonick182]

Windows 8 because I don't question free hardward and software upgrades.

 

[jbhtexas]

Ubuntu 12.04 on my primary PC
Vista on the HTPC/media PC (only because there is no Ubuntu driver for the TV card)
Windows 7 on my wife's PC (too much work related stuff that needs Windows to switch it to Ubuntu)
XP on the fileserver (some of my Android hacking tools work best on XP)

Also, Ubuntu does not work properly with our Epson WF-7610, so I have to keep a Windows PC around for that.