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In Which OS Do You Feel More Productive?
HTMLChecker asks: "I found an article in which the author talks about how she is more productive using Mac OS X.
What about the people of Slashdot? Where do you feel more productive, in Linux? Windows? DOS? Mac OS X? Also, what is the best way to rate productivity in an OS?"
By the sheer number of FPS titles available native to the platform.
Inversely, of course.
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that does not allow me to read slashdot all day.
I can open an average of 14 infected mails every minute, click on the atatchments and have them procreating in seconds, without having to save them, make them executable, then fiddle about trying to get them to run under Wine. Match that on any other OS.
I'm actually more productive in Windows, since in Linux I tend to fiddle with things and have fun :)
In windows and DOS, I play games too much. In Linux, I futz around compiling things over and over and getting my configuration files just right. In Mac OS X I just stare slack-jawed at the purty eye candy.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
I'm sure that everyone has heard the old saying, "Mac for Productivity, Unix for Development, and Windows for Solitaire". My experience has shown me that at least for my needs, the Mac is not only for productivity, but for development as well. Windows? Well, some things never change.
Hmm...I don't think I could possibly guess what the preferred OS of Slashdot is. (I would assume the preferred OS of most would be the one they are most productive with) It's not a particular OS has a majority presence here or anything.
Because it has Visual Studio, which is the best IDE out there (in my opinion, of course).
I have achieved more accomplishments on a Nintendo then anywhere else. Including real life.
Because anything that can keep me that angry for that long makes me produce more heat, noise, piles of hair upon my desk, and sheer nervous energy while wondering if it will work properly.
My little site.
Where do you feel more productive?
:)
Behind a firewall that blocks port 80
Uh, huh. Yeah. Steve Jobs personally signs off on the "functionality" of the Home/End key before each version of OS X ships.
The question is: What the fuck are you thinking?
I have the same problem, it is called ADD. You should take a test online to see if you should go see a doctor.
There is no shame involved. It is just another chemical imbalance... like diabetes.
Cheers,
Adolfo
You're not stuck with one desktop if you're using Windows XP. Go
here to download the Virtual Desktop for Windows XP which allows your to manage four desktops.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/po
I get equally frustrated on GUI's where up arrow / down arrow don't go to the beginning / end of a single line text box.
Everything has its kinks.
And they say Linux is hard to use...
Pssssst.... they matter now. :)
-- There is no sig line, only Zuul.
Thanks for posting that. One of the biggest complaints I hear from the UNIX/Linux die hards is key binding issues. Glad it is so trivially fixed.
-- There is no sig line, only Zuul.
It is the best of both worlds, Windows does not come with a Bash shell but nothing stops me from ssh'ing from $2500 Windows gaming machine to a $45 Linux jump box.
Saying Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders.
I for one am very happy with my inverted Swahili hand-gesturing system. Sure, it takes 27 hand gestures to start an email, but after two weeks now I am able to open beers with just my pinkies.
And the important thing is that Bill Gates and Microsoft had nothing to do with it. Those evil bastards.
Yes...especially if your target audience is kids with iPods.
No reason to lie.
Most programmers don't have to suffer that way.
Stallman invented code bloat with Emacs; Microsoft merely embraced and extended.
Most programmers don't have to suffer that way.
Just the competent ones.
May the heavens part and rain fast broadband, high speed hard disks and copious amounts of DDR Ram upon you. Thank YOU!
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the fact that icons can be so much richer in OSX, but I hardly see that as a productivity enhancement.
Remember, as the author says in the article, 'you have to "think different(ly)".'
That's why a Mac icon is better than a Windows icon, and that's why it makes you more productive....
I hate my mac. I set the thing up, power it on and it just works. I don't need to install all kinds of software, upgrade drivers and put on millions of security updates? I mean, without those, what's the point?
Just wait, they'll bitch that it isn't hard enough to fix.
"Oh, so I don't need to recompile the kernel? well then I'm not interested!"
On a similar theme, I get annoyed when there are 2 buttons: "Agree" or "Disagree" but not a button saying "I believe both have valid arguments and don't want to take sides." Really hampers my productivity, being forced to agonize over that decision!
Integration with powerpoint? Is it good for differentiation?
Does HoneyNut CheeriOS count?
Like printscren and scroll lock?
Religion is a gateway psychosis. -- Dave Foley
Well, duh. Your slashes are going the wrong way for Windows. Jeez.
Warning: Apple/Nintendo fangirl. Likes her electronics cute & cuddly. May be rabid.
When I used to use DOS and program Clipper. No internet, boring co-workers... The only distraction was when the coffy got ready.
Comparing OSX to Linux is like comparing a bicycle to a jet aircraft. True a bicycle is easy to use and easier to learn how to use, but it's extremely limiting. But it sure has a pretty basket, bell, handlebar tassles and other eye-candy, I admit. Oh, but in this case, the bicycle costs much more than the jet. In fact, my fully-loaded Debian jet cost nothing but a learning curve and a few bumps on the tarmac before I figured out how to fly her.
Comparing Windoze to Linux is like comparing a shitty, rusty old ten-speed that someone found in an abandoned corner of their garage and then tried to sell on Craigslist for $150 against a Ferrari that your rich Uncle just handed you the keys too.
Either way you look at it...it's go go Linux, and no no OSX / Windoze.
Go peddle that proprietary crack in the schools and the offices and leave the power users to their own devices. We prefer it that way.
Thanks you bastard... I just spent the last 30 minutes installing dosbox and Commander Keen. Now I'll never get any work done
* qwerty- wonders why Home and End aren't yet implemented
pretty useful keys, for me at least
The Home key works for me; everytime I press it, I look around and I'm at home.
I haven't had the guts to try the End key yet.
I don't get it.
zcat trace.gz | grep miss | awk '{print $3}' | sort -n | uniq -c
Try doing that in Windows without cygwin
i feel like ive done something worthwhile just getting windows to boot.
unfortunately, windows has performance issues on apple hardware. 8-P
if i'm a grammar nazi, you're an illiteracy nazi.
I like mine big and indestructable.
Tell a chick that you spend all day sitting in front of a computer and she'll want to Lewinsky you right there.
Those who sacrifice security to condemn liberty deserve to repeat history or something. - Benjamin Santayana
They didn't get too small until the Mini came out a couple months ago.
Also: "EMACS is a nice operating system, it just lacks a text editor" (Emacs Stands For...)
Note to ACs: I won't mod you up, even if you are being funny or insightful. So take a chance! It's not real life!
I won't use an OS unless at least 15% of the rest of the computer using population is using it.
Tell me where I should go today...
I drank what? -- Socrates