Need some help with a paper

Syd_Vicious · 10-11-2010, 02:52 AM

Heya folks,

Doing something I don't normally do and am asking for some help. I am trying to finish up one my degrees and one of the requirements is to produce something called an I-Search paper. I am used to doing research papers, but this one actually requires that I talk to people

I figure though that my topic will be up the ally of quite a few people on this forum so I would like to pose it to you now with some follow up questions to gain perspective:

Topic: Should I continue to use Linux

Question 1: What is your primary operating system?
Question 2: What is the primary use of your computer?
Question 3: What operating system do you using for gaming?
Question 4: What operating system do you use for office work (typing documents, spreadsheets, etc..)?
Question 5: What operating system do you use to manipulate computer graphics?
Question 6: What operating system do you use to develop programs?
Question 7: What operating system do you use or use via 3rd party for a webserver?
Question 8: What operating system implementation model do you perceive to be the future of computing?

For question number 8 it is along the lines of:
1. Closed source, but freedom to choose hardware
2. Closed source and hardware model (like Apple)
3. Open source and freedom to choose hardware (like Linux)
4. Open source and closed hardware model (think Meego that is open source, but development is for Netbooks and Nokia phones - implementation can be changed by 3rd parties, but it still isn't the exact same model as #3)

If you can think of anything else for number 8 I might of left off go a head and throw it in, this is supposed to be qualitative and not quantitative. I need as many responses as I can get and you can go into detail if ya want, feel free to expound on your own perspective. Thanks RO community!

Nekoko · 10-11-2010, 05:21 AM

1. Windows.
2. Chatting, Video editing and Gaming, I also use some calender software etc cause I suck at rememebering stuff.
3. Windows.
4. Windows. (OpenOffice)
5. Windows. (Gimp)
6. Windows. (MinGW)
7. I don't so N/A.
8. Mixture of everything with cross platform applications that run well on the majority of OSes.

Explaining no 8 I believe in freedom to choose hardware and freedom to choose software. People should be free to choose whatever they like, the thing I hate is vendor lock in, in any form and I hope it is erroded over the years with Linux getting a larger foot hold than Mac and Windows (both of which can be very bad for rights though Mac seems worse lately with the DRM they have and MS seems to be getting a little better. Probably because they realised they can't stop the shift of consumers to whatever OS they please, not cause they're nice ;p).

Znurre · 10-11-2010, 05:52 AM

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Question 1: What is your primary operating system?

Linux (ArchLinux)

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Question 2: What is the primary use of your computer?

Gaming, developing (web and standalone), watching anime

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Question 3: What operating system do you using for gaming?

Linux (ArchLinux)

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Question 4: What operating system do you use for office work (typing documents, spreadsheets, etc..)?

Windows (Windows 7)

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Question 5: What operating system do you use to manipulate computer graphics?

Linux (ArchLinux)

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Question 6: What operating system do you use to develop programs?

Linux at home (ArchLinux), Windows at work (Windows 7)

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Question 7: What operating system do you use or use via 3rd party for a webserver?

Linux (openSUSE)

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Question 8: What operating system implementation model do you perceive to be the future of computing?

Open source and freedom to choose hardware (like Linux)

Syd_Vicious · 10-11-2010, 07:22 AM

Znurre, since the forum is not allowing me to send you a karma point then you can have this:

"Expect everything, and anything seems nothing. Expect nothing, and anything seems everything." - Samuel Hazo

Thanks for the reply.

Pizdzius · 10-11-2010, 07:35 AM

Well crap I don't have Linux so probably my answers will suck for you

Question 1: Windows XP, cause I was raised from child with only Windows in the house, force of habit/being used to it.
Question 2: Graphic work, gaming.
Question 3: Windows XP - but I play only old games, I hate new ones so I don't require those fancy Windows 7 :P
Question 4: Windows XP - Open Office
Question 5: Windows XP - CS5, Macromedia, mostly
Question 6: I do not develop programs. ;D
Question 7: I don't think I have a need for that?
Question 8: Probably OS with option 3, but I'm a dinosaur and won't be able to adapt ;P

ice_zero_cool · 10-11-2010, 09:15 AM

1. What is your primary operating system?
Windows Vista, Windows XP

2. What is the primary use of your computer?
Gaming, Working

3. What operating system do you using for gaming?
Windows Vista, Windows XP

4. What operating system do you use for office work (typing documents, spreadsheets, etc..)?
Windows Vista

5. What operating system do you use to manipulate computer graphics?
Windows Vista

6. What operating system do you use to develop programs?
Windows Vista

7. What operating system do you use or use via 3rd party for a webserver?
Do I have something like this?

8. What operating system implementation model do you perceive to be the future of computing?
Nekoko said this one pretty well IMO: "Mixture of everything with cross platform applications that run well on the majority of OSes."

Kianoni · 10-11-2010, 11:15 AM

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