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Ask HN: What Operating System are you running on your main machine?

2 points by KSPAtlas 5y ago

I'm just wondering, since judging by the amount of freeBSD posts, there are a lot of freeBSD users here.

_rend 5y ago
Boring answer: macOS on my work and personal laptops (though personal doesn't see much use these days), Windows for desktop (mostly internet browsing + gaming).
- yuppie_scum 5y ago
  Same. Win 11 specifically.
verdverm 5y ago
ChromeOS on the main dev Pixelbook Go, Debian or CentOS on cloud VMs
h2odragon 5y ago
$ uname -a Linux stank 5.10.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.46-4 (2021-08-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux
uberman 5y ago
One main Win 10 based system with docker and wsl based dev work and one popOS based.
gtvwill 5y ago
Currently Win11 for work vms. Win11 for host. I went full circle during 2021 on my host os tho. Started on win10 > Linux mint > garuda > Ubuntu > win 11.
ultrarunner 5y ago
I built a Hackintosh desktop a few years ago that has been my main development machine. About a year ago I got an M1 MacBook Pro that I've been very impressed with. I jump between the two pretty regularly.
doubled112 5y ago
I'm giving openSUSE Tumbleweed a solid go for daily use right now. Using it for all my machines but my desktop, which is Windows 10 for gaming and the hardware that just won't work anywhere else.
wfg 5y ago
After never being totally happy with Ubuntu or Pop!_OS and flip-flopping between them and Windows 10, I eventually decided to try Fedora. It has been great, and I have no interest in trying anything else.
aborsy 5y ago
Ubuntu 21.10.
MildlySerious 5y ago
Ubuntu 18.04
ozzythecat 5y ago
MacOS on a Apple silicon 16” MacBook Pro. I write quite a bit of C++ and Java. Using the Jetbrain tooling and some custom build scripts, this thing is a beast. I also use Omnigraffle for diagrams/white boarding and Omnifocus for creating todo lists.
Fervicus 5y ago
Windows 10 on my desktop. EndeavourOS on my development laptop.
sigjuice 5y ago
Ubuntu 20.04 at work and macOS at home.
emaste 5y ago
FreeBSD 13.0
approxim8ion 5y ago
Arch Linux with the LTS kernel. Windows 10 on the work-provided PC, but only because I didn't have a say in the matter. Would probably have picked Debian or Ubuntu otherwise.
navjack27 5y ago
Windows 11
notemaker 5y ago
Nix OS

2 points by KSPAtlas 5y ago

I'm just wondering, since judging by the amount of freeBSD posts, there are a lot of freeBSD users here.

Boring answer: macOS on my work and personal laptops (though personal doesn't see much use these days), Windows for desktop (mostly internet browsing + gaming).

yuppie_scum 5y ago
Same. Win 11 specifically.

verdverm 5y ago

ChromeOS on the main dev Pixelbook Go, Debian or CentOS on cloud VMs

h2odragon 5y ago

$ uname -a Linux stank 5.10.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.46-4 (2021-08-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux

uberman 5y ago

One main Win 10 based system with docker and wsl based dev work and one popOS based.

gtvwill 5y ago

Currently Win11 for work vms. Win11 for host. I went full circle during 2021 on my host os tho. Started on win10 > Linux mint > garuda > Ubuntu > win 11.

ultrarunner 5y ago

I built a Hackintosh desktop a few years ago that has been my main development machine. About a year ago I got an M1 MacBook Pro that I've been very impressed with. I jump between the two pretty regularly.

doubled112 5y ago

I'm giving openSUSE Tumbleweed a solid go for daily use right now. Using it for all my machines but my desktop, which is Windows 10 for gaming and the hardware that just won't work anywhere else.

wfg 5y ago

After never being totally happy with Ubuntu or Pop!_OS and flip-flopping between them and Windows 10, I eventually decided to try Fedora. It has been great, and I have no interest in trying anything else.

aborsy 5y ago

Ubuntu 21.10.

MildlySerious 5y ago

Ubuntu 18.04

ozzythecat 5y ago

MacOS on a Apple silicon 16” MacBook Pro. I write quite a bit of C++ and Java. Using the Jetbrain tooling and some custom build scripts, this thing is a beast. I also use Omnigraffle for diagrams/white boarding and Omnifocus for creating todo lists.

Fervicus 5y ago

Windows 10 on my desktop. EndeavourOS on my development laptop.

sigjuice 5y ago

Ubuntu 20.04 at work and macOS at home.

emaste 5y ago

FreeBSD 13.0

approxim8ion 5y ago

Arch Linux with the LTS kernel. Windows 10 on the work-provided PC, but only because I didn't have a say in the matter. Would probably have picked Debian or Ubuntu otherwise.

navjack27 5y ago

Windows 11

notemaker 5y ago

Nix OS