Siggler Survey!

[MrSiggler]

I'd like to get a general idea of who uses/used what here.. OS/hardware wise.. so.. answer my questions, eh ;P Think of this as one of those 'survey' emails people used to send around.. only.. more geeky.


Current stuff..

1. How many PCs do you own?
2. What operating systems(s) do you use?
2a. If linux.. what dist do you use?
2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use?
3. What programming languages do you know?
4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration?
5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU?
6. Is your sister hot?

Past stuff..

7. What operating systems have you used?
8. If linux, which dists have you used?
8a. If linux, which wm/de's have you used?
9. What was your first computer?

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Now, i'll answer them to get started..

1. How many PCs do you own? 3
2. What operating systems(s) do you use? Windows XP / Linux
2a. If linux.. what dist do you use? Gentoo
2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use? Gnome
3. What programming languages do you know? C, C++, Delphi
4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration? Nvidia
5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU? AMD
6. Is your sister hot? Don't have one!

Past stuff..

1. What operating systems have you used? Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, BeOS, MacOS
2. If linux, which dists have you used? Gentoo, Redhat, SuSE, Mandrake
2a. If linux, which wm/de's have you used? Gnome, KDE, WIndowmaker, Fluxbox
3. What was your first computer? Commodore 128, first PC being a 50Mhz 486

[bizzle]

1. 6
2. Linux, Windows, and FreeBSD
2a. Gentoo
2b. GNOME
3. None
4. ATi
5. AMD
6. I don't have a sister

7. Windows, Mac OS 8, 8.5, 9, 10, FreeBSD, Linux, DOS, Windows 1.0, Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Windows NT 4, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux
8. Gentoo, Red Hat, Fedora Core 1, Mandrake, Knoppix, Debian, others I don't remember.
8a. Fluxbox, GNOME, KDE, Window Maker, XFCE4
9. 386 16mhz, 4MB RAM, 150MB HDD (I think)

[toastman]

Current stuff..

1. How many PCs do you own?
Two currently

2. What operating systems(s) do you use?
Dual-boot WinXP SP2 and Linux on one and Smoothwall on the other.
2a. If linux.. what dist do you use?
Slackware 10.0 with a 2.6 kernel
2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use?
XFCE

3. What programming languages do you know?
C/C++, Perl, PHP, Javascript, Pascal, a little Basic, HTML, CSS, MySQL

4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration?
Neither really, but I do have an ATI currently.

5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU?
AMD, they're cheaper and they usually perform better.

6. Is your sister hot?
I've had people tell me that my older sister is pretty hot.

Past stuff..

7. What operating systems have you used?
Windows 3.11 for Workgroups, Win95, Win98, WinXP, various distros of Linux

8. If linux, which dists have you used?
Red Hat, Slackware, Mandrake, College Linux, and Knoppix

8a. If linux, which wm/de's have you used?
Gnome, KDE, XFCE, IceWM, fvwm, just about whatever they've had

9. What was your first computer?
A PackardBell 486DX2. It was a family computer so I didn't have much control over it. But I did learn quite a bit about Batch files and the like from just messing around.

[Ex-Cyber]

1. How many PCs do you own?
1


2. What operating systems(s) do you use?
Gentoo Linux, Plan 9 From Bell Labs (not really, but only because I never seem to get around to it - I do have a running installation with Radeon support patched in - all hail ed)

2a. If linux.. what dist do you use?
Linux is not an OS.

2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use?
Metacity+GNOME 2.6

3. What programming languages do you know?
BASIC, C, Java, 6502, SuperH, MIPS, and 68000, for sufficiently small values of "know".

4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration?
Not really.

5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU?
AMD

6. Is your sister hot?
N/A

7. What operating systems have you used?
PC-DOS/MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98/ME, Windows XP, Slackware, Debian GNU/Linux, Mandrake Linux, Gentoo Linux, OpenBSD, BeOS, Plan 9 From Bell Labs (this is only counting operating systems that I've run on real hardware and used past installation for something other than bootstrapping a system recovery)

8. If linux, which dists have you used?
See above.

8a. If linux, which wm/de's have you used?
FVWM2, WindowMaker, KWM+KDE, Sawmill/Sawfish, Metacity+GNOME, ratpoison, ion2, fluxbox, and probably a couple others that don't rate mentioning.

9. What was your first computer?
640K/8086 PC clone with CGA graphics. I think the brand name was "Laser".

[Phantom]

1. How many PCs do you own?

2 currently. I recently threw out 3 or 4 old ones.

2. What operating systems(s) do you use?

Linux, Windows 98SE, BeOS.

2a. If linux.. what dist do you use?

Gentoo.

2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use?

KDE.

3. What programming languages do you know?

C, Pascal, BASIC, several assembly languages and probably a few others I can't think of right now.

4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration?

NVIDIA.

5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU?

AMD.

6. Is your sister hot?

Most guys seem to think so.

7. What operating systems have you used?

DOS, Windows 3.0, Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows XP, Linux.

8. If linux, which dists have you used?

SuSE.

8a. If linux, which wm/de's have you used?

KDE.

9. What was your first computer?

Laser XT/3, a 10Mhz 8086-based system with a Hercules Monochromo graphics card and a 20MB hard disk.

[BlackAura]

1. How many PCs do you own?

Five total, only one of which is actually mine. The rest belong to the family...

2. What operating systems(s) do you use?

On my machine: Linux, Windows XP (under VMWare)
On the laptop: Windows XP, Linux
On everything else: Windows XP or Windows 2000

2a. If linux.. what dist do you use?

At the moment, Debian (my machine), Fedora (laptop)

2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use?

KDE

3. What programming languages do you know?

Just the ones I know fairly well - C, C++, Java, Visual Basic, a couple of 80's BASICs
And the rest - Python, assembly (8086, Z80, 6502), a couple of scripting languages

4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration?

NVIDIA

Edit: Only because there are fully working drivers in Linux for NV cards, but no such drivers for most ATI cards.

5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU?

AMD

6. Is your sister hot?

What kind of a question is that? I don't have a sister anyway.

7. What operating systems have you used?

I'll see if I can remember...

DOS (MS-DOS 5, 6, DR-DOS 7, FreeDOS)
Windows (3.11, 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP)
Linux
FreeBSD
BeOS 5
Mac OS < 9
AmigaOS (1.3, 2.0, 3.1)

8. If linux, which dists have you used?

Red Hat 8, 9
Fedora Core 1
Debian
Gentoo
Suse 5.3 (briefly)

8a. If linux, which wm/de's have you used?

FVWM2 (briefly)
FVWM95 (briefly)
IceWM
Enlightenment (briefly)
KDE 1.x
KDE 3.x
Gnome 2.x

9. What was your first computer?

First of any kind: Commodore 64
First that could actually do something useful: Amiga 500, 50MB HDD
First PC: A Packard Bell P60, 8MB RAM, 500MB HDD

[int80h]

1. How many PCs do you own?

2

2. What operating systems(s) do you use?

GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, BeOS

2a. If linux.. what dist do you use?

FedoraCore and RedHat Enterprise

2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use?

GNOME

3. What programming languages do you know?

68HC11 assembly, 6801 assembly, MIPS assembly, x86 assembly, c, c++, Java

4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration?

NVIDIA

5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU?

AMD

9. What was your first computer?

Atari 2600

[MrSiggler]

6. Is your sister hot?

What kind of a question is that? I don't have a sister anyway.

Hehe.. I tossed that in there to see if anyone would answer it seriously.. pretty much everyone did

[ETR]

Current stuff..

1. How many PCs do you own?

14

2. What operating systems(s) do you use?

Linux, Mac 7.x.x, Tandy DeskMate, Windows XP/95/98/2000Pro/ 3.0 laying on my desk

2a. If linux.. what dist do you use?

Knoppix 3.xx

2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use?

KDE, I think?

3. What programming languages do you know?

BASIC, BasicSTAMP, some VB and C++

4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration?

ATI

5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU?

AMD

6. Is your sister hot?

I've been told so. She has Mono right now, so I'd stay away


Past stuff..

7. What operating systems have you used?

See above, add Apple DOS, and DOS

8. If linux, which dists have you used?

Just Knoppix

8a. If linux, which wm/de's have you used?

See above

9. What was your first computer?

Packard Bell Legend 22CD

[Tursi]

1. How many PCs do you own?

5

2. What operating systems(s) do you use?

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98, Linux

2a. If linux.. what dist do you use?

Debian

2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use?

None - console only.

3. What programming languages do you know?

(depending on how picky you are about 'langauge')...
Perl, SHOUTscript, BASH script, C/C++, ASP, PHP, SQL, 9900 ASM, 6502 ASM, Pascal, BASIC (numerous dialects), Visual BASIC, MUF. This only counts languages I know well enough that I could write something from scratch in. I've worked with a number of additional languages on and off.

4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration?

Currently ATI, but last card was NVIDIA. Not too picky.

5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU?

Intel. I am picky here.

6. Is your sister hot?

Don't have a sister. Cousin is hot, but a bit of a bitch.

Past stuff..

7. What operating systems have you used?

Numerous systems that had only BASIC as an 'O/S', AS/400 (whatever it's O/S is called), GEM, Workbench, DOS 3.3-7.0, Windows 3.1-XP (including NT 3.5 and up), Xenix, OpenServer, Linux. This only counts O/S's I've actually used and worked with on a regular basis, not necessarily O/S's I've just 'touched'.

8. If linux, which dists have you used?

Slackware and Debian.

8a. If linux, which wm/de's have you used?

Eh, blah. Not sure... Blackbox, KDE, that's probably all I've used more than once.

9. What was your first computer?

TI-99/4A, to Atari 1040ST, to Amiga 2000, to 486/100. I still have the TI set up next to me.

[Fosters]

1. How many PCs do you own?
2

2. What operating systems(s) do you use?
Solaris, Linux, Windows, BeOS, QNX, VMS

2a. If linux.. what dist do you use?
Fedora Core

2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use?
KDE

3. What programming languages do you know?
C/C++, Ada, Java, Perl, Tcl, Prolog, Various Assembly, Scripting etc.
One you know one its real easy to pick up others without too much trouble

4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration?
NV

5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU?
AMD

6. Is your sister hot?
Dont have a sister

Past stuff..

7. What operating systems have you used?
See Above
8. If linux, which dists have you used?
Various Redhat, Slackware, Suse, Debian
8a. If unix, which wm/de's have you used?
A trusty VT100
twm, fvwm, CDE (unfortuantely I still have to use CDE daily)
Various *STEP, Windowmaker, Gnome, KDE

9. What was your first computer?
Sinclair ZX Spectrum

[Covar]

Current stuff..

1. How many PCs do you own?

3, mine, the family PC, and one in pieces under my desk

2. What operating systems(s) do you use?
2a. If linux.. what dist do you use?
2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use?

linux, gentoo and gnome

3. What programming languages do you know?

C/C++ (HTML and Javascript if you count them)

4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration?

nvidia (it runs good on linux)

5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU?

amd (cheaper)

6. Is your sister hot?

not to me.

Past stuff..

7. What operating systems have you used?

windows and linux

8. If linux, which dists have you used?
8a. If linux, which wm/de's have you used?

mandrake, redhat, slackware, and knoppix, with gnome, kde, and some others

9. What was your first computer?

an Apple IIE i'm told, first i used on my own was a generic IBM compatible.

[BlueCrab]

1. How many PCs do you own?

Uhh... a bunch... two that work though.

2. What operating systems(s) do you use?

On those two, there are: Linux, Windows XP, and Windows 98

2a. If linux.. what dist do you use?

Gentoo, of course.

2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use?

KDE/KDM

3. What programming languages do you know?

C, C++, Java, PHP, (a bit of) Perl, (a bit of) Python, Lua (and ljsdcdevScript), (a bit of) Javascript, HTML, XHTML, XML (yes they are different!), Unix Shell Script, BASIC, VisualBasic, a bit of x86 asm, SH4 asm, [probably something else I'm forgetting from my past should be put here too]

4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration?

ATi

5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU?

Intel

6. Is your sister hot?

What kind of a question is that?

7. What operating systems have you used?

Commodore 64/128 BASIC, CP/M, MS-DOS 2.1, 5.0, 6.2, 7.0, IBM-DOS 3.11, MS Windows 1.0, MS Windows/386 2.11, MS Windows 3.0, MS Windows 3.1, MS Windows 3.11, MS Windows 95, MS Windows 98, MS Windows ME, MS Windows 2000, FreeBSD, FreeDOS, NetBSD, ljsdcdevOS (don't ask about that one), Various Linux distros, MacOS 7.5.3, Mac OS 8

8. If linux, which dists have you used?

Debian, RedHat, Mandrake (eww....) Gentoo, Slackware

8a. If linux, which wm/de's have you used?

KDE, GNOME, and a bunch of little ones that I can't remember... oh and TWM!!!! TWM > *

9. What was your first computer?

First one that was actually MINE was a Tandy 1000 HX. First one I ever used was some old computer that ran on cassettes....

[phibxr]

Current stuff..

1. How many PCs do you own?
One.

2. What operating systems(s) do you use?
GNU/Linux.

2a. If linux.. what dist do you use?
Gentoo.

2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use?
XFCE4

3. What programming languages do you know?
C, Java, Python.

4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration?
NVIDIA.

5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU?
Intel.

6. Is your sister hot?
N/A

Past stuff..

7. What operating systems have you used?
DOS 6.2, Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, GNU/Linux, BeOS, FreeBSD.

8. If linux, which dists have you used?
Gentoo, Fedora, Redhat, Slackware, SuSe.

8a. If linux, which wm/de's have you used?
XFCE4, Gnome, Fluxbox, Blackbox, KDE, XPDE.

9. What was your first computer?
ATARI 520 ST/FM. First PC was a Compaq Presario 425 - 486sx, 4MB RAM, 100MB HDD, 33MHz.

[trey85stang]

Current stuff..

1. How many PCs do you own? - 3 (+ 1 Mac)
2. What operating systems(s) do you use? - I solely use linux
2a. If linux.. what dist do you use? - Slackware
2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use? - Gnome/Fluxbox
3. What programming languages do you know? - 0
4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration? - Nvidia on Linux, Winders I perfer ATI
5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU? - Dont care.
6. Is your sister hot? - No

Past stuff..

7. What operating systems have you used? - Winders/Linux
8. If linux, which dists have you used? - You name it...
8a. If linux, which wm/de's have you used? - I tried KDE once...
9. What was your first computer? - POS acer w/ 8mb of ram and winders 95

[|darc|]

1. How many PCs do you own?

About 6, depending on how loosely you define 'own' and 'PC'.

2. What operating systems(s) do you use?

My main box uses Windows XP. I'd like to use Linux more often but there are too many things that tie me down to using a Windows-based system.

My secondary box is an eMac running OSX Panther. OSX is great.

My dad's laptop runs WinXP. It's easiest for him to use.

My sister's box runs WinXP. Also easiest for her to use.

The boxes sitting in my garage are both Win95 boxes that I have no use for.

I guess you could include my Xbox. It just runs XBMC or DVD player most of the time.

2a. If linux.. what dist do you use?

When I do use Linux, it's Gentoo. Period. Unless I'm using Knoppix as a boot disk for something... but even then I might use a Gentoo LiveCD.

2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use?

GNOME. KDE is nice, but GNOME is much better IMO. Fluxbox is cool too, but I prefer more functionality.

3. What programming languages do you know?

HTML, a little PHP, a little VB, a basic understanding of C, etc. I'm no programmer but I understand programming. I'm currently learning PHP/mySQL.

4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration?

I've never really used NVidia cards enough to have an experience preference.

5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU?

AMD.

6. Is your sister hot?

That's not up to me.

7. What operating systems have you used?

Windows 1.01, Windows 2, Windows 3.1x, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Longhorn Betas as well as other older betas, Linux, Mac System 7, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X

8. If linux, which dists have you used?

many distros including Mandrake, Red Hat, Gentoo, Knoppix, Xandros, SuSE, and more

8a. If linux, which wm/de's have you used?

GNOME, KDE, Fluxbox, Blackbox, XFCE, Windowmaker, and a few others

9. What was your first computer?

Besides an NES, a Packard Bell, Pentium I 60MHz, 8MB RAM, 400MB HDD, running Win 3.11.

[BlackAura]

a Packard Bell, Pentium I 60MHz, 8MB RAM, 400MB HDD, running Win 3.11.

We had the exact same system. Pain in the ass. We had to take it back about fifteen times, because the thing just plain didn't work. After fifteen times trying to convince them that we actually did (mostly) know what we were doing, and we hadn't broken anything, they finally replaced it with another one, with a 500MB hard drive instead.

My parents bought a similar one for me a while later. Stupidly, it was also a Packard Bell. Predictably, it was broken, and we had to take it back repeatedly before they fixed the sodding thing. It actually had an unfinished version of Win95 too, which didn't help matters. That replaced a perfectly good 486/SX 25 with a 50MB HDD, which was my first PC (and cost around 100 pounds, used).

[c99koder]

Gotta give it up for Tandy Personal DeskMate. I've got both version 2.something and 3.0 on my Tandy 1000 HX. Anyway, onto the survey..

1. How many PCs do you own?
4 (5 if you count my PowerBook)

2. What operating systems(s) do you use?
Mac OS X, Linux, Windows XP if I have to

2a. If linux.. what dist do you use?
Slackware

2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use?
Dropline GNOME, WindowMaker

3. What programming languages do you know?
BASIC (several), C, C++, C# (well, only on mono + gtk#.. not touching Microsoft's implementation), bash, php, probably some others I can't think of at the moment

4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration?
nVidia, mostly because of the linux drivers

5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU?
Intel, for CPUs <= Pentium III. Haven't looked any further.

6. Is your sister hot?
Don't know, don't care.

Past stuff..

7. What operating systems have you used?
Mac OS (10 and 7.5.3), Windows (1.x - XP), GEM, GEOS, linux, MS/PC/DR/DataLight DOS, Personal DeskMate, BeOS, OS/2 Warp 3 (blue box and red box), FreeBSD, probably more.

8. If linux, which dists have you used?
Slackware, Ubuntu, RedHat (not by choice, dedicated host uses it)

8a. If linux, which wm/de's have you used?
GNOME, KDE, WindowMaker, fvwm2, XFCE

9. What was your first computer?
First computer used: Commodore 64s and BBC Micros in school
First computer owned: IBM PC clone, 8086 + herc video, later upgraded to VGA
Edit: Now that I think about it, it wasn't a clone. It was a genuine IBM PC XT.

[nymus]

[quote="MrSiggler"]
1. How many PCs do you own?
2: main PC and Dreamcast

2. What operating systems(s) do you use?
3: currently developing on Suse 9.0 but switching between NetBSD and WinNT 4.0 workstation

2b. If linux.. what wm/de do you use?
KDE

3. What programming languages do you know?
C++, sh4 assembler, little C & java & html

4. Do you prefer ATI or NVIDIA for 3D acceleration?
I have a PowerVR Kyro2-based Hercules 3D prophet and that's my preferred 3D acceleration when I get it to work. (I love Dreamcast)

5. Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU?
Don't know enough to have a preferrence

6. Is your sister hot?
I think so

Past stuff..

7. What operating systems have you used?
NetBSD, Linux, little FreeBSD & OpenBSD, WinNT4.0, Win98, WinXP, DOS, KOS,

8. If linux, which dists have you used?
Red hat, Suse, Gentoo, Mandrake

8a. If linux, which wm/de's have you used?
Blackbox, OpenBox, Gnome, KDE, Windowmaker

9. What was your first computer?
P1 90MHz IBM (got it for free). First PC I bought was Dreamcast.

[Code-Red]

1. 4 (PII 400mhz, PIII 450mhz, Celeron D Laptop @ 1.7, P4 2.8mhz)
2. Windows 98SE, XP
3. C++, Visual Basic (begin laughing), some Pascal, Basic, HTML
4. ATI
5. AMD actually
6. Brother, and I'll let you decide
7. Windows 1.0 to XP, Dos, and the old Macintosh OS'
9. Apple IIe