What's your primary OS?

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Windows
19.1%
macOS
11.2%
Linux
65.2%
Chrome OS
0.5%
BSD
2.2%
Solaris
0.2%
other
1.5%
Poll ended at .
Heyo, people. Sorry, I didn't specify, but if you're unsure what to answer, I'm asking about your primary personal OS.

Heyo, again, people. If you're on Android, iOS, or some other mobile OS, sorry I didn't include an option for those. I was really just thinking about desktop OSes when I made this poll, because that's what I was curious about.

If you like, tho, feel free to tell us all what mobile OS you use in the replies!

@delve elementary OS to be more specific in my case!
@delve I'm really curious what the people who voted 'other' uses. Haiku?
@opfez @delve probably a few people who daily 9/inferno on here
@delve I use a mix of ChromeOS and a chroot

simply because I have basically no choice since the gpu drivers for my arm chromebook are broken
@Mia @delve Which Chromebook do you use please. Linux ARM GPU driver is quite mature now, and support full GL where official ARM driver only support GLES (but support Vulkan too).
I personally use GNU/Linux on my SBC, GNU/Linux on my personal desktop main desktop, GNU/Linux on a chromebook (never really used ChromeOS), GNU//Linux at work (for 20+years), GNU/Linux on servers as most people, and an internet box using Linux as most people on earth that have one.
@popolon @delve the c810, it's an nvidia cpu/igpu mix, trust me you have nothing
@Mia @delve Didn't know there was nvidia maid ARM Chromebook, that's very sad, sorry for you :(.
@popolon @delve they're based off the tegra k1 ""opensource"" cpu
@Mia @delve Nothing is opensource at Nvidia, and they lie a lot on their commercials.
@popolon @delve they really did, the nouveau driver "works" but there is a LOT of issues, current one is that the TTY console simply will not start sometimes
@Mia @delve Nouveau isn't done by Nivida itself, that's a reverse engineered driver, Nividia didn't contributed at all as far I know.
@delve something tells me this is biased lol
@delve But Linux is not an operating system...
@delve Chrome OS is based on Linux. Why is it listed unlike any Linux distribution?

@Exagone313 When I say Linux, I'm of course referring to the Linux family of OSes. Just like when I say Windows, I'm referring to the Windows family of OSes.

Also, I thought that, by convention, Chrome OS is usually not really considered to be included in the Linux family, even tho it is based on Linux, just like Android isn't really considered to be Linux. I could be wrong about that, tho.

@delve Windows when it's working, but Linux at the moment...

@delve I've been using Qubes OS (https://www.qubes-os.org/) on my personal laptop, super happy with it.

I also run Arch for music production and games, on a laptop that I use as a desktop.

Work laptop runs Mac OS, unfortunately.

Qubes OS: A reasonably secure operating system

Qubes is a security-oriented, free and open-source operating system for personal computers that allows you to securely compartmentalize your digital life.

Qubes OS
@delve elemantaryOS on my personal computer but i use windows more often on my work laptop
@delve working on having LF OS usable enough as primary OS 😎
.. and for it to be relevant enough to be included in such polls ^^'
@delve I use Linux Mint on my desktop pc and Ubuntu on my laptop.
But I'm thinking about getting back into windows so I can continue to use it and help those around me (dual-boot or another solution…)

@delve Up until this weekend it was Windows since Win95.

But I took the plunge on Friday night and other than some rough edges here and there, I'm missing... nothing?

Games are running well thanks to Valve's push behind Proton.

Even Photoshop (through Wine) is working mostly without a hitch.

I've given this a go several times in the past but it was always lacking, and I'd crawl back to Windows, but... damn, I think I've finally arrived. :P

@delve this is very difficult to answer.
All my work is on a Mac, but I connect via SSH from Windows and Linux. I sit in front of a Windows pc because gaming and wsl, but I use a Linux laptop for everything else.
"Primary" I don't know about.
@delve Linux for just about everything. But I do have a file server running FreeBSD, and a router running OpenBSD.
@delve >Solaris

I so wish it would still be. Damn you Oracle.
@lanodan @delve There's always OpenIndiana www.openindiana.org
@Pachy @delve Which I stopped using in 2013 because it was too dead.

@delve As much as I want to get rid of it, I mainly use Windows.
Mainly for games and a few (proprietary) pieces of software that either don't work (well) on GNU+Linux or don't have an equal that suits my needs and tastes (often either too complicated or with UX from the early 2000s)

Where I can though (code-first environments), I run GNU+Linux

@delve asking this on the fediverse is the way to know how big is the win of Linux 😀
@spla @delve
Clearly, the sample is not representative of the general population.
@delve No mobile OS? :(

@hecate Sorry, but no. I addressed this in this reply: https://deadinsi.de/@delve/107203238055562829

But you can always make your own poll!

delve (@[email protected])

Heyo, again, people. If you're on Android, iOS, or some other mobile OS, sorry I didn't include an option for those. I was really just thinking about desktop OSes when I made this poll, because that's what I was curious about. If you like, tho, feel free to tell us all what mobile OS you use in the replies!

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@delve these numbers had better stay the same for the next 2 days
@agafnd It would be the perfect sequel to the RSS poll I did some time ago.
https://deadinsi.de/@delve/105905583669011976
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@delve i’d just like to interject for a moment. what you are referring to as
@mia XD This is exactly what I was thinking when I posted this poll.
@delve I had to tick Other because by time spent my choice would’ve been iOS + watchOS.
@delve i don't see iOS or Android on there but they're taking up the majority of screen time for a lot of people

@delve this needs to be multiple choice.

for me it's

  • Android (mobile)
  • macOS (work)
  • Linux (private laptop)
  • FreeBSD (private servers)
@delve well honestly I'm an even split bw Linux and windows rn because of work but I'm just putting off installing Linux on my work machine rn
@delve at work windows. But I use 9front (plan 9 fork) at home. #youcantbemoreunreasonable
@delve i want to award a Linux by this title but something keeps me on Windows 7 (last Micro$oft usable DOS frontend with stolen kernel from IBM D:)
@delve Gotta fight the "Linux is just the kernel" urge :D
@delve @thomasfuchs linux as slackware, since 1994 or my own distribution from time to time. I used to call it zervix ;)