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MU_Engineer   03-17-2006 at 05:39:32 AM

I am running sort of an informal survey of what OS (be somewhat specific, such as Windows XP Pro, Mac OS 10.3, or Debian Sarge 3.1) and Web browser people use. I have heard all sorts of wild speculation as to what people use and why, and quite a bit of the data I see I think has been manipulated (do you really believe MS's numbers about Windows/IE market share or Mozilla's about Firefox?)

So reply with what OS and Web browser you use and a brief description why you use said combination. "It came with my machine" is a perfectly fine response as it is the truth and that's what I'd like to see.

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MU_Engineer   03-17-2006 at 05:48:29 AM
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I'll start out. I run SuSE Linux 10.0 64-bit as my OS and KDE Konqueror 3.5.1 as my Web browser. I run Linux because of personal preference for the KDE desktop environment, the large amount of control I have over the system, and the fact that I am a born tweaker and Linux lends itself very well to tweaking. I also like the constant and easy availability of brand-spanking-new and updated software. SuSE was one of the first Linux versions I tried that worked well on my old computer, and I have just stuck with it since then as it "just works" for me and has some very powerful and easy-to-use tools in YaST.

I run Konqueror because of its nice integration with the KDE DE and that it is very fast and lightweight. I sometimes use Firefox and it is excellent, but it fits better in Gnome than KDE.

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mpjesse   03-17-2006 at 06:09:03 AM
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There are completely independant studies and surveys on browser market share ya know...

I suggest you use those. You're certainly not going to find an objective or accurate market share assesment in here.

But if you're looking for reasons behind browser usage... this is as good a place as any I suppose.

-mpjesse

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Action_Man   03-17-2006 at 08:43:03 AM
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XP SP2 as my main OS and I boot a few others in Vista 5308, Suse 10 and Fedora 4. Reason: Games, drivers, programs, stability.

Seamonkey. Reason: Features and the other browsers are next to unusable.

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ara   03-17-2006 at 10:20:58 AM
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WinXP x64: cos i can (plus it sounds cool when you tell someone)

Firefox: (deer park alpha 2) because it's x64, although it is giving me some cr@p (fatal error has occured, ~2 times a month) and i can't be bothered to download firefox 1.5

Ara

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zpyrd   03-17-2006 at 12:03:00 PM
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WinXP Pro SP2
IE 7 Beta 2

I use WinXP Pro because I use Visual Studio Products and IE 7 Beta 2 because I feel like it. I use many MS Beta products because they are free and I like to user test for compatiblity bugs.

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_WW_   03-17-2006 at 02:11:03 PM
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XP Pro with all current updates.
Avant browser

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dwellman   03-17-2006 at 02:22:48 PM
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Windows XP SP2, IE 6

Windows beacuse all the software I like runs on it (namely Office), IE 6 is still the fastest browser on Windows.

On the occasion I use a linux distribution with a GUI, it is Fedora 4 using Gnome with Firefox.

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BigMac   03-17-2006 at 02:27:02 PM
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I can't believe it. Is NOONE going to give MU_Engineer a proper greeting around here?

[G]DIE!!!!!!!! Newbie DIE!!!!!!!!![/G]

(check out the stickies before posting a complaint, ok?)

O btw, before I forget:
XP Pro SP2 and all updates. I have one home system on XP home (SP2), the other is Pro as well.

I'm using IE because my boss wants me to. And because I'm lazy I'm also using it on my home equipment.

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MU_Engineer   03-17-2006 at 02:51:16 PM
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Hey, wait, aren't the mods supposed to make sure everybody plays nice? :D

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_WW_   03-17-2006 at 02:53:37 PM
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He was nice! He didn't say...

Die Focking Newbie Die!!!

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Jake_Barnes   03-17-2006 at 03:43:19 PM
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Quote :

Hey, wait, aren't the mods supposed to make sure everybody plays nice? :D



In the Other ... you must be fooking kidding ... :twisted:

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MU_Engineer   03-17-2006 at 07:27:31 PM
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Notice the smiley- it was meant to be a shit-eating grin because that statement was so full of it...

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Spitfire_x86   03-21-2006 at 05:37:16 PM
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Windows XP Professional SP2, slimmed down with nLite
Reason: Huge number of 3rd party applications, gaming, best driver support.

Firefox 1.5.1
Reason: Better features, better browsing experience

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RichPLS   03-21-2006 at 05:40:28 PM
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XP Pro w/slipstreamed SP2 and RAID chipset drivers.
IE 7, beta 2

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silverpig   03-21-2006 at 08:22:47 PM
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Gentoo 2005.1 x86 on lappy
Gentoo 2005.1 amd64 on desktop

Opera for both (had firefox crap out on me one too many times losing all my bookmarks etc)

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