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Subject: Re: OS Survey

Author: Martin Andersen

Date: 10:33:27 06/15/02

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On June 15, 2002 at 12:11:19, Russell Reagan wrote:

>I'd like to find out a little bit of info about the users of CCC. So if you
>could answer the following questions (and provide any additional info you feel
>might be of interest), I'd apprecate it.
>
>Which OS do you use as your primary OS? Any reason why?
Linux Redhat 7.3
Because it is open-source, stable, configurable and hopefully the
OS for the future.
>
>Which OS do you use for computer chess related stuff? Why?
Linux. I use it for Crafty, Yace and Blitzin (in Wine).
>
>Do you make use of more than one OS? If so, which OS's and for what purposes?
Windows. For installing programs which I run in Linux using Wine !
Or when my girlfriend needs to print something in Word 97.
>
>I'll start off by answering these questions for myself. I use Windows 2000 Pro
>as my primary OS, mostly because I play online multiplayer games that only have
>Windows support. For chess related stuff I also use Windows. I also use Mandrake
>Linux at home and Solaris 8 at school, but I usually only use those for school
>related things or for web stuff or scripting.
>
>Russell

Martin



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