Best operative system?

[Amph]

Really should be in OffTopic, but Mac is the safest to use with BTC applications on it. I use linux sometimes though.

that's a myth, mac is not less secure at all, they are all about the same, the secuirty of a desktop depend mostly on the person using it

But IMHO Windows is less secure. I have you used a few OS but in that Windows seems more vulnerable to attacks than others. I haven't tested Mac though.

depend on what windows, windows 8 is good in security and win 10 will be better for sure, since they said that the final release will come with a new kernel also(10.0)

[Tobiasz]

Linux Ubuntu - free, nice, fast, secure - that's a choice I'd recommend to anyone.

[Sugarape]

Linux Ubuntu - free, nice, fast, secure - that's a choice I'd recommend to anyone.

Agreed. No operating system is invincible but from my experience its very very easy to get viruses and malware on windows even with an anti-virus but I've used ubuntu for a couple of years without an anti virus and had no problems at all and I spend a lot of time downloading warez from less than legit blogs and torrent sites etc which will kill your windows comp pretty fast with some sort of malware infection eventually.

[sgk]

Really should be in OffTopic, but Mac is the safest to use with BTC applications on it. I use linux sometimes though.

that's a myth, mac is not less secure at all, they are all about the same, the secuirty of a desktop depend mostly on the person using it

True.
Many people tend to believe that Mac OS is more secure than Windows because you hardly see any viruses for Mac.

The truth is malware developers want to target the largest user base to make their 'hard work' worthwhile, so they target the Windows ecosystem.
You hardly see viruses for Mac, because bad guys target it less than they target Windows.

[hugs1BTC]

+1 You see less MAC viruses because there are less MAC users around
On mobile side, Android is the most targeted OS. Nobody is 100% safe.

The safest computer is the one that doesn't exist

[Muhammed Zakir]

+1 You see less MAC viruses because there are less MAC users around
On mobile side, Android is the most targeted OS. Nobody is 100% safe.

The safest computer is the one that doesn't exist

Safest computer is human itself. Highly customizable features ever found. Best antivirus ever built. No known attacks by humans till now.

Use a brain wallet. That's it.

[sgk]

+1 You see less MAC viruses because there are less MAC users around
On mobile side, Android is the most targeted OS. Nobody is 100% safe.

The safest computer is the one that doesn't exist

Safest computer is human itself. Highly customizable features ever found. Best antivirus ever built. No known attacks by humans till now.

Use a brain wallet. That's it.

That's good. But there's a risk associated with brain wallets: You can forget!

On a lighter note:

[pooya87]

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So they resort to their old proven tactics of dropping support for a product (however popular) and pushing their user base to new systems and products not through innovation and their superiority over competition but through the exercise of market power. Linux 2.6 kernel branch is 10 years old already, but it is still actively supported, and most likely will be supported for another 10 years (actually, as long as there are enough active users of it)...

I still have an Athlon XP 2500+ computer, which is in perfect state despite being as old as 2004. If I hadn't been all in for Linux, what Windows could I install there?

no doubt about that, but to be fair windows 7 in comparison with xp had a lot of changes in performance, security and cool features.

in my experience 7 and 8 are most suitable for laptops, in performance and battery usage. and they work much better with SSD hard drives.

and about your computer,i am not sure but i think you can't install any x64 version of windows and you would have a better experience with XP.

[deisik]

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So they resort to their old proven tactics of dropping support for a product (however popular) and pushing their user base to new systems and products not through innovation and their superiority over competition but through the exercise of market power. Linux 2.6 kernel branch is 10 years old already, but it is still actively supported, and most likely will be supported for another 10 years (actually, as long as there are enough active users of it)...

I still have an Athlon XP 2500+ computer, which is in perfect state despite being as old as 2004. If I hadn't been all in for Linux, what Windows could I install there?

no doubt about that, but to be fair windows 7 in comparison with xp had a lot of changes in performance, security and cool features.

in my experience 7 and 8 are most suitable for laptops, in performance and battery usage. and they work much better with SSD hard drives.

and about your computer,i am not sure but i think you can't install any x64 version of windows and you would have a better experience with XP.

That was exactly my point. There are a lot of computers about 10 years old that could be used for office and things like that. But now, when the Windows XP support is over, you either have to install some flavor of Linux there, or just dispose of these boxes as garbage... What would you choose?

I opt for Linux, but other people may indeed "think different"

[Rico Suave]

Really should be in OffTopic, but Mac is the safest to use with BTC applications on it. I use linux sometimes though.

that's a myth, mac is not less secure at all, they are all about the same, the secuirty of a desktop depend mostly on the person using it

True.
Many people tend to believe that Mac OS is more secure than Windows because you hardly see any viruses for Mac.

The truth is malware developers want to target the largest user base to make their 'hard work' worthwhile, so they target the Windows ecosystem.
You hardly see viruses for Mac, because bad guys target it less than they target Windows.

Is this really true though? There might be considerably more windows users but Macs are very very popular and are getting much more so with the youth. Just go into your local starbucks and see how many people you can't see on a mac. I pretty much never see any other laptops.

[Slaxt]

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So they resort to their old proven tactics of dropping support for a product (however popular) and pushing their user base to new systems and products not through innovation and their superiority over competition but through the exercise of market power. Linux 2.6 kernel branch is 10 years old already, but it is still actively supported, and most likely will be supported for another 10 years (actually, as long as there are enough active users of it)...

I still have an Athlon XP 2500+ computer, which is in perfect state despite being as old as 2004. If I hadn't been all in for Linux, what Windows could I install there?

no doubt about that, but to be fair windows 7 in comparison with xp had a lot of changes in performance, security and cool features.

in my experience 7 and 8 are most suitable for laptops, in performance and battery usage. and they work much better with SSD hard drives.

and about your computer,i am not sure but i think you can't install any x64 version of windows and you would have a better experience with XP.

That was exactly my point. There are a lot of computers about 10 years old that could be used for office and things like that. But now, when the Windows XP support is over, you either have to install some flavor of Linux there, or just dispose of these boxes as garbage... What would you choose?

I opt for Linux, but other people may indeed "think different"

No i would also opt for linux because to me it is the easiest to maintain security and i like being in communication with the computer to do things i want it to do. Windows i just have never liked for all reasons above plus only ever time my computer has been compromised was using that OS. 90% of the worlds super computers are linux based for a reason even if it is a tiny % of casual users use it. Safest.

[CrackedLogic]

Really should be in OffTopic, but Mac is the safest to use with BTC applications on it. I use linux sometimes though.

that's a myth, mac is not less secure at all, they are all about the same, the secuirty of a desktop depend mostly on the person using it

True.
Many people tend to believe that Mac OS is more secure than Windows because you hardly see any viruses for Mac.

The truth is malware developers want to target the largest user base to make their 'hard work' worthwhile, so they target the Windows ecosystem.
You hardly see viruses for Mac, because bad guys target it less than they target Windows.

Is this really true though? There might be considerably more windows users but Macs are very very popular and are getting much more so with the youth. Just go into your local starbucks and see how many people you can't see on a mac. I pretty much never see any other laptops.

Having an Apple device is more of a status thing with the youth and teens. Mac is generally less prone to Malware because it has a smaller user base and partly because it's a bit more secure than Windows. Still, in my honest opinion, Linux is king of security - as long as you know what you're doing.

[pooya87]

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So they resort to their old proven tactics of dropping support for a product (however popular) and pushing their user base to new systems and products not through innovation and their superiority over competition but through the exercise of market power. Linux 2.6 kernel branch is 10 years old already, but it is still actively supported, and most likely will be supported for another 10 years (actually, as long as there are enough active users of it)...

I still have an Athlon XP 2500+ computer, which is in perfect state despite being as old as 2004. If I hadn't been all in for Linux, what Windows could I install there?

no doubt about that, but to be fair windows 7 in comparison with xp had a lot of changes in performance, security and cool features.

in my experience 7 and 8 are most suitable for laptops, in performance and battery usage. and they work much better with SSD hard drives.

and about your computer,i am not sure but i think you can't install any x64 version of windows and you would have a better experience with XP.

That was exactly my point. There are a lot of computers about 10 years old that could be used for office and things like that. But now, when the Windows XP support is over, you either have to install some flavor of Linux there, or just dispose of these boxes as garbage... What would you choose?

I opt for Linux, but other people may indeed "think different"

i am personally too lazy to start learning linux (as much as i like it) so i don't see myself going towards linux anytime soon.

on the other hand, many users like me can never migrate to linux completely because there are a lot of applications that we use which can not be run in linux or running them in linux would be a pain in the ass.

so it really is the user's choice with regards to their needs. for example someone who uses windows for working with MS Office can use win xp and never have any problem with it.

[deisik]

No i would also opt for linux because to me it is the easiest to maintain security and i like being in communication with the computer to do things i want it to do. Windows i just have never liked for all reasons above plus only ever time my computer has been compromised was using that OS. 90% of the worlds super computers are linux based for a reason even if it is a tiny % of casual users use it. Safest.

The main reason why the total majority of super computers out there run Linux consists in the availability of the kernel source code. Proprietary Unices (to say nothing of Windows) are primarily closed-source software, so the super computer vendors cannot adjust the system to their rather specific needs. Although, this in no case can detract from outstanding technological advantages and breakthroughs of the Linux operating system...

[Aggressor66]

No list of alternative PC operating systems could be complete without Linux.  It’s the alternative PC operating system.
Some alternative, If you want to play with them and give them a whirl.
SteamOS
Android
Mac OS X
Haiku
eComStation
ReactOS
Syllable
SkyOS
FreeDOS

[CrackedLogic]

No list of alternative PC operating systems could be complete without Linux.  It’s the alternative PC operating system.
Some alternative, If you want to play with them and give them a whirl.
SteamOS
Android
Mac OS X
Haiku
eComStation
ReactOS
Syllable
SkyOS
FreeDOS

How is steamOS meant to do anything?  All it does is house your steamOS compatible steam games. I don't think it can perform other tasks.

[deisik]

i am personally too lazy to start learning linux (as much as i like it) so i don't see myself going towards linux anytime soon.

on the other hand, many users like me can never migrate to linux completely because there are a lot of applications that we use which can not be run in linux or running them in linux would be a pain in the ass.

so it really is the user's choice with regards to their needs. for example someone who uses windows for working with MS Office can use win xp and never have any problem with it.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. Now that Microsoft has irrevocably terminated its support for Windows XP, any newly discovered security vulnerability would be fatal to a computer running this operating system, unless it is never connected to the net. In fact, any net, for that matter...

And, I guess, there are many yet to be found (and others already known)

[howzar]

You should generally use Linux if you're looking for security. It's operating system, btw.

[CrackedLogic]

Some of you may want to look at this
http://cointelegraph.com/news/113562/the-worlds-most-secure-operating-system-adds-a-bitcoin-wallet
Tails OS, supposedly the most secure systems out there adds a Bitcoin wallet option.

[Aggressor66]

I havent tried SteamOS yet, I downloaded it and its just sitting there. Maybe this weekend I will install it to play with it.