[Phantom_NiNja]

What do you want out of an Operating System?

Like what does it need to have in order for you to try it out? Or give it a try?

Are you open to new Operating Systems or do you just stick to windows, Mac OS ..etc. Or linux or Unix systems?

[Prepper]

Reliability, long term updates, security, wide range of support with software.

Only 2 that really check those marks is Windows and Mac but arguably Windows has been becoming more and more buggy and security is not as good as Mac.

I have been a life long Windows user and have strongly been considering the new Mac Mini.

[Bastille]

Security is my main concern, I'm always worried about someone stealing my computers, if they access your data it can be bad.

I've been a Windows user for a long time, then I switched to Linux few years ago. I couldn't go back to Windows, especially with Windows 11 with is full of bloatware and telemetry. For my Linux systems, I need :
- something reliable
- long term support

I don't care if it's not easy to use, I see this as a way to improve my knowledge and skills, I'm currently using Fedora, sometimes I miss Ubuntu (I was a Ubuntu user at the beginning but had many issues when I tried to upgrade from 23.10 to 24.04, I switched to Fedora at this moment) because of the .deb packages. I can't deny that .deb packages are more popular than .rpm, and sometimes Alien doesn't work, but there is always a way to make something working on Linux, and it's always an opportunity to learn new things.

I used to be a Gnome user because it was simple, however I switched to KDE because there are many options for the customization, and the apps such as Konsole, Kwrite, and so on are also enhanced compared to Gnome apps.

[SIM-2502833]

Depends on the application. For utmost security, tails is the way to go IMO.
For my personal PCs, and most of the ones I interact with, I choose windows for ease of use for my family and no needing to wrestle with it for gaming purposes.

Finally, for workloads, or craptops, I usually use Ubuntu. For example, my media server runs ubuntu, and old old laptops I decide to use for whatever get mint.

[athena-chan]

speed, security, reliability

lightweight operating systems >

[whitepearl]

Privacy. Not be spied on.

[Jamika]

Wanna it to be easy to plug and play and in same time light and fast too

[figghiozzu]

Absolutely anonymity, I want to have complete privacy in what I do.