I'm going with Linux Mint (well, Linux generally), despite me using Mac OS X both at home and at work. My reasoning is as follows:
1) Anyone who chooses a Windows operating system as the "best" is clearly uneducated in operating systems, especially in terms of security.
2) Whilst I love Mac OS X and generally find it a very easy-to-use and configurable OS, it does have its annoyances. Most of these are alleviated by installing other programs, such as Homebrew/MacPorts (which allows you to compile / use a load of Linux programs). One thing I would say about OS X is that is it by far the most stable OS I have ever encountered. Linux server doesn't really count, since it doesn't have to do anything graphical, and anyone who has used Linux extensively knows how dodgy Linux is with graphical stuff.
3) Linux is secure, and out of the box does pretty much everything you'd want from a good OS. Mint just makes it very pretty and easy to use (since Ubuntu lost its mind with the GUI a few years ago). I'd recommend Mint to both Linux newbies and veterans, because it doesn't try to hold your hand, but gives you that option if you want it. For servers, there is none better than Linux...period. You can set it up with the bare minimal hardware requirements; it will run without a graphical user interface, and will not need restarting if you update it.
So there you go. I choose not to use the best OS because I prefer something that is easy to use. Besides, I have Linux installed in virtual machines on my laptops that I can use at any time (oh yeah, and unlike Windows VMs they don't take up ridiculous system resources). Plus, atheistforums.org runs on Linux and I wouldn't run it off anything else.
1) Anyone who chooses a Windows operating system as the "best" is clearly uneducated in operating systems, especially in terms of security.
2) Whilst I love Mac OS X and generally find it a very easy-to-use and configurable OS, it does have its annoyances. Most of these are alleviated by installing other programs, such as Homebrew/MacPorts (which allows you to compile / use a load of Linux programs). One thing I would say about OS X is that is it by far the most stable OS I have ever encountered. Linux server doesn't really count, since it doesn't have to do anything graphical, and anyone who has used Linux extensively knows how dodgy Linux is with graphical stuff.
3) Linux is secure, and out of the box does pretty much everything you'd want from a good OS. Mint just makes it very pretty and easy to use (since Ubuntu lost its mind with the GUI a few years ago). I'd recommend Mint to both Linux newbies and veterans, because it doesn't try to hold your hand, but gives you that option if you want it. For servers, there is none better than Linux...period. You can set it up with the bare minimal hardware requirements; it will run without a graphical user interface, and will not need restarting if you update it.
So there you go. I choose not to use the best OS because I prefer something that is easy to use. Besides, I have Linux installed in virtual machines on my laptops that I can use at any time (oh yeah, and unlike Windows VMs they don't take up ridiculous system resources). Plus, atheistforums.org runs on Linux and I wouldn't run it off anything else.
