Which Operating Systems and Setups Do You Use?

Operating Systems You Use
What operating systems do you all run on your devices right now? Whether it’s macOS, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, or something more niche, I’d love to hear about your choices. Do you prefer sticking to a single OS across all your gadgets, or do you mix and match depending on the type of device?

Customization and Setups
How do you have your systems configured? If you’re using Linux, which distributions are you running and what motivated that choice? For Windows or macOS users, do you keep things close to the default setup, or have you customized the look, feel, and workflow to make it your own? On the mobile side, do you lean toward Android for the flexibility or iOS for the seamless ecosystem?

Hardware and Reasons
I’m also curious about the hardware you’re using and why you decided on your current setup. What devices are your operating systems running on, and what made you choose that combination of hardware and software as the best fit for you?

 

I'm using a Chinese laptop, with windows, and AMD hardware, on the assumption it makes it easier for everyone to fuck with my computer.

Google was fighting in public over who got to bug my computer first, along with about 2 billion other people, and I found its best to make it easier for them. My work is related to cutting edge fuzzy logic and quantum mechanics, that you just can't buy with money, and is actually written using simple Comedy Club statistics, yin-yang push-pull dynamics, and paradoxical Monty Carlo statistics.

Since the 1980s, the feds have been busting hippies and confiscating their land, then bugging our computers for fuzzy logic. So, I decided to give them way more than they ever bargained for.

My books are worth a Nobel Prize and, possibly, 20 million dollars or more, making them impossible to censor, without garnering a great deal of attention, and is actually written for any ordinary AI to read in five minutes flat. The Three Stooges have nothing to offer anyone, so i decided their own AI can keep them busy.

 

Debian 12, Debian 13, DietPi, PiOS, Win10 & Win11(regrettably). iOS personal & company phones. Used to run rooted Android personals but got bored with that since I really don't use the phone for much more than a phone.

Server is a Dell R730. Dual Xeon, 256GB RAM, 16 SAS drives + 1 SATA boot drive(Deb12).
Multiple Raspberry Pi for AdGuard & DNS resolver, ADSB receiver, GPS time server, OpenMediaVault for a couple of NAS boxen for backups, another runs the cams over my hobby CNC, the CNC runs on a Pi.
Router is a Dell T730 ThinClient running OpenWRT with an add-in 4 port NIC.
Managed POE switches- two 24 port & one 16 port.
I have another Pi connected to a wifi access point running as a neighborhood honeypot. That one is a dead end with no internet connection.

Current desktop is a Dell Precision T5820. i9, 256GB RAM, 6GB VRAM, four drives in the Flexbay + one PCIe to SATA card for a shared drive. Quad boot: Deb12, Win11 because I needed to learn it, Win10 for CAD/CAM, plus whatever OS I load & wipe to tinker with-- currently Devuan5. Boots from an SD card running rEFId.
LG 42" 4K primary monitor, with LG & Samsung 32" 4K monitors on each side.

There are a few more that go through phases of use, mostly for testing.
I don't game, although I'm considering building a flight simulator.

Whew, I'm an old nerd...