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Depends. For servers, FreeBSD and OpenBSD hands down.

Desktops are two different systems--Windows and Ubuntu Linux. I need direct access to the hardware for development (CUDA) on both, so I can't VM. Windows is needed simply because Linux has always failed to provide me with the business apps I need to successfully work with the outside world. Not trying to start a flame war; it's just my experience.

Laptop is Windows, with Linux as a VirtualBox VM. Simply because I want to GSD.




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