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Name some OS other than Windows, Mac and Linux

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I guess I'm one of the very few folks that didn't realize that there are other Operating Systems out there that you can run. :O

It doesn't look like they will or would ever be more popular than Windows, Mac or Linux.  Still, it is interesting that out there the spirit of providing an alternative to the main stream goes on.  Check the link below and see if you have heard of them.  :sun:

http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/09/26/10-amazingly-alternative-operating-systems-and-what-they-could-mean-for-the-future/

 

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I Learned on DOS 3.3, then 5 and 6 , and even after all these years, i have forgotten very little of it, in fact i am using vista now and i will open a run box, and when i am done i could always just click the X to close it, but i dont i always use the "exit" on the command line to close it,

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

How about PC-DOS, i think that was the name of it, i do know it was a disaster

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Reply #28 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

It's called Mac OS X.
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The real Mac OS X, or did they just decide to keep the name?

Let's set a criteria for looking for OSs: If they can't be skinned, they're not worth it
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Palm OS can be skinned ^_^. Linux can be skinned as well. Unfortunately, neither one uses Stardock products :(.

You can sorta customize DOS a bit. The prompt can be changed, and if you knew some ANSI escape sequences you could change colors around.

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting CobraA1, reply 3

Palm OS can be skinned . Linux can be skinned as well. Unfortunately, neither one uses Stardock products .

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Thats because it's free. You notice companies dont support linux because they cant make any money off of it.....

Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting Lantec, reply 14

BTW RISC stands for "Reduced InstructionSet Computer", so it's processor architecture, not am Operating System.[/KnowItAll]


RISC OS is an operating system originally created by British manufacturer Acorn Computers for their ARM based computers ranging from Archimedes to Risc PC, replacing Arthur which was shipped on the first models.

 

Wikipedia is your friend...

 
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Ok, leave it to the Brits to name an OS after a ChipDesign! :LOL:

Reply #31 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting jpmurph1, reply 2
How about PC-DOS, i think that was the name of it, i do know it was a disaster
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How about DR DOS?  Better than any version MS ever came out with (still being used in black box systems too).

Reply #32 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Pixeleo, reply 25
Let's set a criteria for looking for OSs: If they can't be skinned, they're not worth it
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That's not really a good distuinguishing feature in a *NIX os, since every damn terminal prompt that's in color can be skinned, not to mention every darn window manager.

Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top

FreeBSD and solaris

Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top

NeXT

Reply #35 from JoeUser Forums Top

Please do not just repeat operating systems already named.

And if you have experience with an OS please describe it.

I know NEXTSTEP only from the Cocoa API in Mac OS X.

(And while we are at it: Yes, the iPhone OS is Mac OS X.)

 

Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Leauki I thought this was my post! :O

My mistake was in the wording the post title, wanted people to look at the link and comment.  This really wasn't supposed to be about naming any and all OS past and present. 

Oh well, that's how things happen around here.  You just have to read what you type, several times, before hitting the send button. :grin:

Reply #37 from JoeUser Forums Top

Yeah, I looked at the article.

A few years ago I even considered buying a MorphOS computer (i.e. a Pegasos). That was before Apple switched to Intel when the PowerPC G4 and G5 were still expected to be upgraded again, and PowerPC was a "safe" architecture. I would have run Linux and MorphOS on the box.

But now I am totally on Intel.

I must admitt that I do not know all the operating systems mentioned in the article. But I think I will try them out, should they run on VMware.

IF ONLY I already had my two Sun servers and xVM. I could experiment much more.

 

Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Is A/S 400 still in use or has it gone the way of the Mac?

Reply #39 from JoeUser Forums Top

Is A/S 400 still in use
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I still see it in some business environments.

Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Well I see Ubuntu has been mentioned .. :) that was one I know of..

 

There is or at least used to be a beta of GOS *google OS*. My hubby found that and test drove it. If anyone wants I can see if I can find a link or more information bout GOS :)

 

Nice thread and I am thinkin it very interesting.. Reading the link and then what everyone else has to say about OS's :)

 

Anne

Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 Those look terrible. i'll pass on all that. Reactos looks just like windows classic for cripes sake! Noooooooooooo!

Reply #42 from WinCustomize Forums Top

only one i ever heard of was the amiga:O