The Altervative Operating Systems that Aren't Linux Megathread. - Hardware & Software

[QUOTE=wlzshroom;27867053]isn't android linux based also [/QUOTE] It is linux based.

[QUOTE=finbe;27867097]It is linux based.[/QUOTE] yeah that's what i thought the op is bad and you should feel bad supersnail

This thread is a complete and utter joke.

[QUOTE=Ca5bah;27871655]This thread is a complete and utter joke.[/QUOTE] because wikipedia

[QUOTE=wlzshroom;27867053]isn't android linux based also [editline]5th February 2011[/editline] you did not do your research very well did you[/QUOTE] That rule went out the door with chrome. [editline]5th February 2011[/editline] although calling the android OS linux based is like calling the original XBox's OS windows 2000.

Only 'Active' operating systems? So no Lisa OS? :saddowns:

These alternative operating systems are interesting but (save for FreeBSD and Android) are useless unless you're just a hobbyist/OS enthusiast who likes to try out new operating systems

[QUOTE=Dr. Fishtastic;27889346]These alternative operating systems are interesting but (save for FreeBSD and Android) are useless unless you're just a hobbyist/OS enthusiast who likes to try out new operating systems[/QUOTE] Chrome OS isn't useless!

[url=http://www.freevms.net/]FreeVMS[/url]. VMS is an OS that Pre-dates unix, It's more or less unknown today but still has an active community. If I'm not mistaken it's made for server use. I think it was HP that created VMS in th form of OpenVMS which is ironically closed source. Released all the way back in 1977, HP Still released OpenVMS but it's un-popular because of the lack of CPU Architecture support It's also quite expensive.

Don't forget Darwin UNIX. It's the OS X kernel.

[QUOTE=jjsullivan;27905599]Don't forget Darwin UNIX. It's the OS X kernel.[/QUOTE] I'll add it once I'm off this god foresaken livecd. Any download for that? It's open source, right?

[QUOTE=supersnail11;27909433]I'll add it once I'm off this god foresaken livecd. Any download for that? It's open source, right?[/QUOTE] Download is somewhat of an enigma right now, I tried accessing it from the apple developer website but I can't find it. Still, it should be somewhere. It's actually quite easy to install in a VM, it comes in a live CD and everything.

[quote]From the makers of C and C++, bell labs bring you a free operating system![/quote]That's like saying Facepunch develops Garry's Mod. Also, you forgot OpenBSD, NetBSD, Windows CE, UnixWare, DragonFlyBSD, GNU, Solaris, Debian/kFreeBSD, Arch Hurd, ReactOS, Debian/Hurd, Windows Server, and the rest.

Stop rating OP informative; he's a computer illiterate poop shoveler.

How could you forget OS/2? [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/2[/url] I mean, it's not technically Unix based or Windows based... It was a remake which included several similarities.

Some other cool ones are NeXTSTEP (outdated, but awesome for it's time), RISC OS (which isn't too out of date), MiNT (probably outdated), Inferno, Free BSIE, MirOS BSD, DesktopBSD, PC-BSD, XTS-400. Let's also not forget the Java based; Java OS, JNode, JX, Sanos, SavaJe.

[QUOTE=The Riddler;27930768]Some other cool ones are NeXTSTEP (outdated, but awesome for it's time), RISC OS (which isn't too out of date), MiNT (probably outdated), Inferno, Free BSIE, MirOS BSD, DesktopBSD, PC-BSD, XTS-400. Let's also not forget the Java based; Java OS, JNode, JX, Sanos, SavaJe.[/QUOTE] Oh god. I've got a lot of work ahead of me, don't I? [editline]8th February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Jookia;27928310]That's like saying Facepunch develops Garry's Mod. Also, you forgot OpenBSD, NetBSD, Windows CE, UnixWare, DragonFlyBSD, GNU, Solaris, Debian/kFreeBSD, Arch Hurd, ReactOS, Debian/Hurd, Windows Server, and the rest.[/QUOTE] I got reactos.

andriod is linux based

[QUOTE=meppers;27944030]andriod is linux based[/QUOTE] bad spelling, it's android (i really wish we still had that rating) and late, i said it

[QUOTE=supersnail11;27840766]Ok guys, there's only one rule: Can't be a linux distro [i]unless[/i] it's heavily modified i.e. ChromeOS, Android OS, etc.[/QUOTE] Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Chrome OS is as heavily modified from Linux as Ubuntu. In other words, not much at fucking all.