non-unix , non-windows, non-mac osx operating systems

allix · Post by **allix** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:26 am

I have tried minuet before, its a os written in complete assembly , fits on a floppy disk, includes a basic web browser, irc client and a few games if you buy the cdrom instead of downloading.

the 64 bit version is closed source proprietary
the 32 bit version is gpl'd

http://www.menuetos.net/

Ive wanted to try vms, the freevms project seems to be done by one guy only.

what have you guys used beside some form of unix,windows,mac os/x

jamathis · Post by **jamathis** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:17 pm

There's BeOS, which is now know defunct. But there are several projects based on it like Zeta and Haiku.

allix · Post by **allix** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:12 pm

jamathis wrote:There's BeOS, which is now know defunct. But there are several projects based on it like Zeta and Haiku.

i have heard quite a crowd saying beos was a good desktop operating system.
never tried it myself, what do you think?

jamathis · Post by **jamathis** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:42 pm

allix wrote:
jamathis wrote:There's BeOS, which is now know defunct. But there are several projects based on it like Zeta and Haiku.
i have heard quite a crowd saying beos was a good desktop operating system.
never tried it myself, what do you think?

BeOS is quite nice. Unfortunately the lack of drivers is a huge issue, especially when it comes to soundcards. There is a community surrounding it which does some development, not unlike the Linux community, but it is quite small. So drivers are definitley limited. There are sites that give lists of compatible hardware, so if you planned to use BeOS you would have to outfit your PC accordingly, unless of course you knew how to develop your own dirvers. It would have been nice had BeOS caught on.

Gomer_X · Post by **Gomer_X** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:21 am

TRS-DOS
Commodore BASIC
Amiga DOS
Mac OS 7
VM/CMS
OS/2
Minix (2.x and 3.x)

Some of us have been around since BEFORE Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

Post by **Patrick** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:40 am

Morph OS (for PPC) looked interesting and was touted as a next gen Amiga OS:
http://powerup.morphos-team.net/

I'm not sure what the status is since Genesi was their main sponsor and they've had money issues for a number of years.

Judland · Post by **Judland** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:14 pm

Commodore BASIC 2.0
CP/M
GEOS
PC-DOS 1.0
and Microsoft BASIC 1.0 (or what ever version ran on the PET)