Other OSs?

[Des_Zac]

other then the common linux, Mac, and Microsoft OSs, are there any other REAL OSs? And by real I mean not Tablet like OSs, (See 'Windows 8') I mean Compatible with mainstream programs OSs.

 

[NyxCharon]

BSD bases OS's. (Which is also Unix based)
Solaris (Unix based)
Other then that, that's pretty much it. There's a ton of linux distros, ie
www.distrowatch.com
And someone did a windows OS, though i forget what it was called.

edit, ReactOS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReactOS

oh, and checkout
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_operating_systems

 

[wolfeking]

ReactOS is still in alpha stage. It is due for beta with the 0.5.0 release (current is 0.3.13). It needs a Sata driver if your computer doesnt support IDE or IDE mode.

 

[NyxCharon]

ReactOS is still in alpha stage. It is due for beta with the 0.5.0 release (current is 0.3.13). It needs a Sata driver if your computer doesnt support IDE or IDE mode.

yea i saw that, i was looking through the wiki. Looking forward to seeing where that project goes.

 

[wolfeking]

I am watching it too. It looks like a good freeware OS, but it still needs some work (I havent gotten it to boot onto any computer I have tried yet.)

 

[NyxCharon]

Have you tried it in a VM? i might do that tonight, actually.

 

[Quiltface]

i used it a few years ago... reminded me of win2k... appearance wise.

 

[wolfeking]

Have you tried it in a VM? i might do that tonight, actually.

Actually, no. I havent.
They have downloads for VMs, but I havent tried them. In my experience, the VMs dont take any advantage of the Performance of the GPU and CPU. So, I generally dont use them.