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does anyone know of some other open source operating systems other than Ubuntu and Linux? because I'm getting quite pissed off at windows 2000. EDIT: there is some confusion about what I meant. I meant that Linux is the only OS that I know about. I didn't mean that I had ruled out Linux, I like Linux, I was just wondering about what other OS were out there.
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10 years ago
There are Many many Linux Distros, There is ReactOS, BEos, OpenBSD,FreeBSD i don't know what others, But your best bet is Windows XP, even if you have to get it illegally, its worth it.
Reply 10 years ago
YAY for ripping off the man!
Reply 10 years ago
Umm...What?
Reply 10 years ago
the man= head of a massive corporation, in this case: Bill Gates.
Reply 10 years ago
Oh i get it ;)
10 years ago
Try window server 2003 doorknob?
Reply 10 years ago
dorknob?
Reply 10 years ago
Door-Knob
Reply 10 years ago
It was a joke...
10 years ago
you mean like windows xp? There...is ...a site...and ...it...works...be...cause...i.....down.....loaded.........it...........and...................installed...................................it........Windows xp corporate edition...
Reply 10 years ago
Ah, you mean illegally? Never the way to go.
Reply 10 years ago
Or is it?
Reply 10 years ago
*whistle*
Reply 10 years ago
a pm should fix your problem
10 years ago
Not free...
10 years ago
Not free...
10 years ago
Or, and here's a crazy thought, but a legal version of it.
Reply 10 years ago
windows 7 download are no-longer available, so i can't link to that
Reply 10 years ago
even if there was, me no think it would work
10 years ago
Might not want to post Piratebay links here. Just saying.
Reply 10 years ago
how come? it's more legal then some featured instructables
10 years ago
can you run XP?
Reply 10 years ago
never tryed
Reply 10 years ago
what's your CPU speed? Ram? Hd capacity?
Reply 10 years ago
cpu? dunno ram? 512 MB HD capacity? about 20-25 GB on 2 HDs
Reply 10 years ago
Yeah, you could probably run XP.
10 years ago
there is windows clone called reactos
linux can be different from ubuntu. try arch (thats what i use) and mandriva one. try the desktops too (kde 4.2 / kde 3.5 / gnome)
10 years ago
I've never tried it but there's http://haiku-os.org it is derived from BEos. For embedded stuff there are quit a few alternatives one witch caught my eye was http://www.sics.se/contiki/.
Reply 10 years ago
Unfortunately, HAIKU is a linux variant, I believe. Unfortunately, he wants both open-source, and non-linux.
Reply 10 years ago
from the FAQ: "Is Haiku based on Linux? Haiku is not a Linux distribution. To achieve our goals for Haiku, we decided not to use the Linux kernel, nor to rely on the X Window System or toolkits such as GTK+ or Qt. Instead, Haiku is a self-contained operating system that includes a graphical user interface tightly tied to a unique graphics system, all configuration applications, development tools, the GNU tool chain, and a bash terminal." so I think it is safe to say the haiku is not linux and according to the above passage it doesn't appear to be very unix like either:(.
Reply 10 years ago
What kernel does it use? L
Reply 10 years ago
its own one. there were oses with similar kernel (zeta) but haiku kernel is unique to haiku (there are linux distros that tried to pack the entire haiku os as variant of themselfes though - but it does not make it linux)
Reply 10 years ago
Yeah, I was quite sure it was based off of linux.
Reply 10 years ago
That's not answering my question. But Linux will have the same ancestor(s) My first experience of UNIX was HP-UX, early 90's and they already had things like multiple desktops... and the Netscape browser... L
Reply 10 years ago
I wasn't trying to answer your question.
Reply 10 years ago
It wasn't really appropriate to comment on it then. L
Reply 10 years ago
... You're being serious?
Reply 10 years ago
Only slightly. There that's 4 comments that didn't really serve a purpose... ; )
Reply 10 years ago
Like your last two? : )
Reply 10 years ago
Yes, that's half of them. If you don't reply to this it'll be 3:2, or would you like a tie? L
Reply 10 years ago
Nope, I have too many ties as it is..... ;-)
Reply 10 years ago
I have a lot of ties too, but I'm excluding this from the previous discussion L
Reply 10 years ago
Haiku appears to be inspired by the old BeOS operating systems, which was an independent effort in the early 90's.
Like many now-defunct OS's (amigaOS, GEM, OS2, etc.), some of it's features may have been inspired by Unix, but it's development was entirely independent.
@the_mad_man:
Unix itself was developed by Bell Labs, and there are still commercial versions available. Much of the source code has entered the public domain.
Unix variants such as Solaris, Linux, BSD (the underpinnings of Apple's OSX) are partly based on Unix, but there's no clear linear "code genealogy." Still, their intent to copy the functionality of Unix is plain...
IMHO, many people don't care for Linux simply because their favorite hardware gadget or program isn't supported (a legitimate beef.) I enjoy using it, but often cannot for that reason... But if you don't like Ubuntu interface, there are dozens of other window managers to choose from.
Reply 10 years ago
Ta, never had anything to do with BeOS, so the information is appreciated. I have had experience of Mac OS-X and I have recognised some familiar UNIX processes (although it's that long ago I can't name any of them) L
Reply 10 years ago
I also had some dealings with HP-UX, back in my university days...
Reply 10 years ago
Did the workstations have the biggest CRT monitors you've ever seen? L
Reply 10 years ago
We had X-Windows terminals, but they weren't HP; probably Sun or Solaris, and pretty average size. It's been awhile, details are fuzzy. ;-) The mainframe was running HP-UX...
Reply 10 years ago
The workstations were HP, but they had huge monitors, and with RGB inputs too. Only three in my cluster had floppy-drives and there was no GUI support for them - I had to write a drag-and-drop (something) that pointed to a "special device" at one end of a directory tree...
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Reply 10 years ago
Do you mean BSD or freeBSD ?
Reply 10 years ago
I'm not certain if OS X descends from BSD or it's children (or both.)
I do know that BSD is the vector that spread the Unix source code into public distribution. That source code figured prominently in the SCO lawsuits, which ultimately held that most of the code had entered the public domain or was covered by BSD licenses.
SCO owns the Unix trademark, and Unix System V (which came much later than the original Unix or BSD.)
Linux itself may have incorporated some BSD code, but it was originally conceived as a student project to replicate the functionality of Unix, so it was coded independently. Whether Linux retains it's independence...well, I'm not sure any OS can claim to be completely self-contained or inspired.