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Name some OS other than Windows, Mac and Linux

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Philly0381
jpmurph1
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Reply #26 September 28, 2008 10:42:19 AM
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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,

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Philly0381
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Reply #27 September 28, 2008 10:44:01 AM
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How about PC-DOS, i think that was the name of it, i do know it was a disaster

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Philly0381
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Reply #28 September 28, 2008 1:15:07 PM
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It's called Mac OS X.

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

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.

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Philly0381
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Reply #29 September 28, 2008 2:09:04 PM
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Quoting CobraA1,
reply 3

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

 

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

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Philly0381
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Reply #30 September 28, 2008 3:10:26 PM
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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...

 

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

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Philly0381
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Reply #31 September 28, 2008 3:12:07 PM
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Quoting jpmurph1,
reply 2
How about PC-DOS, i think that was the name of it, i do know it was a disaster

How about DR DOS?  Better than any version MS ever came out with (still being used in black box systems too).

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Philly0381
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Reply #32 September 28, 2008 4:41:07 PM
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Quoting Pixeleo,
reply 25
Let's set a criteria for looking for OSs: If they can't be skinned, they're not worth it

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.

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Philly0381
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Reply #33 September 28, 2008 8:27:51 PM
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FreeBSD and solaris

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Reply #34 September 28, 2008 8:53:25 PM
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NeXT

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Philly0381
Leauki
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Reply #35 September 29, 2008 4:19:57 AM
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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.)

 

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Philly0381
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Reply #36 September 29, 2008 10:17:46 AM
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Leauki I thought this was my post!

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.

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Philly0381
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Reply #37 September 29, 2008 10:54:20 AM
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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.

 

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Philly0381
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Reply #38 September 29, 2008 1:48:22 PM
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Is A/S 400 still in use or has it gone the way of the Mac?

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Philly0381
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Reply #39 September 29, 2008 1:53:35 PM
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Is A/S 400 still in use

 

I still see it in some business environments.

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Philly0381
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Reply #40 September 29, 2008 4:30:36 PM
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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

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Philly0381
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Reply #41 September 29, 2008 5:52:24 PM
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 Those look terrible. i'll pass on all that. Reactos looks just like windows classic for cripes sake! Noooooooooooo!

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Reply #42 September 30, 2008 1:14:09 AM
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only one i ever heard of was the amiga

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