Author Topic: Non-unix OSes? (Read 1341 times)

lazygamer · « **on:** 11 December 2002, 21:34 »

Does anyone have any info on OSes that combine these traits:

1)Not discontinued
2)Not wind0ze,
3)Not mac
4)Not part of the *nix design concepts
5)Not shitty

Now im perfectly happy with Linux as a Wind0ze alternative, but I thought it would make for interesting reading. As it seems everything is either Windows, Mac, or *nix.

Faust · « **Reply #1 on:** 11 December 2002, 21:39 »

Theres an Amiga OS isnt there? Probably crap though - as I remember my Amiga 600 crashed more than win 95.

pkd_lives · « **Reply #2 on:** 11 December 2002, 21:53 »

Lets see :

Amiga - Not sure where to track this down off hand

BE/OS which is currently being resurected as OpenBE - head to the OpenBE website as linked to on front page.

OS/2 - Which is available from IBM.

There was ADA but I cannot find it now so not sure if that is now just the language.

There are loads of little development OSs out there. Just check the links at the front page.

I mean what do you want to know exactly?

lazygamer · « **Reply #3 on:** 11 December 2002, 22:24 »

Just names to look up basically.

TheQuirk · « **Reply #4 on:** 12 December 2002, 02:22 »

http://www.atheos.cx/ is really cool.

Master of Reality · « **Reply #5 on:** 12 December 2002, 05:11 »

atheos looks like it will be kinda good although it cant (easily) have any third party GUI, which may be a good thing in some cases. It doesnt have an installer yet, I wont be trying it out anytime soon

Refalm · « **Reply #6 on:** 12 December 2002, 20:45 »

And something called AS/400 from IBM... someone I know is using it at work to control factory robots

choasforages · « **Reply #7 on:** 13 December 2002, 07:42 »

voidmain · « **Reply #8 on:** 13 December 2002, 07:51 »

MVS, TSO

preacher · « **Reply #9 on:** 13 December 2002, 11:12 »

Quote from: pkd_lives

Lets see :

Amiga - Not sure where to track this down off hand

BE/OS which is currently being resurected as OpenBE - head to the OpenBE website as linked to on front page.

OS/2 - Which is available from IBM.

There was ADA but I cannot find it now so not sure if that is now just the language.

There are loads of little development OSs out there. Just check the links at the front page.

I mean what do you want to know exactly?

Ok, Im not exactly sure, but isnt OS/2 extremely similar to a Windows operating system? Also on that note isnt BeOS unix based?

pkd_lives · « **Reply #10 on:** 13 December 2002, 19:07 »

Well OS/2 is similar in someways to Windows, it was originally going to be a kind of Windows bridge, but no the OS itself operates on slightly different principles. How similar is similar? I don't believe BE is Unix based, but it certainly implements some of it's design philiosophies. I have to admit I am not a software engineer, and I don't work at that level, although I am slowly teaching myself.

However you could argue that all OSs are Unix based. It depends where you draw the line. I inferred from Lazygamers' question that he wanted OSs that behaved significantly differently or did different things. and were not UNIX or Linux in their common forms and were not the major commercial OSs either.

Calum · « **Reply #11 on:** 13 December 2002, 20:12 »

if you're saying windows and OS/2 are similar then there is only one operating system in the whole world i am afraid.

many of the systems i am sure people think of as 'unix' are not in any way the same as each other. BSD is not Linux. Linux and BSD are not minix. Minix and linux are not solaris. Solaris, minix, BSD and Linux are not UNIX. None of these is AIX, none of them is any of the other myriad unices out there.

'isn't x similar to y though?' i hear you ask... well you know what? to the user all those unices are almost identical, but internally they are totally different. their similarity to each other is one of their many strengths, but many of them contain NO CODE IN COMMON. they are TOTALLY UNIQUE from the point of having parts of the system the same.

So what makes the system? the name? the GUI? the fact that the CLI is similar? there are hundreds of completely different systems out there, depending on how you look at it, or else, as was said before, there's only one.

Master of Reality · « **Reply #12 on:** 13 December 2002, 22:01 »

but Bill gates was working on OS/2 with IBM and then stole the code and went off by himself with Microsoft, didnt he? So in reality isnt/wasnt there some code from OS/2 windows. Windows is a lot like OS/2 isnt it, isnt that basically what Bill was basing it off of when he started windows?

Calum · « **Reply #13 on:** 13 December 2002, 22:54 »

i am sure os/2 was started so IBM would be able to have an in house operating system to run on the IBM PC when they realised microsoft were getting far too big for their boots. Remember IBM had invented what was then known as the IBM PC, and Compaq had not yet called them on it (i think), so IBM were still the leader in home computing.

HPC GUY · « **Reply #14 on:** 18 December 2002, 01:53 »

the current amiga oses are based on unix/linux the old amiga stuff i believe was discontinued in the mid 90's

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There was ADA but I cannot find it now so not sure if that is now just the language. There are loads of little development OSs out there. Just check the links at the front page. I mean what do you want to know exactly? Ok, Im not exactly sure, but isnt OS/2 extremely similar to a Windows operating system? Also on that note isnt BeOS unix based? « Last Edit: 7 February 2008, 14:18 by Orethrius » Logged Kansas City Hustle http://kansascity.cjb.net pkd_lives Member Posts: 554 Kudos: 0 Non-unix OSes? « Reply #10 on: 13 December 2002, 19:07 » Well OS/2 is similar in someways to Windows, it was originally going to be a kind of Windows bridge, but no the OS itself operates on slightly different principles. How similar is similar? I don't believe BE is Unix based, but it certainly implements some of it's design philiosophies. I have to admit I am not a software engineer, and I don't work at that level, although I am slowly teaching myself. However you could argue that all OSs are Unix based. It depends where you draw the line. I inferred from Lazygamers' question that he wanted OSs that behaved significantly differently or did different things. and were not UNIX or Linux in their common forms and were not the major commercial OSs either. Logged Tough - Adapt or die : Read The Fucking Manual. Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under. Calum Global Moderator Posts: 7,812 Kudos: 1000 Non-unix OSes? « Reply #11 on: 13 December 2002, 20:12 » if you're saying windows and OS/2 are similar then there is only one operating system in the whole world i am afraid. many of the systems i am sure people think of as 'unix' are not in any way the same as each other. BSD is not Linux. Linux and BSD are not minix. Minix and linux are not solaris. Solaris, minix, BSD and Linux are not UNIX. None of these is AIX, none of them is any of the other myriad unices out there. 'isn't x similar to y though?' i hear you ask... well you know what? to the user all those unices are almost identical, but internally they are totally different. their similarity to each other is one of their many strengths, but many of them contain NO CODE IN COMMON. they are TOTALLY UNIQUE from the point of having parts of the system the same. So what makes the system? the name? the GUI? the fact that the CLI is similar? there are hundreds of completely different systems out there, depending on how you look at it, or else, as was said before, there's only one. Logged visit these websites and make yourself happy forever: It's my music! \| My music on MySpace \| Integrational Polytheism Master of Reality VIP Posts: 4,249 Kudos: 177 Non-unix OSes? « Reply #12 on: 13 December 2002, 22:01 » but Bill gates was working on OS/2 with IBM and then stole the code and went off by himself with Microsoft, didnt he? So in reality isnt/wasnt there some code from OS/2 windows. 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