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Operating Systems => Not Quite Mainstream OSes => Topic started by: Siplus on 20 April 2003, 02:39

Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: Siplus on 20 April 2003, 02:39
what are some of the other major operating systems other then Linux(/UNIX/BSD), MacOS, and Windows(/dos) ?
Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: Pantso on 20 April 2003, 15:55
Well, there aren't really other *major* OSes, that is other than the ones you just mentioned. If you asked that question about two years ago, I would also mention BeOS, but it's dead now.
Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: HPC GUY on 21 April 2003, 23:25
well technically i would have to say palm OS since alot of hand helds use it.
Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: cdhgold on 21 April 2003, 23:38
quote:
Originally posted by Siplus: *Capitalist*:
what are some of the other major operating systems other then Linux(/UNIX/BSD), MacOS, and Windows(/dos) ?


If your just reffering to Desktop OS platforms that about covers it if your reffering also to Network Operating Systems then don't forget to Include Novell   Netware which is alive and kicking ass!

Chris
Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: X123 on 23 April 2003, 00:51
What happened to BeOS?
Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: psyjax on 23 April 2003, 01:42
quote:
Originally posted by The Knife Thrower:
What happened to BeOS?


It went out of buissness. Their source was given over to the public domain and is called OpenBEOS or something. Currently, it has alot to work to go before becoming a practical choice for an operating system.

http://open-beos.sourceforge.net/news.php (http://open-beos.sourceforge.net/news.php)

[ April 22, 2003: Message edited by: psyjax: plain 'ol psyjax ]

Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: TheQuirk on 23 April 2003, 04:52
quote:
Originally posted by psyjax: plain 'ol psyjax:


It went out of buissness. Their source was given over to the public domain and is called OpenBEOS or something. Currently, it has alot to work to go before becoming a practical choice for an operating system.

http://open-beos.sourceforge.net/news.php (http://open-beos.sourceforge.net/news.php)

[ April 22, 2003: Message edited by: psyjax: plain 'ol psyjax ]


Non, monseiur! The BeOS source was given to Palm (the company that bought them), and the OpenBeOS project is to develop a BeOS clone able to run all BeOS software, based on the NewOS kernel (a kernel developed by a former Be developer).

At least that's what I'm hearing... Heh.
Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: slave on 23 April 2003, 07:38
One good thing about linux, it can never be bought out by Microsoft.
Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: SAJChurchey on 23 April 2003, 20:12
Well outside *nix based systems (BSD/Linux/OS X), Mac OS, and DOS/Win32 there isn't really anyting else, besides NetWare, which sole purpose is networking.

As far as PDA and other micro devices to go.  PalmOS is most popular, but Linux is always a good choice.
Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: psyjax on 23 April 2003, 20:16
Has anyone ever used PetrOS?
Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: Pantso on 24 April 2003, 02:11
quote:
Originally posted by psyjax: plain 'ol psyjax:
Has anyone ever used PetrOS?


LOL, that's funny. Petros is Greek for Peter.   :D   Where did you find that? A link?
Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: psyjax on 24 April 2003, 07:24
quote:
Originally posted by Panos:


LOL, that's funny. Petros is Greek for Peter.    :D    Where did you find that? A link?


ya, it's a real OS! It's made by some company in madagascar no less. google it.
Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: Pantso on 24 April 2003, 15:39
quote:
Originally posted by psyjax: plain 'ol psyjax:


ya, it's a real OS! It's made by some company in madagascar no less. google it.


No, no. I didn't say that it isn't. It just sounded really funny that's all.   :D   I'll google it to see what's it all about.   ;)
Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: Calum on 24 April 2003, 17:04
as for major OSs, let me just point out that *BSD and linux are NOT the same. and at a push, GNU and linux are not the same either. also, i can say too that there are probably linux systems that are more different from each other than linux is to, say, BSD, so the question is misleading. while linux, bsd et al are related, they do add up to at least three or four totally distinct operating systems, all major, all for desktops.

also, there's the likes of SunOS, Solaris, TOPS10, AIX, HP-UX, UNIX, and i think there are five major BSD versions. none of those have any linux in them, and apart from each of them probably having some GNU tools installed on them (but not bundled probably) they are all unique from each other.

Also, does OS/2 still count as a major OS? i might mention FreeDOS too, which is a much better PC operating system than any other DOS i have ever seen.
Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: Siplus on 24 April 2003, 21:19
i've never really heard much about OS/2. i did a little research about IBM when i did my report on the corruption of microsoft, but all i know is that IBM tried to make an operating system to compete with Microsoft's, but microsoft help a little with it?

anyway, what was OS/2 like? did it have any gui, or was it strickly cli?
Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: Calum on 24 April 2003, 22:20
it was strictly GUI. ibm paid microsoft for DOS licences, microsoft started developing windows (a frontend GUI for DOS) after it saw Macintosh, IBM also saw macintosh and paid microsoft to develop OS/2, a totally graphical system (like macintosh) but IBM were pissed off that microsoft totally legally also continued to create and market windows, so much so that IBM got angry and stopped hiring microsoft's services to write software for them.

OS/2 is widely regarded as a bitch. if it didn't cost $300 i would have tried it myself, it has the dubious bonus of being able to run PCDOS and Windows 3 programs as well as its own.
Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: AdmiralAK on 25 April 2003, 01:01
Hmmmm.....
BeOS is not dead. The company is gone and the Assets were sold off to Palm however the public domain version of BeOS 5 is still that, public domain. From this public domain version (which was not that different from the Professional version), a few people have made distros of it.
BeOS MAX Edition and BeOS DevEd are two of those distros. Also a company is making the YellowTab OS (Also known as BeOS R6).
Then there is BlueEyed OS which is using the linux kernel to be a BeOS like OS with the BeOS look and feel.


OS/2 is nice. I have versions 3 and 4 (god bless ebay and the cheap prices I bought them at  ;)  ) -- The original prices are insane. There are some apps for it and I do use it occasionally.

Finally, the AtheOS/Syllable project seems to have a big following out there, although  I have never tried them.
Title: major oses other then the big 3
Post by: ChakanTGM on 4 May 2003, 01:51
ShellCity (http://shellcity.net) has a list of non-windows/linux operating systems. Check it out.