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Operating Systems => Not Quite Mainstream OSes => Topic started by: Calum on 1 December 2002, 00:48

Title: MenuetOS
Post by: Calum on 1 December 2002, 00:48
http://www.menuetos.org/ (http://www.menuetos.org/)

holy crap!

look at this! i'm going to try it out!

here's some apps for it (http://www.menuetos.org/appl/appl.htm), although i don't know how i would use a bootloader written in assembly language (that might sort out my lilo problems though). i suppose that's another thing i should learn about...

[ November 30, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]
Title: MenuetOS
Post by: creedon on 2 December 2002, 21:11
Quote from: Calum
http://www.menuetos.org/ (http://www.menuetos.org/)

holy crap!

look at this! i'm going to try it out!

here's some apps for it (http://www.menuetos.org/appl/appl.htm), although i don't know how i would use a bootloader written in assembly language (that might sort out my lilo problems though). i suppose that's another thing i should learn about...

[ November 30, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]

It's nice to know that development on advanced alternative OS's is on-going, particularly GPL'ed OS's.  This is a real nice looking system that will bear watching; thanks for the info & link!!
Title: MenuetOS
Post by: Calum on 2 December 2002, 21:40
looks like i won't be trying it out after all though, since i'm selling all my kit to buy a desktop machine...
shame.
Title: MenuetOS
Post by: Master of Reality on 2 December 2002, 21:44
selling your kit?
if your getting a desktop machine, doesnt it just need a floppy drive to be abel to run menuetOS... is there something i am missing?

[ December 02, 2002: Message edited by: The Master of Reality / B0B ]
Title: MenuetOS
Post by: TheQuirk on 3 December 2002, 02:58
Can I recommend AntheOS? It's really "hip!"
Title: MenuetOS
Post by: Kintaro on 4 December 2002, 11:29
Try .NET today!!!
www.windotnet.tk (http://www.windotnet.tk)
Title: MenuetOS
Post by: Calum on 4 December 2002, 13:08
MoR, yes, i'll be able to try it out but what with both myself and my girlfriend starting studying in february, she's very dubious about me playing around in any way with the computer. she wants me to just put something on there that works and leave it alone!

fair comment i know, which is why we got the pentium 75 laptop, but i am sick of laptops and their idiosyncracies. until we get a second machine though, i think experimenting is going to be a bit off limits  :(

we're probably getting a machine with a 60GB hard drive, and i'm going to be limited to one copy of linux with mozilla and openoffice!  :(

i bet even putting freebsd on a separate partition will be out of bounds!
Title: MenuetOS
Post by: choasforages on 5 December 2002, 10:21
umm, in need of x86 parts???
let me guess, you don't a room full of computer parts laying around like i do/*also has a futon, surround sound, game consoles, 19" tv, kick ass speakers, but were not discussing my room now are we?*/ go find dead computers, and buy them cheaply. like ask friends about anciet stuff, like that compaq that isn't cool like my new giga bajillion hertz dell is becuase its from 1995 or something like that
Title: MenuetOS
Post by: Calum on 5 December 2002, 16:22
well, we're kind of short on space, and we do not plan to settle in london, so buying one desktop is a bit of a hassle spacewise, having two, plus a lot of arts around might just make it a lot worse! once i'm settled more then i might think about the bits.
Title: MenuetOS
Post by: choasforages on 5 December 2002, 17:52
hehe, you would be suprised how much you can fit in a single room, and still be able to live in it/*then agian, you have a girlfriend, so you probably keep things cleaner then normal*/
Title: MenuetOS
Post by: Kintaro on 8 December 2002, 05:12
.NET is better because it supports "Webservices" and has the ".NET Connecter" to make sure you are ".NET Connected".

Download it today www.windotnet.tk (http://www.windotnet.tk)
Title: MenuetOS
Post by: choasforages on 8 December 2002, 21:09
umm, great spaming of decent forum X11, we allready know about ".net"
now back on track
menuetOS, what else does it support, i looks to be a nice embedded operating system to me. i wonder what the min specs are