Non-Linux opensource OS's worth trying

[jimi_hendrix]

putting bSD aside for now whats out there?

[kamitsukai]

How about OpenSolaris?

[albinootje]

How about OpenSolaris?

+1
I don't like using OpenSolaris so often myself because of all the different command line commands and paths, but ZFS and TimeSlider, amongst others, are very interesting, i'd like to test it again.

See also :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexenta_OS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MilaX

And imho SyllableOS is worth trying (In VirtualBox) for fun, and for comparing the speed of it to other OS-es.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllable_(operating_system)

[Mason Whitaker]

I dunno, Darwin wouldn't be so bad if they would just clean it up a little...

( yes, I know its BSD based )

[forrestcupp]

ReactOS is open source.

[Mason Whitaker]

ReactOS is open source.

He said worth trying buddy

[jimi_hendrix]

actually they dont need to be opensource...just free whats wrong with reactOS

[Mason Whitaker]

actually they dont need to be opensource...just free whats wrong with reactOS

Poorly maintained, trys to make a windows alternative but still using .exe's, programs that come with it don't always work, ect

[jimi_hendrix]

ahh...how about eye OS?

[stanz]

I first partitioned my HD and grabbed what was free, and wanted to try out.
When I done my dinking & brakin' ~ I wiped & put on another!
Thats how I came to know Ubuntu...
and why its still on my HDD!