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k2t0f12d
March 20th, 2009, 08:56 AM
Welcome all comers.

Please post name names of the unique operating systems that you know. For the purposes of this thread, consider GNU+Linux spoken for up front, and that all its distributions count as only one operating system.

All other platforms are open game, but versions should be implicit (ie. NT,2000,XP,Vista,Win7).

You don't need to try to name everyone yourself, one entry per post is okay and probably better for readability. I'll try to compile individual entries combined in this first post. Try not to repeat others.

To get the ball rolling, as stated above GNU+Linux!!!

Operating Systems

AIX
AmigaOS
BeOS
BSD
GNU/Hurd
GNU+Linux
Haiku
Mac OS 9
Mac OS X
MenuetOS
Minix
MS-DOS
OpenSolaris
OS/2
Plan 9
QDOS
ReactOS
RiscOS
Solaris
Unix





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ghindo
March 20th, 2009, 08:59 AM
Plan 9 from Bell Labs.
Haiku/BeOS.
ReactOS.
BSD (and all its variants).
(Open)Solaris.

Giant Speck
March 20th, 2009, 08:59 AM
I don't quite understand the point of the poll. Is it there because you just like polls?

gn2
March 20th, 2009, 09:38 AM
This should help (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operating_systems).

jbrevik
March 20th, 2009, 09:40 AM
AmigaOS

k2t0f12d
March 20th, 2009, 09:40 AM
@gn2
That, or you could edit your post and unlink that, since 1) most people will already know that, and 2) it sucks any possibility of fun out of having the thread. Thanks.

gn2
March 20th, 2009, 09:46 AM
@gn2 ~ could edit your post and unlink that ~

No, you asked a question, that link is my answer.

As for fun, it will be more of a challenge for people to find one that's not on that list.

Sand & Mercury
March 20th, 2009, 11:09 AM
This should help (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operating_systems).
Very smart :lol:

Long list! Didn't realise there were so many. I guess there are a lot that are not general purpose like those previously mentioned in this thread, probably only useful in cars or fridges or whatever...

SpriteSODA
March 20th, 2009, 11:14 AM
Unix
ms-dos
os x

Arkenzor
March 20th, 2009, 12:28 PM
All game consoles nowadays have complete OSes, though I've no idea what they'd be called. Same with phones, PDAs, high-end music players, DVD players, what have you...

Or are we restricting ourselves to those that can run natively on some kind of PC?

abn91c
March 20th, 2009, 12:35 PM
check here http://www.freeos.com/download.php

Mark76
March 20th, 2009, 12:38 PM
Riscos

Tibuda
March 20th, 2009, 12:42 PM
Unix
ms-dos
os xOS X is Unix.

jimi_hendrix
March 20th, 2009, 12:55 PM
Gnu/hurd

Mehall
March 20th, 2009, 02:29 PM
Gnu/hurd

With or without the Debian contribs?

EDIT: Also: MenuetOS

jimi_hendrix
March 20th, 2009, 02:42 PM
With or without the Debian contribs?

EDIT: Also: MenuetOS

without

billgoldberg
March 20th, 2009, 03:18 PM
Welcome all comers.

Please post name names of the unique operating systems that you know. For the purposes of this thread, consider GNU+Linux spoken for up front, and that all its distributions count as only one operating system.

All other platforms are open game, but versions should be implicit (ie. NT,2000,XP,Vista,Win7).

You don't need to try to name everyone yourself, one entry per post is okay and probably better for readability. I'll try to compile individual entries combined in this first post. Try not to repeat others.

To get the ball rolling, as stated above GNU+Linux!!!

Operating Systems

AmigaOS
BeOS
BSD
GNU+Linux
Haiku
Mac OS X
MS-DOS
OpenSolaris
Plan 9
ReactOS
Unix

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Without looking thing up on google I can add some to that

Gnu/Hurd

AIX

Solaris

Minix

Mac OS 9

RISC OS

OS/2

and I'm sure there are loads and loads of others

Skripka
March 20th, 2009, 03:25 PM
This should help (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operating_systems).

Winner

conundrumx
March 20th, 2009, 04:45 PM
OS9 and OSX should be separate. And technically, OSX is FreeBSD with the Mach kernel, not UNIX (even though it is POSIX compatible).

Damn, someone beat me to HURD and Minix, I was sure I'd get one of them.

How about some AIX? :)

Mark76
March 20th, 2009, 04:54 PM
How about qdos?

No, not that one. This one. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_QDOS)

chucky chuckaluck
March 20th, 2009, 05:04 PM
there's windows. then, there's osx (for hipsters who can't figure out windows). and then, there's a bunch of 'fringe element' crap that only dorks use.

Corfy
March 21st, 2009, 01:57 AM
I haven't seen anyone mention Palm OS.

cardinals_fan
March 21st, 2009, 02:03 AM
You shouldn't count all the BSDs as one, since they all have distinct kernels and designs.

jimi_hendrix
March 21st, 2009, 02:09 AM
EyeOS

dragos240
March 21st, 2009, 02:10 AM
JuOS? It means "just enough os (operating system)", although this can mean any operating system

lisati
March 21st, 2009, 02:10 AM
I haven't seen anyone specifically mention CP/M and its derivatives (unless you count the parts of the original qdos/ms-dos/pc-dos being inspired by it)

cardinals_fan
March 21st, 2009, 02:21 AM
EyeOS
Though cool, eyeos is not an operating system. It is simply a graphical platform for web apps that must be run on top of another OS.

jimi_hendrix
March 21st, 2009, 02:37 AM
Though cool, eyeos is not an operating system. It is simply a graphical platform for web apps that must be run on top of another OS.

then lets define what an OS is

z/OS btw

OS/2 also

cardinals_fan
March 21st, 2009, 02:43 AM
then lets define what an OS is

z/OS btw

OS/2 also
I don't see how something can be an operating system without actually operating the low-level system. An OS must interface with the hardware, which eyeos does not. I don't see how either of those examples are valid...

Grant A.
March 21st, 2009, 02:57 AM
Well, if my memory serves correctly...


Historic:

NeXTSTEP
BeOS
Windows NT
Windows ME
Windows 98
Windows 95
Windows 3.11 for Workgroups
Windows 3.1
Windows 1
OS/2
MS-DOS
DR-DOS
SunOS
MacOS 9
Xenix
Unix TSS

Current:

Tru64
HP-UX
AIX
FreeDOS (GNU/DOS)
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Darwin
PureDarwin (GNU/Darwin)
Solaris
OpenSolaris
eComStation
Plan9
GNU+Linux
4.4BSD-Lite Derivatives (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD, etc.)
AmigaOS
GNU/HURD
MacOS X
Haiku
LynxOS
UnixWare
NetWare
UNIX System V
MINIX
MenuetOS
PhantomOS (?)
SkyOS

Sealbhach
March 21st, 2009, 03:04 AM
Anyone mention MikeOS?

http://mikeos.berlios.de/

Written by Mike Saunders. He writes for Linux Format magazine.


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