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kingrobdun
April 13th, 2010, 07:15 AM
I got a 233gb Maxtor external hd. The goal is to install 5 operating systems on it.
The rules are that they cannot be windows, Linux, BSD, or Hackintosh. Also if you can, post screenshots.
You guys get to choose. So what 5 do you recommend?

Edit: Im looking for unique operating systems.

1. haiku OS
2. Open Solaris
3.
4.
5.

Bonus: Kolibri (http://www.kolibrios.org/)
Dayofswords
April 13th, 2010, 07:18 AM
haiku os
reactOS



uhhh..

freeDOS?


this is hard naming stuff that is free not on that list
NightwishFan
April 13th, 2010, 07:28 AM
Open Solaris is another.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_solaris
shazbut
April 13th, 2010, 07:51 AM
Kolibri (http://www.kolibrios.org/) OS. That won't take much room ;)
QNX neutrino, maybe not, seems they no longer offer an x86 download.
Plan9
kingrobdun
April 13th, 2010, 08:00 AM
Kolibri (http://www.kolibrios.org/) OS. That won't take much room ;)
Your not kidding only 3mb with a GUI. :)
Patricrawley
April 13th, 2010, 08:11 AM
Go with minix (http://www.minix3.org/download/). It's what Torvalds was using before he made the first version of linux.
Khakilang
April 13th, 2010, 09:55 AM
3. Commodore 64
4. Apple IIe
5. Amiga OS

There complete all 5 provided you can get hold of them.
cascade9
April 13th, 2010, 10:01 AM
OS/2. No idea if that will run on modern hardware though..

http://www.metztli-it.com/blog/media/blogs/blog/112008/0_OS2W4-MP3_th.png
Sporkman
April 13th, 2010, 02:07 PM
Contiki OS (http://www.sics.se/contiki/)
whiskeylover
April 13th, 2010, 02:10 PM
DOS
Chrome OS
bruno9779
April 13th, 2010, 02:25 PM
Gnu-hurd (http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html)

It doesn't use the linux kernel, so it sounds good for your list
eriktheblu
April 13th, 2010, 02:34 PM
DOS
Chrome OS
Chrome is Linux based.

Another FreeDOS vote for me
whiskeylover
April 13th, 2010, 03:28 PM
Chrome is Linux based.

Another FreeDOS vote for me

Agreed that Chrome OS is Linux.
But DOS != FreeDOS
Sporkman
April 13th, 2010, 04:33 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operating_systems#Non-Unix-like
swoll1980
April 13th, 2010, 06:56 PM
ReactOS lol
SkyOS ROFL
tica vun
April 13th, 2010, 07:03 PM
+1 for Haiku!
hackb0y294
April 13th, 2010, 07:07 PM
OpenGEU (http://opengeu.intilinux.com/). It looks really cool, and works well too.file:///home/hackb0y294/Desktop/ls-s2.png
tica vun
April 15th, 2010, 04:16 PM
OpenGEU

OP said pretty clearly it mustn't be Linux, windows, or BSD. OpenGEU uses the Linux kernel, in fact it's even based on Ubuntu.
hackb0y294
April 15th, 2010, 04:48 PM
OP said pretty clearly it mustn't be Linux, windows, or BSD. OpenGEU uses the Linux kernel, in fact it's even based on Ubuntu.
Oh, sorry. I didn't see that.