10 amazingly alternative operating systems...

[penguindrive]

plan9 needs to be in that list.

[yse]

plan9 needs to be in that list.

Plan9...

/facepalm

[Olhado]

Humm... I'm not sure that it's good - a lot of different OSes. But I'm sure, that there will be no any OS from this list really worth using. The one will have its bugs and shortcomings, the other will have its.

After all, every of the OS in list is ugly. Design and usability are really important parts of the good software, and all design and usability specialist prefers working in big companies. So, the future of operating systems is in software giant's hands.

[handy]

Humm... I'm not sure that it's good - a lot of different OSes.

Why?

But I'm sure, that there will be no any OS from this list really worth using. The one will have its bugs and shortcomings, the other will have its.

All software has bugs.

Some of the OS's in the list look really promising & innovative.

A couple of them I have been watching develop for some time, & look forward to the day when they are fit for general usage. Everyday that goes by they are a day closer.

After all, every of the OS in list is ugly.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Many people will disagree with your statement.

Design and usability are really important parts of the good software, and all design and usability specialist prefers working in big companies.

That argument will never stand up, as there are just too many great pieces of software, DE's, WM's & OS's, that have been created by FOSS & other dev's to prove your statement false.

So, the future of operating systems is in software giant's hands.

After the corporations go broke, the little people just keep on creating.

[YeOK]

Humm... I'm not sure that it's good - a lot of different OSes. But I'm sure, that there will be no any OS from this list really worth using. The one will have its bugs and shortcomings, the other will have its.

After all, every of the OS in list is ugly. Design and usability are really important parts of the good software, and all design and usability specialist prefers working in big companies. So, the future of operating systems is in software giant's hands.

Most of these OS's are hobbies, and are not intending to be mainstream. Some are actually old OS's, AmigaOS for example was something I used as a kid. If it was free I'd probably be using it now.

The future in software giants hands? I don't think so, ubuntu is a perfect example of that being a wrong statement. The open source development model will become more important the larger projects get. Linux has 100's if not 1000's of people adding anything from one line to 1000's of lines of code. How long can Microsoft or Apple stay in front with their current model?

Here's a you tube video with a kernel developer, he talks about the rate of change in the Linux kernel. Very interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2SED6sewRw

I'm trying ReactOS, and maybe some of the Amiga-Based ones after.

[handy]

I'm trying ReactOS, and maybe some of the Amiga-Based ones after.

AROS is pretty exciting.

http://aros.sourceforge.net/introduc...everything.php

[YeOK]

AROS is pretty exciting.

http://aros.sourceforge.net/introduc...everything.php

Thanks for the hint, downloading now.

[handy]

Thanks for the hint, downloading now.

It's not ready yet, but as you can see from the link I posted, it really is going somewhere, & as stated previously, there is work currently going on to port a web browser for it. When it gets a browser I will start regularly using it on my test machine.

[Olhado]

I'm afraid our opinions are fundamentally different Or I don't understand some things in full.

Of course, Nobody can stop people from creating and trying to make world better with free and open software. But free and open software always will be worse that commercial. Because our modern world is build on commercial rules

Developers of free software can make excellent work and worthwhile product (Ubuntu is a bright example). But they has no profit of their work, so they has less stimulus to keep on their cause.

Commercial software developers has. So their product always will have more quality. Maybe not in one point - then in another. And generally commercial software always will be in leaders. Always. And nothing can change it.

[Izek]

And generally commercial software always will be in leaders. Always. And nothing can change it.

ReactOS plans to abolish that to a degree, if it ever reaches beta.