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10 amazingly alternative operating systems and what they could mean for the future

03-10-2008 12:21PM

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An Fear Aniar

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I thought this was really interesting. Life beyond Windows, OSX and Linux...

http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/09/26/10-amazingly-alternative-operating-systems-and-what-they-could-mean-for-the-future/

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#2 03-10-2008 02:48PM

Khannie

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Nice. Interested in this one:

MenuetOS is an Operating System in development for the PC written entirely in 32/64 bit assembly language

Impressive.

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#3 03-10-2008 03:57PM

TechieEddy

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Great article. Thanks for the link.

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#4 10-10-2008 09:20AM

ethernet

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Khannie wrote: »

Nice. Interested in this one:

Impressive.

Then you'd also like MikeOS.

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#5 10-10-2008 04:59PM

Orion

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single 1.44 MB floppy disk (for our younger readers, that was the USB stick of the 80s and early 90s

Now I really feel old. I used to use 5.25" 720K floppies :eek:

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