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Yes I have donated to HakuOS, ReactOS, https://www.reactos.org/ https://www.reactos.org/ and other free and open source projects. There is AROS based on AmigaOS
by orionblastar 10y ago
Yes I have donated to HakuOS, ReactOS, https://www.reactos.org/ https://www.reactos.org/ and other free and open source projects. There is AROS based on AmigaOS for X86 PCs as well. http://aros.sourceforge.net/ http://aros.sourceforge.net/
There is also OSFree an OS/2 rewrite from scratch: http://www.osfree.org/ http://www.osfree.org/
I'm not a system level programmer, I always worked with business apps and other apps. If I was a system level programmer I'd donate some time to working on those operating systems. I donate to them every once in a while when I can afford it. I want to see a third choice between MacOS and Windows for the average person who can't figure out Linux. I use Linux Mint for myself, but I can't see the average person using it unless they are trained in it, sometimes you have to use the shell instead of the GUI for Linux.
- jsmith0295 10y agoAt this point the only potential I see for a viable alternative to Windows and Mac on the desktop is ChromeOS/Android, and that's still not quite where it needs to be yet.
- orionblastar 10y agoNope not ready for the average user yet. I like that Chromebooks and Android Tablets can be under $300 or $200 or even $99 because they don't have to pay Microsoft a Windows tax because they don't use Windows. My Aunt Peggy gets confused with them and we have to put her back into a Windows machine because a Mac costs too much for her. We tried Linux Mint for her, but she got confused on it.