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Full network stack and a web server on a 1.44MB floppy!

• d3Xt3r 3mo ago
  And a Javascript capable HTML4 browser, and a decent-looking and performant GUI desktop too. It's a shame QNX (desktop) died, used to be way more performant and stable compared to Linux or anything else back in the day.
  • userbinator 3mo ago
    The problem is it wasn't really compatible with anything else, at a time when DOS/Windows and Unix-likes were the most common.
    • smilespray 3mo ago
      It was compatible with the radio and crypto equipment aboard my coast guard ship!
  • w84death 3mo ago
    Isn't it still alive in automobile/infodesks?
    • d3Xt3r 3mo ago
      The embedded version is, yeah. I was referring to their PC version though, which came with a full-fledged DE called Photon microGUI[1]. It was extremely responsive and could multitask without any stuttering, even on ancient hardware like the Pentium II - something wich other operating systems struggled with for a long time. In fact I would say Linux didn't "officially" resolve the issue until they introduced the EEVDF scheduler with kernel 6.6 in 2023. [1] https://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/6.5.0SP1.update/com.qnx.doc.neutrino_user_guide/using_photon.html https://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/6.5.0SP1.update/com.qnx....
• dredmorbius 3mo ago
  Do you recall which browser? BrowseX, written mostly in Tcl/Tk, was included in one microdistro. Probably LNX-BBC, per Wikipedia. <https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/BrowseX https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/BrowseX> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootable_business_card#Operation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootable_business_card#Operati...>