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Never used it, but I hold a special place in my heart (if not necessarily the more practicality-oriented areas of my mind) for alternative operating systems. I
by bhauer 13y ago
Never used it, but I hold a special place in my heart (if not necessarily the more practicality-oriented areas of my mind) for alternative operating systems. I grew up with the Atari 800 & ST and the Amiga was a compatriot.
I'm sure it's just a matter of perspective, but I sure feel as if research into new operating system concepts (such as distributed operating systems) has been flagging since the 90s. So it's heartwarming that there are some rare souls out there still nurturing alternative operating systems.
- ekianjo 13y ago> out there still nurturing alternative operating systems. Indeed, and among the "alternatives", AmigaOS is certainly one of the most alive of them. RISCOS, BeOS, are way less active than the Amiga scene.
- synchronise 13y agoI wouldn't say it exactly like that, Haiku is still moving steadily (it's package management implementation is close to being released) and RISC OS got a second wind with the Raspberry Pi and Beagleboard ports.
- ekianjo 13y agoFor RISCOS, a port is one thing, it does not mean the OS itself is in active development (AFAIK).
- synchronise 13y agohttps://www.riscosopen.org/news/articles/2013/07/24/risc-os-5-20-stable-is-now-available https://www.riscosopen.org/news/articles/2013/07/24/risc-os-... It's development cycle is still quite active, actually more so after the Raspberry Pi release.