Top 10 alternative-operating-systems

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Top 10 alternative-operating-systems

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This is pingdom's top 10 alternative-operating-systems, what would yours be ?.
http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/09/26/10- ... he-future/

PS: If i have posted in wrong part of forum, sorry.
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Wow, is the DexOS featured there the same one by dex on this site?
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yemista wrote:Wow, is the DexOS featured there the same one by dex on this site?
I think yes :)
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yes it is.

Also, (no offense Dex) but this is a very amature listing of OS's. It seems very unofficial and hear-say'ish.
As lower comments suggest, there are more advanced projects out there that the OP seemed to just overlook or rather didn't see due to poor research and a distant relationship with the area of work.
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yea but he still made the list. Obviously none of us are going to create an OS that is widely used and adopted as linux became(except maybe LoseThos), so I think its quite an accomplishment to have something that can be fully functional enough to be on that list.
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except maybe LoseThos
Ha ha ha! I especially like the part where Losethos (Terry A. Davis) plugged himself on that thread:
Terry A. Davis wrote:You left-off the LoseThos operating system. Read about it — it’s kinda for a niche. http://www.losethos.com
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yeah lol I read that part.

LoseThos will *never* be a Linux/Windows/Mac replacement for one very basic fact, he does not fix errors or make changes based on user-feedback.

Anyways, the list is ok, but the research was half-@$$ed.
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yemista wrote:Wow, is the DexOS featured there the same one by dex on this site?
Yes, its the very one 8).
01000101 wrote:Also, (no offense Dex) but this is a very amature listing of OS's. It seems very unofficial and hear-say'ish.
None taken, but i think the point of the post, was to put your top 10 alternative-operating-systems, if you did not agree with theres.

My list :
I think, they got it right, because i see a big part of the "alternative-operating-systems", is that they should be usable.
You can make expremental OS's, but if they are not self supporting or have loadable drivers, load programs, they are just demo's.
I would add Solar OS to my list.
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wow, I totally missed the actual text in the OP, I just went straight for the link.

I would add in QNX, Plan9 and OS/2 Warp.
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