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OS Names
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 2:29 pm
by Tux
Here is a list of some of the taken OS names, please check below before naming your OS:
Linux
Solaris
VxWorks
QNX
FreeBSD
VRTX
OSE
OpenBSD
Free DOS
DrDOS
Integrity
TSX32
Super DOS
LynxOS
Plan 9 & Inferno
Petros
eCos
Elate
Fiasco
eComStation
AtheOS
Oberon
MenuetOS
V2OS
PM SZ OS
Sky OS
NewOS
Kid Operationg System
Gemini
Brix
Morphos
EduOS
Mobius (Actually, the "o" has 2 dots on top of it)
EROS
LeeOS
Nemesis
Go!
ReactOS
Unununium
MOE-DOS
KONK/OS
ShawnOS
CP/M
OS/2
HURD
LittleOS
FlexOS
Clicker
MadOS
HALfix
PolarOS
MAC (Macintash, but I think I spelled it wrong)
Add if you have your own.
Re:OS Names
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 2:32 pm
by Tux
Windows
>>I forgot ;D
Re:OS Names
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 2:46 pm
by Therx
More used names:
Therx
Cosmos
DOS
NetBSD
Valeo
Amirux
Cipher
I'm not about the last two but they both have entries in my failed attempt at OSID database. (I'm starting a new version combined with the library which allows users to add documents and add fields to the database.)
Re:OS Names
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 3:03 pm
by Tux
Vortex
Darwin
Real-Time Microkernel
Yoctix
OpenBLT
The EMERALDS Project
xMach
SkyRiders OS
FLOPS
Antares OS
WinX
ReactOS
ZEUS OS
Oxygen OS
Nextwork OS
Lindows
RTEMS
Freedows '98
KangaroOS
GLUnix
MITUX
AFEED
AVIOS
Re:OS Names
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 3:10 pm
by anubis
A year back i tried to search all OSD projects on the net specially those with their source codes:o ::). Here r some with some interesting titbits.
adrenaline OS
amoeba
angel
argante
ARX
bug OS
chimera
choice
darwin
DTOS
FIOS
KOS
Ka9q nos (named after a number plate, currently disowned it is a Network OS)
L3&L4
Maruti (named after a hindu god i presume)
O3one
RCOS
rtems OS
SOS
shark rtos
vino
xinu (unix spelled backwards)
shagOS
xassos
and finally the venerable MS-DOS.
Re:OS Names
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 3:11 pm
by ash
mines: Enix
Re:OS Names
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 3:21 pm
by Tim
Tux wrote:Mobius (Actually, the "o" has 2 dots on top of it)
The ? often falls off, so Mobius is also correct.
In full, it's "The M?bius Operating System"...
Re:OS Names
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 3:24 pm
by Pype.Clicker
of course, there's also
Xenix (MS's attempt to do a unix)
Irix (Silicon Graphics' unix)
RiscOS
Solaris (aka SunOS)
Mach (the microkernel, which MacOS X is based on)
System V (another unix -- the one that is opposed to BSD)
Re:OS Names
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:32 am
by Whatever5k
And "Flick", of course
Re:OS Names
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 8:03 am
by Solar
The sheer length of that list, not to speak of growth rate, made us chose a project name instead of a product name, postponing naming our product until we actually have one.
Re:OS Names
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 8:36 am
by Tux
++ all the OSes here
http://www.500mhz.net/ndx.html
Add your OS here too, but check first if it is taken.
Re:OS Names
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 8:56 am
by unknown user
JenovaOS
Re:OS Names
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 1:42 pm
by slacker
Therx wrote:
More used names:
Therx
Cosmos
DOS
NetBSD
Valeo
Amirux
Cipher
I'm not about the last two but they both have entries in my failed attempt at OSID database. (I'm starting a new version combined with the library which allows users to add documents and add fields to the database.)
DOS really isnt a used name. cause theres alot of DOS's like MS-DOS etc..
i could name something slacker-DOS
Re:OS Names
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 3:02 pm
by Pype.Clicker
indeed, there are plenty of names there, but most of their links seems broken
Re:OS Names
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 4:37 am
by Wacky
Another two OS:
- WWWR-OS (my own
)
http://www.wwwr-os.de.vu
- NOVA-X
http://www.nova-x.net