Re: Other free OSes

From: Justin Dieters <enderak@mtaonline.net>
Date: Thu Dec 30 2004 - 15:04:40 AKST

Syllable is pretty neat, I've played with it a little bit in the past.

Another interesting one to play with is Menuet -
http://www.menuetos.org/ - GPL'd, written entirely in assembly, and fits
on a single floppy. I am simply floored at what they are able to pack
into it.

Justin

Adam bultman wrote:

>Hey.
>
>Apart from using linux, I occasionally like to play around with other
>OSes. Irix, SunOS, are some that I have available, and have played with,
>but aren't 'free'. I've been exposed to Syllable (branch of AtheOS, I
>believe) and to Plan9. The Syllable liveCD is interesting, but I
>haven't gotten plan9 to run (not even in vmware). Apart from that, my
>recent FreeBSD install is working well (thanks for the recommendation of
>Damien, and the constant prodding and hand-holding from another friend).
>
>Any of you run other free OSes? Tried syllable? Plan9? etc?
>
>Adam
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