Thread: Other Operating Systems or Shells?

I've got XP, and it works for me. I've tried Linux and just left confused. OS X is nice, but can get troublesome sometimes.

What are some other lesser known operating systems?

Also, does anyone know about any nice shells? I'm a fan of LiteStep, it's tough to learn at first but can really beautify your computer. I want to check out some other, lesser known shells. I already know of BB4Win and the other BB's, those are nice but not really what i'm looking for.

Originally Posted by b12

I've tried Linux and just left confused.

Can you expand on that, just out of curiosity really
How long ago was this?
Which distro did you try?

Originally Posted by b12

OS X is nice, but can get troublesome sometimes.

Really?
There's people on this forum (who shall remain nameless, Ninja) who will challenge you to a duel for saying that

Again, can you expand

Originally Posted by b12

What are some other lesser known operating systems?

If you have problems with Linux & OSX, maybe non-Windows OS's aren't quite your thing
but, here you go
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operating_systems

OS's of note:

*BSD
The BSD family of OS's are free, Unix-Like systems descended directly from the Berkeley Software Distribution of UNIX
Very similar operation to Linux
and shares some of the same user-land apps
the *BSD's are famous for their security and stability

BeOS
Early 90's OS that was far ahead of it's time
unfortunately, it never really took off
but OS's to this day pull features and design concepts from BeOS

Plan 9
Developed by Bell Labs (same people that developed UNIX)
and billed as the successor to UNIX
It's a distributed OS
and in that respect, acts similarly to a Linux Beowulf cluster

Originally Posted by Ynot

Really?
There's people on this forum (who shall remain nameless, Ninja) who will challenge you to a duel for saying that

There is another ninja on this forum?

I also would like elaboration, both OSX and Ubuntu are designed specifically to be user friendly. Is that not the Linux distro that you used?

Some are older operating systems don't have the functionality of OSX, Linux, or XP, but they are more stable.

Windows 3.1
OS/2
NeXtStep (not sure if it will run on a non-NeXt computer)
DOS

I love DOS and Win 3.1. I still use both, the only MS OS's that I use. I know that you can find a DOS clone on the net, I'm not sure of the others.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

I know that you can find a DOS clone on the net, I'm not sure of the others.

DosBox
Great for running those old DOS games on XP / Linux

Originally Posted by Ynot

DosBox
Great for running those old DOS games on XP / Linux

I think he meant FreeDOS, which is a standalone OS.

VISTAReally.