Looking for a new Operating System?

[gore]

I have no idea why it took me so long to make this post, but I have a list of OSs that are mostly free. I am going to give links to as many as I can right now, so if you're looking for an OS, read this thread! If anyone else wishes to reply with more links to OSs, then by all means go ahead.

Some of these are based on Linux, some are not, but check out the links and see if you like anything. I know I am supposed to be the OS tester of AO, but I am currently out of boxes. All of mine are now in use, and so I can't test all of these like I would like to do, but if anyone does use them, please reply with a run down of how it looks, how good it is, what you liked, what you did not like much, stuff like that.

AROS:


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http://www.aros.org/download.php





CP/M (Ripped off to create MS-DOS):

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http://www.seasip.demon.co.uk/Cpm/software/index.html



Misc :

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http://developer.apple.com/darwin/

http://www.kc85.de/download.html

http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-cd

http://erika.sssup.it/download.shtml

http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/getstart.html

http://elks.sourceforge.net/download/

http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/fiasco/download.html

http://www.eros-os.org/project/build.html

ftp://freevms.nvg.org/pub/vms/freevms/

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO...k/mirrors.html

http://www.freedos.org/freedos/files/

http://www.cs.vu.nl/pub/minix/

http://www.netbsd.org/Releases/

http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/native/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/crux/

http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html

http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/download.html

http://www.reactos.com/index.php?tab...ection=reactos

http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/get.html

http://sourceforge.net/projects/winmac

http://yamit.sourceforge.net/download.html

http://www.menuetos.org/

http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/

http://www.eros-os.org/

http://www.atari.org/

http://www.amiga.org/modules/news/

http://www.bebits.com/

http://www.openbeos.org/

http://www.yellowtab.com/

http://www.petros-project.com/

http://www.apple.com/macosx/

http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/

http://www.neuconcept.com/thepage/

http://www.qnx.com/

http://www.montagar.com/~patj/freevms.htm

http://www.osdev.org/

http://www.osnews.com/

http://tunes.org/Review/OSes.html

http://cio-today.newsfactor.com/

http://tunes.org/Review/OSes.html





Do you miss DOS? Look here:

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http://www.phystechsoft.com/en/index.html

http://www.freedos.org/

http://www.rdos.net/rdos/index.htm




Like Windows? Didn't think so. Want some options? Look here:

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http://www.winehq.com/

http://www.litepc.com/

http://www.reactos.com/







Need a GUI for DOS? Look here:


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http://sealsystem.sourceforge.net/





"But gore, I need something with business in mind"

Ok:

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http://www.unitedlinux.com/

http://www.redhat.com/

http://www.suse.com

http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/





"But gore, I'm a purist".

No prob:

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http://www.debian.org/

http://www.slackware.com





New to Linux? Read here:

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http://www.suse.com

http://www.winlinux.net/

http://distrowatch.com/

http://www.vmware.com/


Looking for BSD? Look Here:

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http://www.bsd.org/

http://www.freebsd.org/

http://www.openbsd.org/

http://www.netbsd.org/

http://www.daemonnews.org/




Want to use Linux at work? No problem:

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http://www.workspot.com/

This enables you to access Linux without having to install or run Linux yourself. How does it work? Linux runs remotely on the servers of 'WorkSpot', while you access the Linux desktop (full graphical windowed user-interface) through your Web browser on your local computer (or anywhere in the world).

This means that you do not have to install, configure and run Linux yourself.Send and receive email through Workspot, your email address is [email][email protected]

Screen shot: http://www.freebyte.com/images/workspot_thegimp.jpg


Looking for something small? Look down Memory's Pants Or look here:

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http://www.e-smith.org/

http://www.ibiblio.org/peanut/

http://tiny.seul.org/en/




Don't want to install?

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http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html






Want to learn more about Window Managers?

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http://www.kde.org/

http://www.windowmaker.org/

http://www.gnome.org

http://********-e.org


Need links to more OpenSource friendly pages?

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http://freshmeat.net/

http://www.linuxjournal.com/

http://www.desktoplinux.com/

http://www.gnu.org

http://www.fsf.org

http://www.linuxbase.org/





Need Java on Linux?

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http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html





Are you a student? Someone just trying to learn more about Operating Systems? Look here:

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http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html

http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/tom/nachos/




Now that you have a grasp on Operating systems, how about securing them? Look here:

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Anti Virus:

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Free:

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http://www.vintage-solutions.com/Eng...per/index.html

http://www.free-av.com/

http://www.avast.com/

http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php

http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/d...php?menu_id=21

http://www.f-prot.com/products/

http://www.handybits.com/vsi.htm

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

http://www.pandasoftware.com/actives...asp?language=2

http://www.pcpitstop.com/

http://security.symantec.com

http://www.trojanscan.com/

http://www.vcatch.com/download.html



Not Free:

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http://www.authentium.com/

http://www.ealaddin.com/esafe/

http://www.invircible.com/

http://www.srnmicro.com/

http://download.mcafee.com/eval/evaluate2.asp

http://www.nod32.com/products/nt.htm

http://www.pspl.com/

http://www.quickheal.com/default.htm

http://www.kaspersky.com/

http://www.norman.com/

http://www.norton.com/

http://www.pandasoftware.com/

http://www.sophos.com/




Free Virus Prevention:

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http://www.analogx.com/contents/down...em/sdefend.htm

http://www.freebyte.com/bootminder/




E-mail Protection:

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http://www.mailwasher.net/

http://www.gfi.com/emailsecuritytest/

http://www.yourtechonline.com/virus.php



Virus Scanner Tests:

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http://www.hackfix.org/

http://www.thepcmanwebsite.com/virus_test.shtml

http://www.virusbtn.com/

http://agn-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/vtc/naveng.htm





Free Firewalls:

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http://soho.sygate.com/free/default.php

http://www.kerio.com/us/kpf_home.html

http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/

http://www.omniquad.com/

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten...jsp?lid=nav_za




Encryption:

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http://www.abisoft.net/bd.html

http://www.alcuf.ca/fv.htm

http://www.scramdisk.clara.net/

http://www.pgp.com/products/freeware/default.asp

http://www.gnupg.org/

[ngboot]

Gore. Dude! I love this post, just forgot to tell you.

[gore]

Thanks

[very_unhappy]

couple of things:

1. you seem to "forget" Ubuntu which (IMHO) is the most newbie friendly Linux

2. bow before apt-get

3. Slack even though "pure" is kinda bloated. Gore, instead try Zenwalk Linux. You will love it

4. I'd "piss" on OSX but maddox is has said it better

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse....gi?u=macs_cant

[gore]

Ubuntu didn't really exist when I made this. I think on one of the pages I brought that up when someone else said it but I didn't look, I pruned it when a flame war went on.