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  1. December 20th, 2001, 04:06 AM #1
    ac1dsp3ctrum
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    Thumbs up Visual Basic OS ?

    Does anyone know of any Operating Systems that are made with Visual Basic and are open source. I know one of them is NeoShell (http://neoshell.sourceforge.net) but for some reason i can't download it. Does anyone know of any more ?
  2. December 20th, 2001, 04:46 AM #2
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    this isnt an os
  3. December 20th, 2001, 06:32 AM #3
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    oblio is right that is a shell not an os. a shell is an aplication. and realies on another os to function (like win 3.1 relied on dos)
    an os would be able to interface at the machine level ( with 101010101 10101 and all that fun stuff) and at the user level ( with a GUI) i suggest you find a tutorial about that if you want to know more.

    you could probably program your own shell/os if you wanted one and then of course it would be open source
  4. December 20th, 2001, 06:34 AM #4
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    As oblio said, it isn't an OS. It looks to be a shell..

    The Windows that you see can actually be changed. There are a few different shells out there, try here if your interested...

    Also, you can change your shell to progman.exe for that good old Win 3.x feel..
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  5. December 20th, 2001, 11:08 PM #5
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    Oh, OK Thanks. But one more question, which shell would you recommend ?
  6. December 20th, 2001, 11:28 PM #6
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    I don't use them. I used to, but they kept crashing and stuff..

    One of them was evil, and wouldn't change the theme I had on, and I was just testing it out, and it had this rather disgusting picture on there... had to format the computer to get rid of that one... not fun....

    But that was a while ago, so they might be more stable now.... but unfortunately, I can't remember the names of the ones I've tried.. I'll think about it and if I remember, I'll tell you...
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  7. December 20th, 2001, 11:32 PM #7
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    There is one beatiful shell called LiteStep. The screenshoots are unbeliable, and it's quite usable too. But I rather stick with the old original shell because I don't have time to fool around and get used to a new one. But I've tried LiteStep on win2000 and I can recommend it. Try it out, and tell us what you think!
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  8. December 21st, 2001, 02:25 AM #8
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    I'd suggest Talisman, they're on the second version now I think. It lets you edit the theme yourself, with a little programming knowledge you can make the shell do whatever you want. It's neat.
  9. December 21st, 2001, 02:32 AM #9
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    Yeah, Ive decided to go with Talisman. The screenshots are awesome
  10. December 21st, 2001, 02:48 AM #10
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    I heard of a new OS from Hogfly...

    Its gonna be called VBinux

    The new open source Linux made from VB. Send a PM to Hogfly he can give you the link..
    You\'re either a 0 or a 1, alive or dead
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