Fri Nov 3 13:44:52 UTC 2023
Currently the operating systems I find most interesting and promising are:
- Haiku. "Inspired by BeOS". Probably the most traditional OS on this list.
Biggest issue apart from marketing is people porting/writing stuff that
doesn't take full advantage of it.
https://www.haiku-os.org/
- SerenityOS. Original, custom, Unixish. Also has its own new independent
web browser, which right now is far more important than a new OS.
https://serenityos.org/
- ZealOS. TempleOS fork. Maybe God didn't want networking, better graphics
and UEFI, but here they are.
https://zealos.net/
- ArcanFE. "A single-user, user-facing, networked overlay operating system."
Of all the items on this list Arcan most defies description, or at least
a concise summary, and to me is the least comprehensible. It's like the
developer is throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks.
https://arcan-fe.com/
- Urbit. Also an overlay system until it can run on bare metal, hopefully
in my lifetime. Everything sucks? Replace everything, or at least pave
it over.
https://urbit.org/
The infinite monkeys mountain of Linux distros? The endless "alternative" web
browsers that are just another Chromium skin? This world would be a far better
place without them.
"Safe sex, safe music, safe clothing, safe hair spray, safe ozone layer. Too
late! Everything that's been achieved in the history of mankind has been
achieved by not being safe."
- Lemmy Kilmister
"What you accomplish in life is limited only by your imagination and the fear
of reprisal. Life is too fleeting and unrewarding to live with added onus of
indignity. The denial of one's inevitable demise is what causes most of the
astringent blandness in the world. When your existence ends most certainly in
death, there is no such thing as 'going too far'. There are no 'lines' you
should fear to cross except the finish line. Playing it safe is the most
dangerous thing you can do."
- Jim Goad
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