If Windows doesn’t do it …
p2pnet.net News:- Does Windows’ endless security problems leave you cold? Are you intrigued by Linux’s power but discouraged by its complexity? Does the Mac OS tempt you but you’re less than thrilled with the hardware cost? – asks Michael Saunders on osnews.com here.
The your solution might be in one Syllable, he suggests – "The Little OS with a Big Future".
The most promising of the various possibles, Syllable is, "a maturing open source desktop OS with an evolving kernel and device driver range, and is targeted at the home/small-office user," says Saunders in his virtual blow-by-blow in which he makes it abundantly clear that the OS has a huge amount of promise.
In fact, "Here’s hoping Vanders will win the lottery, so that he (and the team) can devote more time to this up-and-coming OS," he writes, adding:
"As it stands, though, Syllable is jam-packed with potential to become an ideal desktop system; it already has a smart design and featureset that just might propel it into the mainstream one day. Whether you’re an end-user, kernel hacker or app developer, it’s definitely worth checking out – and the team would love to hear your questions and suggestions in the comments section."
August 3rd, 2004 at 12:11 am
BEOS and OS/2 were once years ahead of Microsoft in many aspects of operating system development. Look where they are now.
August 3rd, 2004 at 7:06 am
Well, they are
here: http://open-beos.sourceforge.net/news.php
and
Here: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/os/warp/
I suggest getting the BeOS live / Install CD and having a whirl… updated drivers, etc. There are many people working on this project, which ran super fast on a 486. It screams now!
OS/2 you probably use every time you go to a bank. Well, any SMART bank. The most un crashable OS out there. Very well known and used in financial industry.
I wish they’d open source OS/2. I loved it. It was in need of an overhaul though. Too bad they didn’t get any game developers (either OS) that is the only thing that drives OS deployment in any large numbers on the desktop. That’s how MS took over.