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  • Re: Alternative OSes (was: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.)

    From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to esc on Sun Nov 6 08:51:00 2022
    esc wrote to acn <=-

    I sometimes keep an eye on ReactOS - having a modern "Windows XP" alternative that is always up to date and runs on new hardware would be /very/ cool, particularly from a BBS SysOp perspective.

    I ran TinyXP for quite some time for the BBS, it's XP with most everything removed - basically a GUI app launcher minus most built-in Windows app. I assumed the attack surface would be much smaller if all the OS did was run Notepad and launch the BBS.

    It ran in barely any memory, pretty sure it idled around 112 megs of RAM.

    I started having problems with third-party apps dropping support for XP; I wonder if ReactOS would resolve that.


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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to acn on Mon Nov 7 09:38:19 2022
    Re: Alternative OSes (was: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.)
    By: acn to Nightfox on Sat Nov 05 2022 12:08 pm

    I was different in the 90s though.. Around 1998 (or was it 1999?), I
    bought a copy of BeOS R4.5 (back when Be Inc. was still operating)

    Have you looked at Haiku OS?
    It's an open source BeOS recreation that can run on modern hardware,
    but also supports old BeOS software (afaik on the 32 bit version, it
    is binary compatible).
    I've installed it on an old netbook and it ran out of the box, even
    wifi did work :)

    Yes, I've been following the Haiku project for a while. It looks promising.

    Nightfox
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  • From acn@21:3/127.1 to Nightfox on Sat Nov 5 12:08:00 2022
    Am 02.11.22 schrieb Nightfox@21:1/137 in FSX_GEN:

    Hallo Nightfox,

    I was different in the 90s though.. Around 1998 (or was it 1999?), I
    bought a copy of BeOS R4.5 (back when Be Inc. was still operating) and installed it on my secondary PC. I really liked how fast and responsive BeOS was (and I thought its UI looked awesome, too). I would have loved to see BeOS gain some serious marketshare, but by the late 90s I think it was too late for that. At the time I didn't mind buying a copy to show my support for it though.

    Have you looked at Haiku OS?
    It's an open source BeOS recreation that can run on modern hardware,
    but also supports old BeOS software (afaik on the 32 bit version, it
    is binary compatible).
    I've installed it on an old netbook and it ran out of the box, even
    wifi did work :)

    Regards,
    Anna

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  • From esc@21:4/173 to acn on Sat Nov 5 19:57:21 2022
    Have you looked at Haiku OS?

    I've messed with Haiku a bit myself and it was impressive how mature the OS felt. I didn't find any real use for it other than a curiosity but it was super cool.

    I sometimes keep an eye on ReactOS - having a modern "Windows XP" alternative that is always up to date and runs on new hardware would be /very/ cool, particularly from a BBS SysOp perspective.

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