Operating Systems

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'''Operating Systems''' are what make [[Computing Device|computers]] do what they do, managing their resources and overseeing input, output, and data storage and retrieval. They form a platform on which applications software (programs, apps, programming languages, etc.) runs.  Operating systems (or OSs) can be proprietary or free, closed or open source, and specific to one manufacturer's hardware or portable between multiple hardware platforms.
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'''Operating Systems''' are what make [[computer]]s do what they do, managing their resources and overseeing input, output, and data storage and retrieval. They form a platform on which applications software (programs, apps, programming languages, etc.) runs.  Operating systems (or OSs) can be proprietary or free, closed or open source, and specific to one manufacturer's hardware or portable between multiple hardware platforms.
  
 
A category of particular interest to fans of nonproprietary software are those OSs that are developed independently of a closed proprietary system and allow the use of software originally developed for those systems to run without them. Ideally as well as being binary compatible at the user level, they are also driver compatible (allowing the use of older hardware as well).   
 
A category of particular interest to fans of nonproprietary software are those OSs that are developed independently of a closed proprietary system and allow the use of software originally developed for those systems to run without them. Ideally as well as being binary compatible at the user level, they are also driver compatible (allowing the use of older hardware as well).   
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* [[TOPS-20]]
 
* [[TOPS-20]]
  
=== Minicomputer ===
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=== Minicomputer / Server ===
  
 
* [[IBM System/34]]
 
* [[IBM System/34]]
 
* [[IBM System/36]]
 
* [[IBM System/36]]
 
* [[Unix]]
 
* [[Unix]]
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** [[SCO OpenServer]]
 
* [[VAX/VMS]]
 
* [[VAX/VMS]]
  
 
=== Personal computer ===
 
=== Personal computer ===
  
* Apple II
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* [[Apple I]]
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* [[Apple II]]
 
** [[Apple II DOS]]
 
** [[Apple II DOS]]
 
** [[ProDOS]]
 
** [[ProDOS]]
* Apple III
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* [[Apple III]]
 
** [[Apple SOS]]
 
** [[Apple SOS]]
* Apple Macintosh
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* [[Apple Macintosh]]
 
** [[MacOS]]
 
** [[MacOS]]
 
** [[OS X]]
 
** [[OS X]]
 
* [[BeOS]]
 
* [[BeOS]]
 
* [[CP/M]]
 
* [[CP/M]]
* [[EOS]] (Coleco Adam)
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* [[EOS]] (Coleco ADAM)
 
* [[IBM 5100]]
 
* [[IBM 5100]]
 
* [[MSX]]
 
* [[MSX]]
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* [[OS/2]]
 
* [[OS/2]]
 
* [[PC-DOS]] / [[MS-DOS]]
 
* [[PC-DOS]] / [[MS-DOS]]
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* [[RISC OS]]
 
* [[TRS-DOS]] (Tandy/Radio Shack)
 
* [[TRS-DOS]] (Tandy/Radio Shack)
 
* [[Windows]]
 
* [[Windows]]
** [[Windows 3.x]]
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** [[Windows 3.1]] (successful)
** [[Windows 95]]
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** [[Windows 95]] (successful)
 
** [[Windows 98]]
 
** [[Windows 98]]
 
** [[Windows NT]]
 
** [[Windows NT]]
 
** [[Windows 2000]]
 
** [[Windows 2000]]
** [[Windows XP]]
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** [[Windows XP]] (successful)
** [[Windows Vista]]
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** [[Windows Vista]] (failed)
** [[Windows 7]]
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** [[Windows 7]] (successful)
** [[Windows 8]]
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** [[Windows 8]] (failed)
** [[Windows 10]] (they skipped Windows 9)
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** [[Windows 10]] (they skipped Windows 9) (successful)
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** [[Windows 11]]  (failed?)
  
 
=== Mobile device ===
 
=== Mobile device ===
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== Free OSs ==
 
== Free OSs ==
  
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* [[AmogOS]]
 
* [[Firefox OS]]
 
* [[Firefox OS]]
 
* [[FreeBSD]]
 
* [[FreeBSD]]
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Latest revision as of 19:14, 19 November 2021

Software > Operating Systems

Operating Systems are what make computers do what they do, managing their resources and overseeing input, output, and data storage and retrieval. They form a platform on which applications software (programs, apps, programming languages, etc.) runs. Operating systems (or OSs) can be proprietary or free, closed or open source, and specific to one manufacturer's hardware or portable between multiple hardware platforms.

A category of particular interest to fans of nonproprietary software are those OSs that are developed independently of a closed proprietary system and allow the use of software originally developed for those systems to run without them. Ideally as well as being binary compatible at the user level, they are also driver compatible (allowing the use of older hardware as well).

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