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Operating Systems are those that are developed independently of a closed proprietary system and allow the use of software original 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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'''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.
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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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== Proprietary OSs ==
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=== Mainframe ===
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* [[Compatible Time Sharing System]]
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* [[IBM System/360]]
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* [[IBM i]]
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* [[Multics]]
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* [[TOPS-10]]
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* [[TOPS-20]]
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=== Minicomputer ===
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* [[IBM System/34]]
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* [[IBM System/36]]
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* [[Unix]]
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* [[VAX/VMS]]
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=== Personal computer ===
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* Apple II
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** [[Apple II DOS]]
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** [[ProDOS]]
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* Apple III
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** [[Apple SOS]]
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* Apple Macintosh
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** [[MacOS]]
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** [[OS X]]
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* [[BeOS]]
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* [[CP/M]]
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* [[EOS]] (Coleco Adam)
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* [[IBM 5100]]
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* [[MSX]]
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* [[NeXTstep]]
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* [[OS/2]]
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* [[PC-DOS]] / [[MS-DOS]]
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* [[TRS-DOS]] (Tandy/Radio Shack)
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* [[Windows]]
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** [[Windows 3.x]]
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** [[Windows 95]]
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** [[Windows 98]]
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** [[Windows NT]]
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** [[Windows 2000]]
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** [[Windows XP]]
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** [[Windows Vista]]
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** [[Windows 7]]
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** [[Windows 8]]
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** [[Windows 10]] (they skipped Windows 9)
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=== Mobile device ===
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* [[Android]] (Google)
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* [[Apple Newton]]
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* [[Blackberry]]
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* [[iOS]] (Apple devices)
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* [[PalmOS]]
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* [[WebOS]]
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* [[Windows Mobile]]
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== Free OSs ==
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* [[Firefox OS]]
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* [[FreeBSD]]
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* [[Linux]]
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* [[Robot Operating System]] [http://www.ros.org/wiki/]
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* [[Tizen]]
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* [[Ubuntu Touch]]
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* [[WristOS]] (Dynawa wrist computer)
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* [[X Window System]]
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=== Nonproprietary OSs emulating proprietary ones ===
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(see also [[Emulation Software]])
  
 
* [[FreeDOS]] - DOS
 
* [[FreeDOS]] - DOS
* [[ReactOS]] - MS Windows
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* [[ReactOS]] - MS Windows - see also [[Wine]]
 
* [[Haiku]] - BeOS
 
* [[Haiku]] - BeOS
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== Links ==
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* [http://simh.trailing-edge.com/pdf/pdp10_doc.pdf PDP-10 simulator instructions]
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* [http://retrocmp.com/projects/virtual-pdp-10-ki10-panel-on-simh Virtual PDP-10 KI10 panel on SimH]
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* [http://wiki.osdev.org/Main_Page OSDEV wiki for operating system developers]
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Revision as of 16:09, 10 June 2017

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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