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09-01-2003, 02:55 PM
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Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Middle of frickin' nowhere
Distribution: The One True Distro
Posts: 230
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Extra OS Suggestions?
I've currently got three hard drives in my computer, and one of them will soon be emptied as I move its contents (mainly divx movies and mp3s) to another machine. So I'll be left with a nice, new 40GB hard drive with nothing on it.
I'd like to use this as a chance to tinker with some different OSs. I've used most the the "Big Name" distros like Red Hat, SuSE, Slackware, etc. I'd like to try something a bit more unique.
Suggestions?
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09-01-2003, 03:18 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Sparta, NC USA
Distribution: Ubuntu 10.04
Posts: 5,141
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Is it time for Gentoo now? |
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09-01-2003, 03:22 PM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Middle of frickin' nowhere
Distribution: The One True Distro
Posts: 230
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Already have Gentoo and WinXP. Looking for something new.
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09-01-2003, 03:26 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Norwich, UK
Distribution: Mandrake 9.1
Posts: 310
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Free/Open/NetBSD?
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09-01-2003, 03:35 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Sparta, NC USA
Distribution: Ubuntu 10.04
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I didn't notice the Gentoo comment in the sig, I always look to the profile for that info. 
Go to FreeOS.com and pick one that looks interesting.
Unununium must be off the beaten path.
Last edited by fancypiper; 09-01-2003 at 03:37 PM.
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09-01-2003, 03:41 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2001
Posts: 24,149
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Solaris or maybe QNX.... ??
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09-01-2003, 03:47 PM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Middle of frickin' nowhere
Distribution: The One True Distro
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Quote:
Originally posted by trickykid
Solaris or maybe QNX.... ??
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I've actually been wanting to tinker with Solaris for a while, but I don't have the cash to pick up an old Solaris box. Do you know where (if at all) I could get an x86 version of Solaris? |
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09-01-2003, 04:34 PM
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Registered: Apr 2003
Location: US, MA
Distribution: Nandu-0.ab, Arch 0.7.2
Posts: 229
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09-02-2003, 08:41 AM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Norwich, UK
Distribution: Mandrake 9.1
Posts: 310
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How about...
OS/2...
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09-02-2003, 12:20 PM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2002
Location: Haarlem , the Netherlands
Distribution: VectorLinux SOHO 5.1
Posts: 470
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Why not have a peek at how DOS has develloped in the past few years?
FreeDOS has come quite a way , as have several other DOS's.
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09-02-2003, 01:34 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: The Cold North
Distribution: SuSE 9.1
Posts: 1,289
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How about getting Windows 3.1 and tinkering with it 
or.....Novell 5 or 6.......
or........Solaris 9.
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