Not Every Open Source OS Needs to Be Based on Linux, and These Six Aren’t

a day ago by klu9 to c/bsd

There are more operating systems than just Linux. Here's a list of a few that are under active development.

Includes:

Vinix OS (for Apple silicon)
Asterina NixOS
FreeBSD
GhostBSD
Haiku OS
React OS

CMDR_Horn 25 points a day ago

No TempleOS?

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klu9 29 points a day ago

True believers already know about TempleOS. Anyone who doesn't is an infidel.

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laz 1 point a day ago

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chonglibloodsport 12 points a day ago

I would also add:

OpenBSD
NetBSD
DragonFly BSD
FreeDOS
Illumos (OpenSolaris fork)

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ProdigalFrog 9 points a day ago

Redox OS, Haiku, and NetBSD are the major alternatives that are taking a stand against AI contributions. If the Linux kernel isn't forked at some point, I could see those alternatives getting more attention in the future.

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ThreeKnew 2 points a day ago

This makes me wonder whether Linux will ever really die, or at least stop being the de facto kernel for serious people. Perhaps HURD will previal in the very end.

In all seriousness, I wonder what's next, if there's a next. Probably just something UNIX-like again. I would like to see a microkernel, though.

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ProdigalFrog 2 points 21 hours ago

I believe Redox is going the Microkernel route.

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notptr 7 points a day ago

no 9front?

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jdr 3 points a day ago

No 9front.

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notptr 3 points a day ago

Awwwwwww

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deltapi 3 points 18 hours ago

I'd love to be able to use 9front as a daily driver.

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notptr 2 points 16 hours ago

One day

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degen 4 points a day ago

Yeah, you might say I'm into alternative alternative computing

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pmjv 3 points 15 hours ago

This was written by a robot, right?

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bodaciousFern 2 points 17 hours ago

This is really cool, thanks for sharing. It's been a while since I played with BSDs but Asterina / Redox sound extremely interesting

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pmjv 2 points 15 hours ago

MenuetOS

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RhondaSandTits 1 point a day ago

AROS

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