Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 19th Jul 2002 04:25 UTC
Let's face it, the most important, truly alternative, hobby operating systems that are somewhat usable today are three: MenuetOS, SkyOS and AtheOS. All three are hobby, open source OSes, written from people who enjoy coding low level programming. Read more about the differences between these OSes and which one you might want to try out.
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I know that OpenBEOS and Cosmoe are not ready yet. But I keep hoping they will be someday soon. If I could program worth a crap, I would help.
*Tries to pick up the pieces of alternate OS dreams after they have been dashed upon the rocks of reality*
*Picks up copy of Linux Administration for Dummies*
Until then, I guess I have to keep trying to find some flavor of Linux that doesn't make me pull my hair out every time I try to update things like KDE. I have read about Gentoo and Debian, but I am only a Linux dabbler, and can't refer to myself as an experienced Linux user (which seems to be required for those two distros). Mandrake and Red Hat are the only distros I've tried. I've successfully managed to destroy the functionality of Mandrake by trying said KDE update. I installed so many KDE dependencies by RPM that the built-in admin tools and even urpmi stopped working.
I am waiting for somebody to make a software installer for Linux that I can use, and that won't take days for software to compile. I've been spoiled by Windows in that respect (even though it's installers are far from perfect).
By the way, does AtheOS/Syllable have as simple of a software installer as BeOS had? If so, I may have my wish granted after all.
For those actually able to write the code for these OSes, THANK YOU!!!
A.N.