Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 25th Jun 2007 20:30 UTC, submitted by Nitsudima
"The Free Software community is well known for its diversity. This is most obvious at the application level, but even exists in the context of operating systems. David Chisnall takes a break from UNIX-derivatives and explores some of the more esoteric options." Note: From experience, I can say that the author's claim that "Haiku is more or less ready for their 1.0 release in terms of features" is a bit overambitious.
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Of all those operating systems, I think the only one I would consider stable enough for daily use is Syllable, but it does have a lack of Applications that make it less than desirable for the task.
ReactOS is probably next on the list, and is improving greatly. On it's own it seems to run okay(if not very pretty), but since its goal is Windows compatibility, it still has a way to go.
Haiku look nice and shows promise, but despite the writers enthusiasm, it is far from being truely usable. To be honest, at R1 I don't think it will be much more than a toy for Be enthusiasts and others who are curious, but due to to the nice foundation, beyond R1 could be quite interesting.
The rest how ever don't look like they'll ever really go much further that being toys, except maybe Contiki in very restrictive embedded environments.