Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 12th Aug 2007 20:23 UTC
A few years ago, I was an avid QNX user. I used the non-commercial desktop version of this wonderfully clean and elegant pure-microkernel operating system for a long period of time, as a desktop operating system. I liked the whole style of this operating system, its Photon user interface, and its excellent package management system. I even wrote a three-page article about it. Sadly, QSS, the company behind QNX, lost all interest in the non-commercial desktop version, and ditched it, leaving only a hard-to-find 30-day evaluation version alive. Community interest dwindled, and so did mine. Despite my lost interest, it saddened me today to learn that QNXZone.com, a community portal for QNX, has been shut down. Read on for a few short thoughts.
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2007-01-03
One thing really interesting about QNX was the OS on a floppy (1.44MB). I really think that developing for a strong limit like that really brings out the coolness factor. QNX so far the the most "complete" OS I've seen on a floppy, with a full GUI and web browser. MnuentOS (sic) is also showing promise. The only Linux implementation on a floppy with a GUI took two floppy discs (but managed to fit an entire X server).
Edited 2007-08-12 21:58