Niche Operating Systems

Eugenia writes: "So, you think that BeOS or AtheOS are niche Operating Systems? Well, you haven't seen anything yet. OSNews provides a list and short description of the most active and most promising Operating Systems written by individuals or small teams just for the fun of it or because they have a dream of how the perfect OS should be (is there such a thing though?). Some of them, like SkyOS for example, are even quite far down the line in terms of usability and advancements."

Comments

Re:The more OS's the Better.

[Dufffader]

All these OS and still no reason to dump Windows.

Anyone know something I don't?

beOS is NOT a niche operating system.

[Sj0]

beOS is a great consumer OS which was crushed by the infernal machine(MS). Don't forget it.

Re:The more OS's the Better.

[Mr. Slippery]

All these OS and still no reason to dump Windows.

...so long as you don't count a complete disregard for security, lack of reliability, a desire to not support M$'s predatory business practices, and the trap of proprietary protocols and formats. Ignore all those, and sure, there's no reason to dump Windows.