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Ask Slashdot: If You Could Assemble a "FrankenOS" What Parts Would You Use?

Posted by samzenpus on from the bring-me-a-brain dept.

rnws writes: While commenting about log-structured file systems in relation to flash SSDs, I referenced Digital's Spiralog [pdf], released for OpenVMS in 1996. This got me thinking about how VMS to this day has some of, if not the best storage clustering (still) in use today. Many operating systems have come and gone over the years, particularly from the minicomputer era, and each usually had something unique it did really well. If you could stitch together your ideal OS, then which "body parts" would you use from today and reanimate from the past? I'd probably start with VMS's storage system, MPE's print handling, OS/2's Workplace Shell, AS/400's hardware abstraction and GNU's Bash shell. What would you choose?

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  1. What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What are these parts I keep hearing about? I use systemd.

    1. Re:What? by smittyoneeach · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Systemd is a relatively useful inferior process," said Emacs.

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    2. Re:What? by plopez · · Score: 3, Funny

      systemd is too immature. I am waiting for systemv

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  2. Duh by sootman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows kernel, Linux UI.

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    1. Re:Duh by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Funny

      Windows kernel, Linux UI.

      We had that, it was called 'Windows for Workgroups'

      Well, it was a UNIX UI. But close enough.

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    2. Re:Duh by lucm · · Score: 4, Funny

      If you've been away from Windows since before Vista, your opinion is irrelevant. You missed all the fun.

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  3. JCL by Skewray · · Score: 4, Funny

    As long as I can use IBM's JCL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... to run my jobs, I know I can be truly productive.

  4. Re:The Big Three by lucm · · Score: 4, Funny

    OS X's GUI

    That one is easy. Just find a 15 years old version of KDE.

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