Alternative OS Install Fest

[Brian Low]

Aloha all,
  This sounds like a great idea.  I can get most of my OS's to boot from the
same workstation.  I can also setup 2 router boxes if need for demo.

Brian

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-----Original Message-----
From: MonMotha [mailto:monmotha at indy.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 3:11 PM
To: Linux & Unix Advocates & Users
Subject: [luau] RE: Alternative OS Install Fest


Suggestion:  Have a computer (or more than one) that boots every OS you
can possibly make it boot (like an 8-way booter)...would look really
cool I think to the newbies and also would be a great way to let them
"try before they buy."

As for GeekOS, it's really not very useful right now.  In fact, the
people working on it have only recently gotten it booting on real
hardware (before they were using an i586 emulator).  Basically it's just
a kernel, might be able to couple it with a simple shell (possibly a
port of "ash") and make a usable system out of it.  I bet the GeekOS
guys would be proud.

Other operating systems to show off follow:
YamitOS: <http://yamit.sourceforge.net/>
Gemini Nucleus Microkernel: <http://gemini.sourceforge.net/>
The Kid OS: <http://kos.enix.org/index.php?lang=en>

There's many more.  I just think that installfests tend to concentrate
on linux and other UNIX derrivatives too much and should be a more
general "alternative" (to microsoft of course) OS installfest as this
one's being called.

--MonMotha

Brian Hessee wrote:

> #snip#
>
>>Also, don't discount non-UNIX OSes, there's QNX, AtheOS, ReactOS (not
>>sure if that's usable yet) and many others.  Might even try to get
>>GeekOS booting on a comp if you want to have some fun :)
>>
>>--MonMotha
>>
>>
>
> GeekOS? ok, ya got me........hadn't heard of that one......
>



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