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   Message 923 of 1,512   
   m1t0s1s to Gireesh   
   Re: OsX compared to Linux and BeOS   
   27 Feb 05 00:44:56   
   
   From: noone@nowhere.int   
      
   On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:13:59 GMT, Gireesh  wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 08:56:26 -0800, Tony Polson wrote:   
   >   
   >> Hi.  I'm getting away from the Windows thing and I would like to get a   
   >> new desktop...either a Mac running OsX, or a PC running Linux or BeOS.   
   >>   
   >> Which one should I go with?  I know that Mac would cost me the most   
   >> because of the proprietary hardware, but would the benefits outweigh   
   >> the extra cost if I bought the Mac?  Is OsX as stable as Linux and   
   >> BeOS?  Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.   
   >>   
   >> Thanks,   
   >>   
   >> TP (leaving the Gates Empire)   
   >   
   >If you want to go the PC route why not dual boot Linux (distro of your   
   >choice) and BeOS? Maybe also add Solaris 10 in the mix? :)   
   >   
      
   Why not add QNX, Minix, GNU Hurd,  Freedows, FreeBSD, Ultrix, GeOS,   
   NetBSD, FreeVMS, A/OS, Chorus, Coherent UNIX, AT&T System V/386,   
   Lynx-OS, Mach, OS9, Plan 9, OS/2, AIX, AS400, OS/390, Darwin, 2K,   
   a-kernel   AdaOS   Aegis   Agnix   AllianceOS   AmigaOS   Amoeba   
   Apertos   Apostle   Argon   AROS   AtheOS BeOS   BOS   BRiX   BSD   
   BugOS   Cache Kernel   chaOS   Charm Choices   Chorus   Contiki   CP/M   
   Denali   Dolphin   DOS   DR DOS DragonFlyBSD   eCos   EduOS   EOS   
   EROS   EUMEL   Exokernel   FlexOS  Forth OSes   Fox   FreeBSD   
   FreeDOS   Freedows   FreeRTOS   FunOS   
   Geex!   Genera   GEOS   GNUStep   GO!   Grasshopper   Haiku   Hello   
   hOp   HURD   Iguana   Inferno   ITS   JANOS   JeniOS   JOS   
   KallistiOS   KangaroOS   KeyKOS   KML   Knewcleus   KOS   L4   Linux   
   LispOS   Lites   LittleOS   LOS   Mac OS X   Mach   MachTen   MacOS   
   MenuetOS   Merlin   MetaOS   Microsoft Windows   Milan   Minix   ML/OS   
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   Mungi   M÷bius   NASOS   NetBSD   NewOs   Newton OS   NitrOS-9   NOW   
   NTDIOS   O/OS   Off   OJOS   OKE   Opal   OpenBLT   OpenBSD   OS-9   
   OS161   OSKit   OZONE   Pegasus   PETROS   Phantom OS   Plan B   Plan9   
   Platform OS   Plurix   Proolix   PTS-DOS   Puma   QNX   QuickOS   
   Raven   ReactOS   Real32   Retro   RISC OS   rojan   ROM-DOS   ROME   
   rtmk   RxDOS   Sanos   schemix   Scout   ShagOS   ShawnOS   Silk   
   SkyOS   SLK   Sombrero   Space   SPIN   Spoon   Spring   Sprite   
   Stella   Sting   SwarmOS   Syllable   Symbian   Synthesis   Synthetix   
   Tao OS   THix   Tigger   Topsy   Torsion   Tripos   TrustedBSD   
   TSX-32   UCSD P-Code   Unix   Unununium   V2_OS   Vapour   VINO   VSTa   
   VxWorks   Xen   XOberon/PowerPC   Xok and Zot OS while you're at it?   
      
      
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