From: scratchbadger@glay.org   
      
   m1t0s1s  wrote in   
   :   
      
   >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   
   >MorphOS   Moscow   Movitz   Multics   Multipop   Multiuser DOS   
   >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?   
   >   
   You forgot Vectorlinux...and I'd suggest you do :)   
      
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