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If you could make a non-linux OS go mainstream, which one would you pick? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I make the specification of non-linux because otherwise this would just become a thread full of obscure distros that do the same thing as a million other distros.

Some lesser known OSs:

AROS - based on Amiga OS, has some derivatives like IcarOS and MorphOS
Haiku - based on BeOS
Redox - Unix-like, made in Rust (might technically count as linux?)
Serenity - Unix-like, very late 90s look and feel
Kolibri - Tiny OS, the image is ~44MB. It also has a smaller version that fits in a single floppy.
PhantomOS - When 3 Russians decide to turn everything about a typical OS upside down.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (4 children)

GNU Hurd and Plan9.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Gnu Guix is working on HURD integration.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am on Guix, so I'm really excited to switch the kernel. But it won't be available at least for a decade. Or maybe more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I feel like HURD is the generational starship of operating systems. Will never be completed in my lifetime but eventually my great great grand children may some day use it.

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