#operatingsystem — Public Fediverse posts

As far as I've determined so far from various sources, these are the approx. number of installations for major consumer OSs:

Linux family (incl. Android and ChromeOS): 3.5B

MacOS family (incl. iOS and iPadOS): 2.0B

Windows: 1.4B

So Linux =~ MacOS + Windows

Please don't cite this as a source. Does anyone have more-reliable numbers?

#operatingsystem #Linux #tech

EXEC II – an operating system developed for the UNIVAC 1107 by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) while under contract to UNIVAC to develop the machine’s COBOL compiler. https://archiveos.org/exec-ii/ #operatingsystem

China orders several government agencies to drop a Chinese-developed version of Windows 10 in favor of KylinOS or UOS

https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/China-Switching-from-Windows-to-Linux?utm_source=mlm

#Linux #OperatingSystem #KylinOS #UOS #Windows

Just stumbled over this interesting statistics of #operatingsystem #operatingsystems in the channel of @ocm and thought I need to share it 🥹 #apple #atari #commodore #os2 and so many more .... vanished 😭

Freecpm is a CP/M inspired operating system that runs on RISC-V platforms.

https://github.com/Mazin-O3/freecpm

#retrocomputing #operatingsystem #cpm #opensource #riscv

“The #Amiga -derived #AROS Research #OperatingSystem has just been ported to boot #BareMetal on the #RaspberryPi, in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.”

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/23/amiga-inspired-aros-goes-bare-metal-on-raspberry-pi/

A 1990s Homebrew OS With GUI And Web Browser, In AM29000 Machine Code

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/08/24/a-1990s-homebrew-os-with-gui-and-web-browser-in-am29000-machine-code/

Schneller Blick in PC DOS 6.3 .. die DOS-Shell sieht ja eigentlich vertraut aus wie immer, aber dass der "E" Editor noch nichtmal 'ne Mausunterstützung hatte, geht ja mal gar nicht! Für 1994 hätte ich das schon damals etwas antiquiert gefunden! 🤮

Ich bleib dabei, mein Lieblings-DOS ist entweder IBM DOS 5.02, MS-DOS 6.22 oder PC DOS 2000! 😎

Alles nur Spaß!

#PCDOS #DOS #IBMPC #IBMDOS #Retro #RetroComputing #90s #90er
#Diskette #FloppyDisk #OperatingSystem #Preservation

Jetzt hab ich schließlich doch noch eine Vollversion von PC DOS 6.3 für meine Sammlung gefunden. Das hat ja gedauert; die scheint ziemlich selten zu sein. Ich hatte zunächst nur eine Upgradeversion gefunden gehabt und die ist natürlich eher unpraktisch für die Installation in einer sauberen 86Box VM.

Die wandern jetzt natürlich beide in mein Diskettenarchiv! :computerfairies:

#PCDOS #DOS #IBMPC #IBMDOS #Retro #RetroComputing #90s #90er #Diskette #FloppyDisk #OperatingSystem #Preservation

Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, the US intervened

https://www.xda-developers.com/japan-tried-build-operating-system-entire-world-us-government-intervened/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49384180

#HackerNews #Japan #OperatingSystem #USIntervention #TechHistory #GlobalTech

Dodane do bazy: HyperOS. Xiaomi HyperOS to system operacyjny opracowany przez Xiaomi, oparty na systemie Android i łączy w sobie MIUI, Vela OS, Mina OS oraz architektury oprogramowania systemów operacyjnych... https://linuxiarze.pl/distro-hyperos/ #smartphone #android #operatingsystem #xiaomi

Została wydana nowa wersja FreeDOS plus-plus 1.11. FreeDOS plus-plus (fdpp) to 64-bitowe jądro DOS. Opiera się na jądrze FreeDOS przeniesionym na... https://linuxiarze.pl/freedos-plus-plus-1-11/ #dos #freedos #operatingsystem

And since I am at it - small KDE Migrant update, mostly bug fixes:

https://github.com/nekromoff/kde-migrant

#kde #Plasma #desktop #software #opensource #laptop #os #operatingsystem #preferences #user #linux

#OperatingSystem desktop background colours.

https://desktopcolors.com

#UI