CollabVM Advent Calendar: Difference between revisions

|+ CollabVM Advent Calendar 2021

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| 1 || MINIX

| 2 || PC-MOS/386

|| Today's operating system is PC-MOS/386. Quite a technical mouthful. This OS is a multi-user multitasking DOS clone released in 1987 and can run many MS-DOS applications. It also allows you to connect to it via terminal if you care about that sort of thing. In 2017, the source code for this OS was released, with a patch that corrected the 'year 2012' problem which stops files made after August 1, 2012 from working.

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| 3 || EggOS

| 5 || Windows 2000 NES

|| Today's operating system is something you probably won't expect - You've probably used Windows 2000 before, right? Well, have you ever used it on your NES? Yes, that's right. Today's OS is "Windows 2000" for the NES. It's actually a pretty functional OS for your NES and includes a couple of interesting things such as a working Solitaire game, a working calculator, and even a music board. A ROM is attached below. [attachment] ...but wait, there's more! There's another NES OS called "Educational Computer 2000" which mostly resembles Windows 3.1 and has a ton of bootleggy games built into it. If your emulator supports it (Nestopia has support if yours doesn't), it can even use a keyboard controller to type stuff in. This OS has the same programs as the Windows 2000 OS, on top of a text editor, a weird word game, and even a Dance Dance Revolution clone. Yes, you heard that right, with this you can play DDR on your NES! What could possibly be better?? [attachment 2]

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| 6.1 || ELKS

| 11 || TRON

|| Today's operating system is TRON, or "The Real-Time Operating system Nucleus" (good acronym). This OS is a Japanese real-time OS that's designed mainly for embedded systems. Though it's virtually unheard of, this OS is similar to MINIX as once being one of the most widely used and installed operating systems, due to its presence on many mobile phones, appliances, and even a few cars, though its been widely phased out. This OS is mostly known by computer historians as it was the subject of intense lobbying by Microsoft, who even managed to get it essentially banned in the US via the Omnibus Foreign Trade and Competitiveness Act. There were a few variants of TRON. Specifically, this version I'll link is a BTRON (Business TRON) distro called Choukanji 5, which was the only one I could find as its extremely hard to find a copy. The download is here: [link] The OS is in Japanese, but there is an English patch floating around. A guide to install this OS in VMware is found here: [link 2] Again the documentation is in Japanese, you'll need to translate it if you can't read it. And an English Language Kit can be downloaded from here: [link 3]

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| 12 || 9front

|| Today's operating system is 9front, which is probably more obscure than yesterday's OS. This OS is a fork of the Plan9 operating system, which if you don't know is a pretty legendary research operating system that's meant to be simple and easy to use (for a Unix system). 9front adds a few new features, mainly Wi-Fi support and drivers, USB support, and a built-in emulator. The entire OS website is basically one giant shitpost and they have a directory filled with bizarre images. What's not to love? Plus, their mascot is an ice fairy. How could you possibly hate that? Download it here: [link] And for those who are curious, their image directory is here: [link 2]

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