The CollabVM Advent Calendar is an advent calendar which exists as a designated channel in the CollabVM Discord, which is held every December (not always, however). The advent calendar has been held yearly since 2018, and ongoing. Originally, up until 2021's advent calendar, a new OS (usually an obscure, and interesting one) would get posted every day until the 24th of December.
Now it's a Crusty Windows bootleg ever since it launched in late 2021. In fact, the very last entry of the 2021 Advent Calendar was a Crusty Windows bootleg, by the name of Windows 7 Christmas Edition 2015 created by The Rain, which released to TeamOS.
Usually, a picture of the OS in question would be attached, along with links to download the OS if necessary. In the case of future advent calendars since 2021, it would be links to the bootleg in the Crusty Windows collection and its Crusty Windows Wiki article.
All Advent Calendars from 2018 to now
2018
2019
CollabVM Advent Calendar 2019
| Day |
OS |
Description |
Link
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| 1 |
placeholder |
in case you couldnt tell |
fuck me lmao
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| -1 |
idek if there was one that year |
god |
jesus FUCKING christ
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2021
CollabVM Advent Calendar 2021
| Day |
OS |
Description |
Link |
Link 2
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| 1 |
MINIX |
Today's operating system is one most people here probably know already, which is Minix. This OS is a Unix-like microkernel which has a goal of being an extremely stable and self-healing system and its designed to be used with very little human intervention. It was first released in 1987. What you might not know, however, is that this is actually the most installed and widely used operating system in the history of computing - having more installations than Linux, Mac OS, and yes, even Windows. That's because it is built into Intel Management Engine, which comes with all new Intel processors. |
http://download.minix3.org/iso/snapshot/minix_R3.4.0rc6-d5e4fc0.iso.bz2
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| 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. |
https://winworldpc.com/download/40e28099-2fc3-ac18-c39a-11c3a4e284a2 |
https://github.com/roelandjansen/pcmos386v501
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| 3 |
EggOS |
Today's operating system is EggOS. yes yes, prepare your spam. This OS is basically a demonstration for using Go as a basis for a unikernel. The entire kernel is one giant Go application running on ring0, and there's no processes or anything like that, though there is a javascript interpreter built in. It also has a few programs, networking, and even an NES emulator! It's pretty fun to toy around with so I recommend giving it a Go (eggs dee!) |
https://github.com/icexin/eggos/releases/tag/v0.4.1
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| 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] |
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/915471659081805855/916857976374050856/SuborWin_2000_R.nes |
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/915471659081805855/916858261360246844/Education_Computer_2000_48-in-1_Unlf1.nes
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2022
CollabVM Advent Calendar 2022
| Day |
OS |
Description |
Link
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| 1 |
- |
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-
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2023
CollabVM Advent Calendar 2023
| Day |
OS |
Description |
Link
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| 1 |
- |
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-
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Gallery
2021
2022
2023
References
- ↑ The IP address given in the URL pointed to the old CollabVM FTP, where it was originally hosted on that IP, which is long since defunct and will not work anymore.