CollabVM Advent Calendar: Difference between revisions

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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