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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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[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

GEM

Because it's truly outrageous

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago
[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yes. My first computer was an Atari 520ST. No hard drive, 520k of ram, and and GEM ran on a dedicated chip.

It's a graphical shell over DOS, but still exists.

[-] A7thStone@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I'll second GEM. The 520ST was my first computer as well.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

It did a lot with a little!

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