Subj : Re: ArcaOS 5.0 - the "new" OS/2 Warp. Anyone used?
To   : paulie420
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Feb 23 2023 13:22:12

  Re: Re: ArcaOS 5.0 - the "new" OS/2 Warp. Anyone used?
  By: paulie420 to Oldbieone on Thu Feb 23 2023 11:33 am

 Ol>> I've been toying with the idea of building a native hardware
 Ol>> solution so I can run some of my old OS/2 applications, and came
 Ol>> across ArcaOS, which is supposedly an official IBM updated version

 pa> I think its a project worth supporting, however I also know its available
 pa> if yer strong with torrenting or searching the right bbSes.

As much as I feel like ArcaOS is indeed a project worth supporting, for some reason I feel more enthusiasm for HaikuOS (a free open-source re-implementation of BeOS).  Even though BeOS never really had widespread adoption, I had bought a copy of BeOS R4.5 around 1998 or 1999 after I heard it was ported to x86, and I installed it on a secondary PC. I thought it was a really nice OS - It was fast and responsive, and I think its GUI looked awesome.  I think it would be interesting if HaikuOS reached a point where it's ready for daily use and could run things like Synchronet, Plex Media Server, etc..

Nightfox
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