Post AiM5HsqDsvqaCHedXM by khm@hj.9fs.net
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(DIR) Post #Ai2GJk3siByXsfvvO4 by mattl@social.coop
2024-03-25T22:21:08Z
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Rare opportunity to reply with software!Thinking about writing up some usage of esoteric/under appreciated operating systems.- Please do suggest some that will run on either: a standard amd64 PC or a Raspberry Pi 4. Not interested in virtual machines.- Please do not suggest: Windows, macOS, Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora Linux or things based on them (like Kubuntu, or Linux Mint)Please boost this so I can get lots of good replies.
(DIR) Post #Ai2GJlN3qMuZwRukvA by ledoian@pleroma.ledoian.cz
2024-03-27T22:52:16.373420Z
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@mattl I think Genode / Sculpt OS https://genode.org/index should be able to run on regular hardware, at least somewhat.HelenOS http://www.helenos.org/ should also be able to run, but I am not sure about support for GPUs.An extra challenge would be to run Fuchsia https://fuchsia.dev/, but I have absolutely zero idea on how to even build it from source (and didn't find a pre-built image).These are what I would consider esoteric, meaning that I would have a quite hard time trying to use them. Then there is the easy stuff like Free/Open/Net/DragonflyBSD, which probably run and give a POSIX environment, but where is the fun with those :-)(Disclaimer: A long time ago I tried running Sculpt OS and HelenOS in a VM, I don't really know whether they run on common hardware. But they either run or don't, probably, so it's at least failing fast :-D)
(DIR) Post #Ai2GJmdl7lrXsWjbaS by mattl@social.coop
2024-03-25T22:23:01Z
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@ernie finally doing that thing I told you about :)
(DIR) Post #Ai2GJplfUoyJZvSSpc by mattl@social.coop
2024-03-25T22:51:36Z
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Suggestions so far:* Plan9* ReactOS* HaikuOS* TempleOS* OS/2 (see another post about $150 for the license)* WebOSSerenityOS can't run on real hardware yet, so isn't in the list. Hyprland was suggested but is more of a GUI.
(DIR) Post #Ai2GJprL9jVbrW6zfk by mattl@social.coop
2024-04-03T03:39:26Z
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Took a break for this week and got this going instead. https://social.coop/@mattl/112205162642976400
(DIR) Post #Ai2GJs0z8qPcY0diz2 by mattl@social.coop
2024-03-25T23:28:48Z
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If someone wants to send me $150 I will buy a license for ArcaOS 5.1 (aka OS/2 Warp 4)http://paypal.me/orangumovie
(DIR) Post #Ai2GJuJUb0P9fzJX6m by mattl@social.coop
2024-03-25T23:44:37Z
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Making a Gparted Live ISO so I can install Haiku OS.
(DIR) Post #Ai2GJwPwlykwCaLiRk by mattl@social.coop
2024-03-26T00:40:30Z
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Okay, Haiku won't boot. Just hangs on the boot logo or reboots immediately.ReactOS does something similar.Maybe this system76 machine is a bit exotic? I don't think its especially weird.
(DIR) Post #Ai2GJybidBMQzfs94a by mattl@social.coop
2024-03-26T00:47:09Z
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Haiku bug: https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/18861I'll try some more suggestions next Monday :)
(DIR) Post #Ai2GJybidBMQzfs94b by mattl@social.coop
2024-03-26T00:56:52Z
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Blog post about all of this.https://blog.mat.tl/2024/03/25/operating-system-trials-for-march-2024/
(DIR) Post #AiM5GAacvSO8fDXgVk by bnys@lasersword.club
2024-03-25T22:23:51Z
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@mattl 9front http://www.9front.org/releases/
(DIR) Post #AiM5GBUdZDBvSvkPoW by mattl@social.coop
2024-03-25T22:24:58Z
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@bnys Great suggestion. Thank you.
(DIR) Post #AiM5GCBsyPmnd3yxE0 by mattl@social.coop
2024-03-25T22:47:38Z
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@bnys @aeva another suggestion for plan9.
(DIR) Post #AiM5GClgpIQTQ6jY24 by aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-03-25T22:50:32Z
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@mattl @bnys oh! is 9front a continuation of plan9?
(DIR) Post #AiM5GDHwtMEL29pJJY by khm@hj.9fs.net
2024-03-26T01:46:54Z
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9front is indeed a plan9 fork; we built a 64-bit stack, various wifi drivers, efi support, and a ton of other stuff. If you run into trouble please do let me know, or complain in #cat-v on irc.oftc.net. There's a mailing list as well: email the word 'subscribe' to 9front-owner@9front.org to get in on that.
(DIR) Post #AiM5HrhK8X8OeOU11k by aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-03-26T02:33:02Z
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@khm by any chance does it support OpenGL or Vulkan? software rasterization like llvmpipe would be fine :3
(DIR) Post #AiM5HsqDsvqaCHedXM by khm@hj.9fs.net
2024-03-26T03:07:26Z
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no, it would require a massive rewrite of the graphics stack for that to be feasible. there is very minimal framebuffer accel and no kernel infrastructure that I'm aware of for taking advantage of current 3d accelerators.