Oh dear - doesn't sound like an attractive option at all! I think I'll stick to playing with ZFS instead.<br><br>Thanks for the information - saved me a few hours downloading and installing it!<br><br>Les<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 12/7/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Richard Smedley</b> <<a href="mailto:smedley358@btinternet.com">smedley358@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Thursday 07 December 2006 09:15, Les Pritchard wrote:<br>> Has anyone used SkyOS for anything useful? I've just been looking at their<br>> new BranchFS, which looks interesting in concept. Having never played with
<br>> SkyOS I was just wondering if anyone has had any good / bad experiences<br>> with it.<br><br>Hello Les,<br><br>I took a brief look a few years ago, when I was rounding-up the so-called<br>successors to BeOS. However:
<br><br>From the FAQ:<br>> Does SkyOS use X Server, XFree86 or another X system?<br>> SkyOS uses its own GUI system called "SkyGI", which is integrated into the<br>> kernel. This system has nothing to do with X or XFree86, and is not based
<br>> on either of these systems or their forks.<br><br>Hm, integrated into the kernel - not a good idea :-/<br><br>> Is SkyOS a commercial operating system?<br>> Yes. When it is officially released to the public, SkyOS will be a
<br>commercial<br>> operating system.<br><br>I think they mean proprietary...<br><br>> Is SkyOS open-source?<br>> No. SkyOS is a closed-source operating system.<br><br>...see :-(<br><br>So, nothing worth distracting me from Syllable, Haiku, *BSD,
<br>GNU/*, FreeDOS, or the remains of OS/2. =oP<br><br>As to the BranchFS<br><a href="http://www.skyos.org/?q=node/582">http://www.skyos.org/?q=node/582</a><br>well, we won't get to see the code to learn from it :-(<br><br>
Sorry to sound so negative, it's just that I don't understand the<br>thinking behind non-free software :-/<br><br>Pob hwyl,<br><br> - Richard<br><br>--<br>Richard Smedley, <a href="mailto:richard@sc.lug.org.uk">
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