[Chester LUG] SkyOS

[Les Pritchard]

Oh dear - doesn't sound like an attractive option at all!  I think I'll
stick to playing with ZFS instead.

Thanks for the information - saved me a few hours downloading and installing
it!

Les

On 12/7/06, Richard Smedley <smedley358 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> On Thursday 07 December 2006 09:15, Les Pritchard wrote:
> > Has anyone used SkyOS for anything useful?  I've just been looking at
> their
> > new BranchFS, which looks interesting in concept.  Having never played
> with
> > SkyOS I was just wondering if anyone has had any good / bad experiences
> > with it.
>
> Hello Les,
>
> I took a brief look a few years ago, when I was rounding-up the so-called
> successors to BeOS. However:
>
> From the FAQ:
> > Does SkyOS use X Server, XFree86 or another X system?
> > SkyOS uses its own GUI system called "SkyGI", which is integrated into
> the
> >  kernel. This system has nothing to do with X or XFree86, and is not
> based
> >  on either of these systems or their forks.
>
> Hm, integrated into the kernel - not a good idea :-/
>
> > Is SkyOS a commercial operating system?
> > Yes. When it is officially released to the public, SkyOS will be a
> commercial
> > operating system.
>
> I think they mean proprietary...
>
> > Is SkyOS open-source?
> > No. SkyOS is a closed-source operating system.
>
> ...see :-(
>
> So, nothing worth distracting me from Syllable, Haiku, *BSD,
> GNU/*, FreeDOS, or the remains of OS/2. =oP
>
> As to the BranchFS
> http://www.skyos.org/?q=node/582
> well, we won't get to see the code to learn from it :-(
>
> Sorry to sound so negative, it's just that I don't understand the
> thinking behind non-free software :-/
>
> Pob hwyl,
>
> - Richard
>
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> Richard Smedley,                                    richard at sc.lug.org.uk
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