This is the ABC of
operating systems. This list should be as complete as possible counting over
300 operating systems (or pseudo-os's) that have ever been produced or are still
in development. Some of these os's however are not real operating systems, yet
interesting enough to be mentioned.
I personally only
own/use(d): Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP, PetrOS, Novell Netware, Solaris, BeOS,
SCO Unix, Xinu, Linux, MacOS, AmigaOS, VAX/VMS, QNX and MSX.
NAME: |
DEVELOPER / OWNER: |
LATEST RELEASE: |
DESCRIPTION: |
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? |
Distributed, reflective,
component-based, adaptable operating system. |
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400/800 OS |
Atari |
? |
Os for the Atari 400 and
800 |
Various |
? |
Using the VoiD kernel .
32-bit promoted as a hacker's os. |
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A |
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Various |
? |
An os written in |
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MIT |
? |
Os based upon the idea of
an "ExoKernel". There is no runtime kernel. |
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Various |
? |
Project to develop an
Artificial Intelligence OS. |
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AIX |
5L |
Unix clone from IBM for
PPC. |
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Various |
? |
Based on a modified
version of the Stanford Caching Model. Freeware. |
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Various |
? |
PowerPC OS, sourcecode
compatible with Amiga. |
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4.0 |
Kickstart ROM 3.1 and
Workbench worked only on 680x0. Current version requires PPC. |
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Andy Tanenbaum |
? |
Free distributed OS for
educational and research users. |
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AMX |
Kadak Products Ltd. |
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AMX Multitasking Kernel,
first released in 1980 |
Google Inc. |
? |
Developed for the Google
G1 phone and other smartphones |
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Kinfira |
? |
Intended to become a
microkernel type of design, now dead. |
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AOS/VS |
Data General |
? |
Mainframe os from the
1970's |
? |
Reflective Object
Oriented os for digital devices like Sony set-top-box and Aibo e-dog. |
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J . Spencer Seidel |
? |
Freeware os. |
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Apple DOS |
3.3 |
Meant for the Apple IIe. |
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Alaric B. William |
? |
Os dynamically compiles
high-level languages to machine code as needed |
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Ariel |
1.2 |
Lightweight embedded
real-time OS for M.CORE, ARM/Thumb, SH, and x86 |
|
Various |
1.12 |
Amiga Research OS, group
of almost 100 developers try to rewrite Amigaos |
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ARTS |
? |
? |
Mach-based |
AtariDos |
Atari |
2.5 |
Dos clone |
? |
3.3 |
Runs hosted on Windows
and Linux and also non hosted. |
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Kurt |
0.1.2 |
Freeware multithreaded OS
for x86, with a modern gui. |
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AT&T Unix |
AT&T |
? |
Unix clone from AT&T |
A/UX |
3.0 |
Unix clone from Apple |
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B |
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Various |
? |
Secure Linux |
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BB/M |
? |
? |
Multi-user os, Basic
alike. |
BeIA |
? |
Embedded version of BeOS
for Internet Appliances. |
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5.0 |
SMP
"multimedia" OS for PPC and x86. Freeware for consumers. |
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Various |
? |
Parallel Linux clusters
project. |
|
Blackberry OS |
4.5 |
OS meant
for the Blackberry smartphone |
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? |
? |
based on
the Active Object System (AoS) kernel. |
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Various |
? |
BeOS Clone based on
Linux. |
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BOSS |
? |
? |
Similar to BB/M. |
? |
? |
BPMK is just the name of
the kernel |
|
Brand Huntsman |
? |
Freeware os with modular functions
that can be dynamically called by other functions. |
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Berkeley Software Design
Inc. |
3.1 |
Unix clone |
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BSO/RTOS |
|
? |
Small real-time OS for
Z80, 6809, x86, 68k. |
BTOS |
Unisys (C.T. Inc.) |
II 3.x |
Similar to CTOS for
Clusters. |
Jiri Bernasek |
1.30 |
Freeware Dos clone |
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C |
|
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CadOS |
? |
? |
Amiga related os for demo
programmers |
CAOS |
? |
? |
The AmigaDOS that wasn't
finished in time so Tripos had to be used. |
CAPS-11 |
? |
? |
Cassette Based Programme
development System for PDP11 |
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2.7 |
Os for |
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Cefarix / CFOS |
Moutaz Haq |
? |
Freeware pre-emptive
multitasking os with gui. |
C Executive |
JMI Software Consultants. |
? |
Memory-based real-time UNIX-like
executive for the PDP-11 or VAX. |
? |
? |
Based on Storm
microkernel. Swedish project. |
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? |
? |
Object-oriented OS based on
cache kernel |
|
Chorus OS |
Sun Microsystems (Chorus) |
? |
Real-time OS |
ClassiX |
Sun Microsystems (Chorus) |
R3.1 |
Real-time OS |
Clearpatch |
IX |
|
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CMOST |
? |
7.3 |
Standard os for the CM-5 |
CMX |
? |
? |
Real-time OS |
Coherent Unix |
Mark Williams |
4.0 |
Unix clone |
Combidos |
? |
? |
Compatible to CP/M |
IMS |
7 |
OEM of Digital Research's
Multiuser DOS |
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Nexus |
? |
romable embedded os for
ARM cpu. |
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Cougar |
? |
Compute partition
operating system |
|
? |
Nothing yet |
Starts off with a BSD
kernel, to create an entire os from there. |
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Dublin Trinity College |
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Object-oriented,
reflective os |
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CPF |
? |
Object-oriented os with
built-in relational database. |
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Caldera
(Digital Research) |
3.1 |
Control Program for
Microcomputers, earlier version also used for a predecessor of Ms-Dos |
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Crypto OS |
Preview |
MacOS compatible
alternative for PPC. |
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Unisys (C.T. inc.) |
III |
Cluster environment. |
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CTS |
? |
? |
OS for PDP-11 |
D |
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? |
Core of MacOS X. based on
FreeBSD and Mach 3.0 technologies. |
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VEB Robotron |
3.20 |
1980's East-German ms-dos
clone. |
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DG-UX |
Data General |
? |
Unix clone |
Digita |
? |
Os used in digital photo cameras
from Kodak, Minolta, HP and Pentax among others. Capable of running software
and scripts. |
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Digital Unix/OSF1 |
Compaq
(DEC) |
4.0D |
Unix clone from Digital,
only available for Alpha CPU. See Tru64. |
Dolmen |
? |
Os only used on the
Phenix 060 (atari-clone) |
|
Samuel A. Falvo II |
? |
Freeware os for pc's and
compatibles |
|
Pat Villani |
? |
Dos clone |
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DOS-Plus |
? |
OS used for the Philips
:Yes in 1985 |
|
Matthew Dillon |
2.2.0 |
Free Unix-like os. BSD
based |
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7.03 |
Modern dos clone based on
the heritage of DR DOS from Digital Research and Novell DOS 7. |
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? |
The Dresden Real Time
Operation Systems Project |
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DS/UX |
? |
? |
Unix clone |
DYNIX/ptx |
IBM
(Sequent) |
4.x |
Unix clone |
E |
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eComStation |
Serenity Systems (IBM) |
? |
The next generation OS/2.
Meant for webservers and e-business. |
Red Hat /
Cygnus Solutions |
? |
Free real-time os runtime
compatible with the japanese norm µItron. |
|
Frank Cornelis |
? |
Small os meant for
education. |
|
Elate |
? |
Third generation
Real-time os based on virtual processor. See Taos for it's predecessor. |
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Various |
? |
The Embeddable Linux
Kernel Subset |
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ELN |
Compaq (DEC) |
? |
- |
EmacsOS |
? |
? |
Linux OS that boots
straight into Emacs. |
? |
? |
Os specially designed to
run games under, now dead. |
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Various |
? |
Kernel for the automotive
industry. |
|
Jonathan Shapiro |
? |
Extremely Reliable OS |
|
Daniel Vila |
? |
Microkernel with Fenix
subsystem |
|
Expose |
? |
- |
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Extreme.linux |
Redhat
Software |
? |
Home-based supercomputing
version of Linux. |
Various |
1.8 |
Cloud computing os |
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EYRX |
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compact,
high-performance, modular, scaleable, multitasking, real-time os for 32-bit
x86 PC compatibles. |
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F |
|
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|
Jochen Liedtke |
? |
Microkernel compatible
with L4 microkernel.Used as base for DROPS |
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Flex |
? |
? |
Runs on a 6809 cpu |
University of Utah |
0.97 |
OS Toolkit to create your
own os. |
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CMU |
? |
Project to write os in SML
language |
|
Various |
4.8 |
Freeware Unix clone used
among ISPs and Web-hosting companies. |
|
Jim Hall |
Beta 5 |
Freeware Dos clone |
|
Freedows Team |
? |
Free os, will eventually
be able to run programs from different os's simultaneous. Using cache kernel. |
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FreeMiNT |
Various |
? |
Hybrid of Unix and TOS
for the 68k Atari. |
? |
? |
Project to build OpenVMS
look-a-like. Based on Mach3 kernel |
|
Funatix |
? |
? |
Small os for
webservers,fits on 1 disk |
G |
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GeekOS |
? |
? |
Educational OS |
Fabricio Rocha |
? |
Free os with very small
footprint |
|
2 |
Formerly from Geoworks
now part of New Deal Office |
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GECOS/GCOS |
Groupe Bull |
? |
Clone of System/360 dos.
Mainframe os from the1970s |
Caldera
(Digital Research) |
? |
Desktop environment,
based on the original Xerox gui. |
|
Greg Law |
? |
Build with software
components that can be replaced and recycled. |
|
goodOS |
3.1 |
Cloud computing os |
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Various |
? |
Orthogonally persistent
distributed os for systems research. |
|
? |
Spatial operating
environment like the Minority Report movie. |
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GS/OS |
? |
Meant for the Apple IIgs.
With many features from the early MacOS. |
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H |
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Various |
alpha |
Open source os inspired
by Beos |
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HanoiOS |
? |
? |
‘The towers of Hanoi‘
with a simple kernel. |
Oregon Institute of
Science and Technology |
? |
Primitives on top of a
virtual machine. |
|
HP/UX |
11 |
Unix clone from HP,
64-bit only available for HP-PA. Older version also on 680x0. |
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HT-11 |
? |
? |
Hacked version of RT-11. |
0.2 |
Multi-server os. (collection of servers that run on
top of a microkernel) |
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I |
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IAS |
? |
? |
Interactive Application
System. Multi-purpose multiprogramming system for PDP-11 |
Lucent Technologies ( |
2.0 |
Network os add-on.
Successor to Plan9. |
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InfinityOS |
? |
? |
MacOS compatible
alternative for PPC. |
Integrity |
Green Hills Software,
Inc. |
? |
Secure, high reliability,
royalty-free RTOS intended for use in mission critical embedded systems. |
Interactive Unix |
? |
Unix clone, SVR3.2-based |
|
IOS |
12.x |
Internetworking OS. |
|
iPhone OS |
3.0 |
Meant for the iPhone |
|
Irix |
6.2 |
Unix clone from Silicon
Grafix, only available for MIPS. Also includes Real-time extensions called
REACT |
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iTron |
? |
? |
Real-time OS |
MIT |
|
Incompatible Timesharing
System for PDP |
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J |
|
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|
? |
Real-time OS |
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Jbed |
Esmertec, Inc. |
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Embedded Real-time Java
Machine |
Kevin McAleer |
? |
Development of a free
Unix clone. Mach 3-based |
|
Various |
? |
Free Java-based os |
|
JxOS |
Moore Co. |
? |
full pre-emptive multi-tasking
OS environment. |
K |
|
|
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KA9Q |
? |
? |
Dos related OS |
Redhog |
? |
Free os with a virtual
machine for each process. |
|
KaosTOS |
? |
? |
Atari compatible os. |
? |
Small real time operating
system |
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Various |
0.99 |
Cryptographic
distribution of Linux. |
|
? |
? |
microkernel-based OS that
aims for POSIX compliance. |
|
? |
? |
Small project to build
free os. |
|
Various |
? |
Open software and
hardware system initiative from the Amiga community. |
|
Kansas University |
? |
Real-time Linux |
|
L |
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Lattitude |
Motorola
(Metrowerks) |
? |
MacOS source compatible
project. Probably stopped. |
LegOS |
Various |
? |
OS for Lego Mindstorms
operation |
? |
? |
Windows compatible OS
based on Linux. Formerly known as Lindows. |
|
Various distributions |
Kernel 2.3.x |
Freeware Unix clone,
kernel development maintained by Linus Torvalds. Available for most cpu's |
|
Various |
? |
Linux for shared memory
multiprocessor machines. |
|
LispOS |
? |
? |
Freeware Lisp os |
? |
FreeBSD based server on
Mach. |
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Various |
0.3.0 |
Experiment with OS
techniques. |
|
? |
? |
Os specially designed to
run games under, now dead. |
|
LynxOS |
LynuxWorks |
? |
UNIX clone,
POSIX-conforming, multiprocess, and multithreaded RTOS. |
NAME: |
DEVELOPER / OWNER: |
LATEST RELEASE: |
DESCRIPTION: |
M |
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Various |
? |
Unix clone for PowerMac's |
|
1.4 |
Unix clone for PowerMac's
and 68k Macs. |
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MacOS |
10.0.3 |
Available on PPC and x86.
Pre 8.1 versions also on 680x0. |
|
1.2 |
Server version of MacOS
based on the heritage of OpenStep, with a BSD kernel. |
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MagiC |
6.1 |
Compatible with Atari TOS |
|
Magic Cap |
General Magic |
? |
Sophisticated os for
hpc's. Not in development anymore. |
MANOS |
? |
Metropolitan Area Network
Operating System. Open source os, compatible with Novell Netware. |
|
MASI Laboratory |
? |
Multi-server os.
Mach-based. |
|
MCP |
Unisys
(Burroughs) |
5.0 |
Master Control Program
for Unisys Mainframes. |
MEDOS |
? |
? |
Used on Lilith |
Various |
0.90 |
pre-emptive multitasking,
multithreading, ring-3 protection GUI with 16 million colors Hard real-time
data fetch |
|
Jecel |
? |
SELF-based OS |
|
MERTS |
? |
? |
Virtual OS for PDP11 |
Andy Tanenbaum |
3 |
Freeware Unix clone |
|
Open Group Research
Institute |
? |
Microkernel based Linux,
available for x86, PPC and PA-RISC |
|
Monterey-64 |
? |
Next generation Unix clone
for Itanium. |
|
Various |
2 |
Quark microkernel able to
run Amiga applications without Amiga hardware. |
|
Julian R. Hall |
? |
Os implemented as
libraries of reusable and replacable objects. |
|
? |
? |
Software tool for
supporting cluster computing |
|
MPE |
6.0 |
Server os for HP x000. |
|
MP/M |
? |
? |
Multi-tasking version of
CP/M |
MPX |
? |
Real time os from the
1960s for the IBM 1800 computer. |
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7.1 |
Based on CP/M clone.
Microsoft's Dynamic operating system. Last version part of Windows 98. |
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2.20 |
Only available for Msx |
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MTOS-UX |
Industrial Programming,
Inc. |
? |
Real-time OS for PPC |
Various (Honeywell) |
? |
Multiplexed Information and
Computing Service, a timesharing os for mainframes. |
|
MultOS |
Mondex (Mastercard) |
? |
Smart Card os |
Caldera
(Digital Research) |
7 |
Real-time OS |
|
MUMPS-11 |
Compaq (DEC) |
? |
Multi-User
Multi-Processing System for PDP-11 |
? |
? |
Proposed one global
distributed shared memory. |
|
MunOS |
C.i.s.d. |
? |
AmigaOS additive,
development has stopped. |
MVS |
? |
Mainframe OS |
|
MXI OS |
Radixs |
? |
Motion Experience
Interface. Client OS for handhelds |
MyDOS |
Wordmark Systems |
4.53 |
Freeware Dos clone |
N |
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|
? |
Unix clone |
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1.2.0 |
Rewrite of Atari's
MultiTOS. (aka Milan MultiOS). |
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Liberate Technologies |
? |
OS for handheld pc's,
mobile phones and AOL set-top-box. (fka NC Inc.) |
|
Various |
1.5 |
Freeware Unix clone runs
on a variety of different cpu's. |
|
NetOS |
Neoware |
? |
Network Computer OS,
Win95 lookalike interface. |
? |
Linux-based os. |
||
Neutrino |
2.0 |
Real-time OS based on QNX
for x86, MIPS and PPC. |
|
? |
? |
Small kernel |
|
NEWS/OS |
? |
Unix clone for Sony NEWS
3400. SVR4-based. |
|
? |
Meant for |
||
Various |
? |
Reconstruction of OS-9
for |
|
NLS |
? |
? |
- |
Nokia Series 60 |
? |
OS for Nokia mobile phones
series 60 |
|
Non-Stop Unix |
Compaq (Tandem) |
? |
Unix clone |
NOS/VE |
Control Data |
? |
OS for Cyber Machines. |
Novell Dos |
7.x |
Dos clone from Novell
acquired by Caldera. |
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Novell NetWare |
5.0 SP3A |
Dedicated network os. |
|
Novell UnixWare |
? |
Unix clone from Novell acquired
by SCO. |
|
|
? |
Cluster os for
inexpensive workstations |
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Brice Rey |
|
Freeware 32-bit
multitasking os. |
|
NUCLEUS |
Accelerated Technology,
Inc. |
? |
Real-time OS |
NuOS |
? |
? |
Amiga Related OS |
NuTek OS |
NuTek |
? |
Semi-MacOS-Compatible. NuTek isn't around anymore. Only
on 68k. |
O |
|
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Oberon |
2.3.6 |
Workstation OS for the
NS32k based Ceres workstation.. Ported to x86. Features an Object Oriented
environment with dynamically linked modules. |
|
|
? |
Distributed microkernel |
|
Frank Kudermann |
? |
New GUI concept, and aims
at architecturing the operating system around reusable, replacable components.
However dead. |
|
|
? |
distributed single
address space OS with page-level protection, Mach kernel on Alphas. |
|
Brian J. Swetland |
? |
Cleanroom implementation
of a microkernel. |
|
Various |
2.8 |
Freeware Unix clone used in
academic and research communities. Available for most cpu's. |
|
OpenStep |
Apple /
NeXt |
4.2 |
Unix clone. Development
has stopped in favour of"Rhapsody". Mach-based. A.k.a. NeXtStep |
Various |
? |
Freeware project to
create Windows clone under GPL. |
|
Oracle |
10g |
Database system with its own
kernel. Not able to run anything else. |
|
4.0 |
Meant as a follow-up of
Dos in the 1980's. Look for eComStation. |
||
OS 2000 |
? |
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OS/360 |
? |
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2.5 |
|||
OS/400 |
V4R4 |
||
OS-9 |
2.2 |
Real-time OS. Available for 68k, x86, PPC, SH, ARM
and StrongARM. |
|
Josh MacDonald |
? |
Freeware os. |
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OSE |
Enea OSE Systems |
? |
Real-time OS |
OS/RT |
Real-time OS |
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P2Dos |
? |
? |
Free CP/M compatible
clone (included with Z80 emulator Zsim). |
5 |
OS for handheld computers
like the PalmPilot |
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Paragon OS |
? |
Paragon Supercomputer OS |
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PC-Dos |
2000 |
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PDOS |
? |
Multiuser, multitasking,
realtime OS for the 680x0, TI-9900 and 9905. |
|
PDP-1 OS |
HP
(DEC) |
? |
|
University of Cambridge |
? |
For applications that
requiring a constant quality of service. |
|
PetrOS |
Alpha 0.9 |
Australian challenge to
windows. Capable of running Win32 executables |
|
Balazs Miklos |
? |
Freeware os with
microkernel |
|
? |
|||
? |
Distributed system, from
the developers of Unix and C. See Inferno |
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pOS |
R29 |
Partly AmigaOS
compatible, but portable. Only on 68k and PPC. Current status unknown. |
|
? |
Real-time os for
(multi-cpu) PPC. |
||
? |
First os designed for
PPC. Familiar with Amiga OS. |
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PowerSE |
? |
Amiga related os. |
|
ProDOS |
? |
Runs on most Apple II
with more than 64k ram. Port of SOS. |
|
Various |
? |
Amiga related project. |
|
Prool |
? |
Freeware unix clone |
|
? |
Real-Time Memory-Based
Kernel for 68000. |
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Various |
6.51 |
Freeware Dos clone |
|
PTX |
IBM (Sequent) |
? |
Unix clone |
Pyramid |
1.1 |
Unix clone for MIPS cpu.
SVR4.2-based. |
|
QDOS |
Tony Tebby |
? |
Os for the Sinclair QL |
QP/M |
? |
? |
Quick Cp/m clone, later
used as Ms-Dos (aka Qdos) |
QNP |
QNP |
? |
Real-time OS |
QNX RTOS |
4.25 |
Small real-time OS |
|
? |
OS for the QBox |
||
? |
? |
Freeware os. |
|
Various |
0.0.15 |
Free Windows NT clone. |
|
Various |
? |
Extension to Linux that
handles time-critical tasks. |
|
IMS Ltd. |
? |
Dos clone |
|
ReliantUnix/SINIX |
5.44 |
Unix clone from Siemens,
64-bit only on MIPS |
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RISC-OS |
4 |
Used on Acorn RISC PC |
|
? |
|||
RSTS |
? |
Resource Sharing/Time
Sharing. General purpose Time sharing system for PDP-11 from the 1970's |
|
RSX11 |
11M |
Resource Sharing
eXecutive. Multiprogramming system for the PDP-11. A lot of versions exist. |
|
RT11 |
? |
Real Time.
Foreground/Background or Single Job operating system for PDP-11 from the
1970's |
|
RTEMS |
4.5.x |
Freeware Real-time
executive for multiprocessor systems and embedded military applications. |
|
RTMX |
? |
? |
commercial version of
OpenBSD. |
RTUX |
Emerge Systems |
? |
Real time OS based on
Unix for 68000 based systems. |
7.8-A |
Real time OS from Germany
with preemption of system-calls. Available on 68k and PPC. |
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RTS-80 |
MicroSystems |
? |
Real-time system for Z80
, CP/M compatible. |
Michael Podanoffsky |
? |
Dos clone for embedded
systems. |
|
S. Sommerfeld |
1.4 Beta |
Amiga related. |
|
SCO OpenServer |
5.0.5 |
Unix clone. SVR3.2-based |
|
SCO UnixWare |
7.1.1 |
Unix clone. Freeware for
consumers. x86 only. SVR5-based |
|
SCOPE |
Control Data Corporation |
? |
See NOS/Be |
University of Arizona |
? |
Aimed at network
appliances like webcams and ip routers. |
|
Christian Nylén |
? |
PPC OS for Amiga. |
|
Various |
? |
Secure Linux. Name to be
determined |
|
Frank Barrus |
? |
Object-oriented system
based on a message passing kernel. |
|
? |
? |
Freeware dynamic
configurable kernel architecture. |
|
Brian Klock |
? |
Written as a college
exercise. |
|
Microsoft Research |
2.0 |
Experimental microkernel
OS |
|
Robert Szeleney |
5.0 beta |
Freeware os with gui and
drivers. |
|
Smalltox |
Xerox PARC |
? |
The first GUI for a
computer in 1976 |
SMSQ/E |
Tony Tebby |
? |
Qdos compatible extended
os for Small Microcomputer Systems. |
? |
Field-proven kernel for
RTOS. |
||
10 |
Unix clone from SUN.
SVR4-based. 64-bit for SPARC and IA64. |
||
? |
Creating a distributed OS
out of Unix. |
||
? |
? |
Providing an unique
address to objects in a global address space. |
|
SOS |
? |
Meant for the Apple III. |
|
University of Santa
Barbara |
? |
Implements protection as
multiple layers. |
|
SPARC64/OS |
? |
Os for Sun UltraSparc.
64-bit |
|
SpartaDos |
Stephen J. Carden |
4.22 |
Dos clone |
? |
? |
Distributed OS with efficient
load balancing. |
|
University of Washington |
? |
Allows applications to migrate
code in kernel space. |
|
? |
Unix clone |
||
University of Berkeley |
? |
Distributed os, project
terminated. |
|
? |
Conventional os written
in assembler. |
||
Starplex II |
National Semiconductor |
? |
Realtime OS for the Z80A |
Tony Tebby |
? |
Project to create os that
performs componentisation and scheduling optimisation for single-processor
computers (that perform fake multitasking). |
|
7 |
Secure
Trusted OS for the multi-level
secure computer system XTS-400 |
||
S.N.Labs and University
of N.M. |
? |
light-weight operating
system for distributed memory architectures |
|
? |
? |
Dos clone |
|
? |
? |
Freeware kernel based OS. |
|
? |
|||
9 |
Meant for Psion palmtops
and many other devices. Symbian is a joint |
||
Various |
2008.1 |
Linux based with Mezzo
Desktop Environment |
|
? |
First os that dynamically
generates code at runtime. |
||
OGI |
? |
Fine-grained incremental
partial evaluation in OS kernels. |
|
Tao OS |
? |
Currently only OS that
can distribute code on heterogeneous underlying networks. |
|
TFLOPS OS |
? |
Supercomputer OS from
Intel. Ported from Paragon OS |
|
Theos 32 |
4.1 |
Multiuser, multitasking
os with support for over 200 users simultaneous. |
|
? |
? |
Unix implementation meant
for Learning. |
|
? |
? |
||
? |
? |
Framework for the
construction of a family of distributed object-support platforms. |
|
Bart Sekura |
? |
Small, multipurpose OS |
|
Top Dos |
Eclipse Software |
1.5+ |
|
TOPS-20 |
? |
Virtual memory os for the
decsystem 20 from the 1970's |
|
? |
Microkernel, ported to
the R3000 architectures. |
||
Top View |
? |
GUI from IBM, used around
the time when Windows was released. |
|
TOS |
Atari / Milan Computer |
4.08 |
Atari went bankrupt years
ago, others like Milan computers continued development. Only available for
680x0 |
Touchwiz |
Samsung |
? |
For Samsung smartphones |
TRAX |
? |
? |
Transaction Processing
system for PDP-11 |
Treck MicroC/OS-II |
Treck Inc. |
? |
Next generation of uC/OS
and is a very simple, low cost, preemptive RTOS that that has mailboxes,
semaphores, and queues. |
Tripos |
MetaComco |
? |
Unix clone used for
AmigaOS. |
TRON |
University of Tokyo |
? |
The Real-Time Operating
System Nucleus from mid-1980s |
Tru 64 |
5.0 |
64-bit Unix clone based
on Digital Unix. |
|
Trusted |
? |
Unix clone from HP with build-in
internet security. |
|
TSX |
? |
Time sharing real-time os
from the 1960s for the IBM 1800 and PDP-11 |
|
? |
? |
32-bit os that emulates
dos. |
|
? |
? |
Os project with a
NoKernel idea among others. |
|
Turbodos |
? |
? |
CP/M clone |
UCOS |
? |
Real-time OS |
|
Ultrix |
Compaq
(DEC) |
4.4 |
Unix clone from Digital,
BSD based, available for VAX, DECStations and MIPS. Replaced by Digital Unix. |
Unicos |
? |
? |
|
Michael Gerhards |
Os using tag items. |
||
USX |
US Software Corp. |
Real-time development
system for x86, 68k. Early 1980s |
|
UXP/DS |
? |
Unix clone from Fujitsu,
only available for SPARC cpu. |
|
Various |
? |
Unix implementation for
msx |
|
V2 group |
0.51b |
Small and extremely fast os,
fits on 1 floppy. Written in 100% assembler. |
|
VelOSity |
Green Hills Software,
Inc. |
? |
Real-time OS |
Venix |
? |
Unix clone for VAX. |
|
? |
Built
of reusable, replacable components that can be organized by the end-user. |
||
Virtuoso |
Eonic Systems |
? |
RTOS is an application-specific
kernel technology. |
Visi/on |
? |
? |
Around 1983. Now known as
Windows :) |
VM/ESA |
? |
||
VMS |
HP (DEC) |
7.2 |
Virtual Memory System,
available for VAX and Alpha only. Renamed to OpenVMS. |
VOS |
? |
Unix clone from Hitachi |
|
VOS2000 |
? |
||
VRTX |
? |
? |
Versatile Real Time
Executive. Modular real-time OS. |
VSE |
24 |
Low-end Mainframe os. |
|
Andrew Valencia |
1.6.6 |
microkernel-based OS,
QNX- and Plan9- inspired. |
|
5.4 |
Real-time OS |
||
WarpUP |
4.0 |
Os kernel for PPC Amiga.
Not to be confused with OS/2 Warp. |
|
WebOS |
Palm / WebOS inc |
Final |
The version of Palm was develop
for the Palm Pre. Older WebOS versions are used in the the kernel for the Wii |
Windows |
3.11 |
GUI for Dos. Although
this was one of the most widespread gui's, support has stopped. |
|
Windows 95 |
OSR 2.5 |
Dos and Windows
integrated with a new interface, better multi-tasking and many other changes. |
|
Windows 98 |
Second edition |
Successor to Win95 and
Win3.x |
|
Windows 2000 |
SP3 |
Successor to Windows NT
(Also known as NT 5). |
|
Windows 2003 |
SP2 |
Successor to Windows 2000
for servers. |
|
Windows Mobile /CE /
Pocket PC / Smartphone |
6.5 |
Os used in consumer
products like handheld pc's, car pc's, pc-tv, AT&T set-top-box, mobile
phones and Dreamcast console etc. Partly Real-time. |
|
Windows for Smart Cards |
Smallest version of
Windows family. Runs with 64 KB ram. |
||
Windows for Workgroups |
Comparable to Windows
3.11, but meant for network users. |
||
Windows Vista |
SP2 beta |
The follow-up of Windows XP
and 2003 server. Improved security |
|
Windows Me |
Final |
Millennium Edition is the
successor to Windows 98 without real mode dos, meant for the consumer market |
|
Windows 7 |
Beta |
The follow-up of Windows
Vista, scheduled for release in 2010. |
|
Windows NT |
4.0 (SP6A) |
Windows version meant for
network use. Available for x86 and Alpha (formerly also for PPC and MIPS). |
|
Windows Terminal Server |
4.0 |
Multi-user version of
Windows NT. Stand alone version of os not available anymore, part of Win
2000.and XP. |
|
Windows XP |
SP3 |
Windows eXPerience is
based on Windows 2000 combined with ME and a new interface. |
|
Various |
? |
Freeware project to clone
MacOS X to the Intel platform. |
|
W-PS-DOS |
? |
? |
OS used in 'Reputer' from
Seiko. |
? |
Unix clone from Microsoft,
released in 1980. Owned by the Santa Cruz Operation (afaik) |
||
7.9 / 8 |
Xinu is not Unix. It's a
small, elegant, multitasking OS. Version 8 only for Sparc cpu. |
||
XL OS |
Atari |
? |
Os for Atari XL and XE
systems |
Various |
? |
A different kind of Mach
kernel |
|
Jascha Wetzel |
? |
Object-oriented,
distributed, preemptively multitasked/threaded, message-passing based system. |
|
? |
? |
Freeware monolithic
Unix-like kernel clone |
|
Zaurus |
? |
Os for sharp handhelds |
|
ZCPR |
? |
3 |
Free Z80 Command
Processor Replacement. CP/M clone with Unix-like flexibility. |
Various |
? |
Gnu/linux based os |
|
Yellowtab gmbh |
1.21 |
Next generation BeOS. |
|
z/OS |
? |
For the z900 server.
Follow-up of the S/390 mainframe. |
NOTE: Unless stated otherwise most os's should be or
soon become available for x86 (Intel, AMD,Cyrix, Transmeta). If it isn't
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