Firstly, I’d like to thank all of you who responded to my first question > 
Secondly, I’m using Windows95 right now – for those of you who don’t know,
Win95 is like one great big terminal error. I’m probably going to buy
a new PC soon, and am considering several OS’ as either stand-alone or dual
boot OS’:
FreeBSD
OpenBSD
Linux(Slackware, Stampede, or Debian)
Whats you knowledge of UNIX like? they are good OS’s however, it is dependent
on your needs
BeOS
Very limited hardware support
IRIX
Not available for Intel based CPUS (Only MIPS SGI CPUs)
Amiga (the new remake of Amiga, and probably as a dual boot)
Does the name AMIGA give a hint it will not work on an intel based machine?
V2OS(also, probably only as a dual boot)
what on gods green earth is that?
OS/2
Bugger all hardware and software support, donot try it, I have used it and it
was a nightmare!
Athe-OS
CRAP, just one word!
RISCOS
Does the name RISC give a hint that it is only for RISC based computers?
QNX/Neutrino
Not out yet, give it a shot, ya never know!
Ok, what I’m wondering is, is QNX a viable OS for a personal private user
like myself . . . is the GUI easy to use, and does it provide as much
funcitonality as the Win95 GUI? Also, are there programs in it that allow
me to do the following, or does it support the following:
(1) Cable internet access(Road Runner
is it pppoe (port to port protocol over ethernet, if so, you will need to port
the pppoe client from the sourceforge site).?
(2) Printer compatability(preferrably with a Xeros WorkCentre 450c)
What is brand is Xeros? Throw it out and get a mainstream printer (HP, Epson)
and all your headache will be over!
(3) Gaming(and preferrably a type of gaming client which would allow
multiplayer, such as Kali or Kahn)
Donot know whether these have been ported yet!
(4) A sophisticated and intuitive e-mail/newsgroup program like
Outlook Express(preferrably without the security bugs)
most likely, except not has bloated and useless as Outlook.
(5) A sophisticated browser like Opera(or preferrably a way to port
the beta Linux Opera to it)
Voyager
(6) A sophisticated catch-all word processing program which allows
you to do spreadsheets, databases, communications, word-documents
like a works type prog, probably, by a thirdparty supplier
(7) A sophisticated graphics program(s) which allows for image
editing, and a simple one like MS’ Paint
the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulator
(8) Sophisticated 3D creation programs like Bryce or Poser
hello! this is an intel machine, if you want to do hardout 3d creation get a SGI
O2 workstation!
(9) Compatability with Voice Command programs or the ability to port
Linux Voice controlled programs to it
yep, you can port, I donot know how successfull it would be?
(10) A high level of customizability and tweakability . . . i.e., I
want to be able to change every aspect of how it looks, and how it functions;
for example, I want to be able to define how many concurrent connections it
connects
to the net with, the MaxMTU values, and make a number of other performance
tweaks, such as
defining the size of the cache file, or(preferably) making a
cache file on a
separate partition)
This MTU crap has gone on for long enough, here is I will, for the record
correct it, MTU TWEEKING IS A LOAD OF CRAP! than goodness I have that out of my
system, this “MTU” tweaking is an old wives tale than provides no performance
increase, I have tried it and as a result my surfing and download speeds
reduced.
And one question: how does it compare to BeOS and V2OS in terms of
responsiveness and speed? How much of it was, like V2OS, coded in
assembler?
Have never seen it running, however, from the screen shots it should be a little
speed demon
Well, I realize that’s a long list, but I like to do adequate research.
P.S.: If anyone knows of a place where I could test out different OS’ on
platforms – so I could see first hand how they operate – please tell me.
Thanks.
–
“He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future
conquers the past.” – Orwell
