2005-07-10T01:25:00ZComments on: Why Is Linux Awesomeblahgdhttps://blahg.josefsipek.net/?p=90&feed=atomAlfred Thompsonhttps://blahg.josefsipek.net/p=90#comment-1https://blahg.josefsipek.net/?p=90#comment-12005-07-12T10:57:00Z2005-07-12T10:57:00ZJeffPChttps://blahg.josefsipek.net/p=90#comment-2https://blahg.josefsipek.net/?p=90#comment-22005-07-14T20:58:00Z2005-07-14T20:58:00Z I actually mean different architectures, not just the minute differences between AMD and Intel (x86) processors.
Here's a quick list of OSes from the past 20-30 years that I compiled; most of the OSes are very architecture specific, but some do support more than one. I am not including all the Unixes, both propriatary (Solaris, ..) and free (*BSD) as well as Linux.
* OS/2 - 286/386+ depending on version, originally MS/IBM project, but since Win 3.0 days, IBM is the sole contributor * MacOS pre X - Motorola 68k or PPC depending on how old it is * MacOS X - based on BSD (= Unix), but heavily modified by Apple, PPC only, although they are working on x86 version * VMS - DEC hardware only * BeOS - BeBox (PPC, x86 * CM/P - 8086, Z-80, 8080, 8085 - depending on the clone * Xerox 8010 "Star" - proprietary
And some Microsoft OS versions:
* DOS - x86 only * Win 3.11 and earlier - x86 only * Win 9x - x86 only * Win NT (all) - x86 only, except NT 3.41 (I think) which ran on Alpha as well
]]> I actually mean different architectures, not just the minute differences between AMD and Intel (x86) processors.
Here's a quick list of OSes from the past 20-30 years that I compiled; most of the OSes are very architecture specific, but some do support more than one. I am not including all the Unixes, both propriatary (Solaris, ..) and free (*BSD) as well as Linux.
* OS/2 - 286/386+ depending on version, originally MS/IBM project, but since Win 3.0 days, IBM is the sole contributor * MacOS pre X - Motorola 68k or PPC depending on how old it is * MacOS X - based on BSD (= Unix), but heavily modified by Apple, PPC only, although they are working on x86 version * VMS - DEC hardware only * BeOS - BeBox (PPC, x86 * CM/P - 8086, Z-80, 8080, 8085 - depending on the clone * Xerox 8010 "Star" - proprietary
And some Microsoft OS versions:
* DOS - x86 only * Win 3.11 and earlier - x86 only * Win 9x - x86 only * Win NT (all) - x86 only, except NT 3.41 (I think) which ran on Alpha as well
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