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Hey, I am looking for an obscure OS to tinker with, so far there is opensolaris, GNU/HURD and the BSD's (obscure to non unixers) So, which on do YOU GUYS ...
  1. 12-06-2005 #1
    onlinebacon
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    Ooooh obscure...

    Hey,

    I am looking for an obscure OS to tinker with, so far there is opensolaris, GNU/HURD and the BSD's (obscure to non unixers)

    So, which on do YOU GUYS think would be better for someone who want to do some coding, and tinker, and play a few 2D games

    Thanks
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  2. 12-06-2005 #2
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    Hmmm... I've only tried freebsd of them, so I voted for it... Whichever you try, post your opinion on it! BTW, do you have a linux distro atm as well? Or full-time switcher now?

    If you want something you play with for quite a while, check out netbsd. WARNING: The installer is pretty basic, and you might have to fight for quite a while to get it in - I reinstalled 3 times or something because the installer didn't like typos And don't expect sushi to work without problems, here I couldn't get it do anything sane - everything I tried was spoilt because of a typo or wrong button...

    This was netbsd 2.0 or something I think, 3.0 might work better...
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    I say FreeBSD because I think you will have the best luck of all of them (and you can find help the easiest). Then again, you never know.

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    Nah, for linuxing I am gonna do a LFS thing, so I am OK on that front, FreeBSd has a quite big fan base, so net would probably be a better option .
    Please, please carry on
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    OPENBSD the best
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    Lol, I just want something that is going back to the old days when people just hacked and smashed at systems to get things done and had some fun while doing it ( I already use linux, looking for something else), anyone have any idea where to find a table, or some stats, showing how many people use different operating systems.
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    Quote Originally Posted by onlinebacon
    Lol, I just want something that is going back to the old days when people just hacked and smashed at systems to get things done and had some fun while doing it ( I already use linux, looking for something else), anyone have any idea where to find a table, or some stats, showing how many people use different operating systems.
    Try this young sir. No stats, but a directory!
    I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso
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    Oh great, thanks fingal
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  9. 12-06-2005 #9
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    hurd mostly so ye can say weather or not the hurd team has got off the drugs
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  10. 12-06-2005 #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by winter
    hurd mostly so ye can say weather or not the hurd team has got off the drugs
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