Operating Systems

Operating Systems ashugg has used:

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1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

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2008

2009

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2011

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2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

CP/M

MS-DOS

Microsoft Windows

Linux

Mac OS ("Classic")

SunOS

OS/2

Debian

Solaris

Tru64 UNIX

Red Hat Linux

FreeBSD

OpenBSD

BeOS

NetBSD

Mac OS X

IBM AIX

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Ubuntu

Fedora

CP/M

1987–1994

Digital Research "CCP/M" (Concurrent CP/M) on some old 8085-based thing. One of them had a 10Mb hard drive!

MS-DOS

1991–

I am reluctant to put in an End Year because it makes me feel sad.

Microsoft Windows

1992–

Starting with Windows 3.0, which was interesting. Proud to have never used Windows ME or Windows CE but yes to all the rest.

Linux

1995–

First witnessed it in January 1994 but didn't get hands-on until 1995.

Mac OS ("Classic")

1995–2003

Farewell, Classic. Now I have nothing to play Swoop or Fungus on. =(

SunOS

1995–1997

Putting an "End Year" as I count Solaris as different. Even though it's still SunOS. =)

OS/2

1995–1996

I wonder why this product died out.

Debian

1995–

I'm so glad I got into Linux via Debian rather than Slackware or Red Hat.

Solaris

1995–

I still don't hate it.

Tru64 UNIX

1995–1996

Red Hat Linux

1997–2001

Helped maintain other people's RHL systems during this time. Never owned a RHL box though.

FreeBSD

1997

I tried it, didn't like the OS so much or the community.

OpenBSD

1998–

OpenBSD vs NetBSD? Boring.

BeOS

1999–2000

It was fun and then it stopped.

NetBSD

2000–

OpenBSD vs NetBSD? Boring.

Mac OS X

2000–

Even though the beta was slower than OS 9, I still liked it. The future had arrived, even if a lot of it needed polishing.

IBM AIX

2000

SMIT is not a replacement for a Unix Systems Administrator, people.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

2004–

It's just everywhere it seems.

Ubuntu

2006–

Didn't feel the need use Ubuntu until I got a second-hand G4 iBook and wanted to dual boot Linux and Mac OS X. Ubuntu was an excellent choice, even though the PPC arch was dropped soon thereafter.

Fedora

2006–

They can make me use it but they can't make me like it.