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What Ever Happened to OS/2?

2 pointsby ari_elleover 12 years ago

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orionblastarover 12 years ago
There were other OS/2 based FOSS projects that died.<p>Voyager was one, to rewrite OS/2 using the known OS/2 API calls.<p>OS2INE was another to try to run OS/2 binaries under Linux like WINE does for Windows binaries.<p>They seem to have vanished from the Internet.<p>OSFree stalled because they could not raise enough money to host their web site and continue development. They had the DOS part working as it was based on FreeDOS, and I think it would run some command line based OS/2 apps as well. I had a few ISOs of OSFree but they don't distribute them anymore. It looks like all they have is the source code.<p>Some of these FOSS operating system recreations just don't go anywhere or stay in the alpha stage. ReactOS, Haiku, AROS, etc are such recreations of Windows XP, BeOS, and AmigaOS. I think AROS is the one that is more polished than the others and more ready for prime time.