Not talking about all the Linux distros or different versions of Windows obviously. And my definition of "desktop" would be "able to connect to WiFi and launch a modern web browser", since that would cover 90% of most people's use cases.
I know of:
Windows
MacOS
GNU/Linux
GNU/Hurd
BSD
HaikuOS
What others are there?
23 Comments
PetteriPano@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 205d
MorphOS. My own PowerPC hardware is starting to be a bit dated for todays web, but the odyssey browser is modern enough for the interwebs.
HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org · 2 pts · 205d
What PowerPC computer do you use?
PetteriPano@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 205d
I run it on my maxed out most-recent 15" PowerBook G4.
This thing was a screamer back in 2005, but the web got very heavy.
Overspark@piefed.social · 9 pts · 205d
TempleOS?
Your definition is very broad though, a device like a Nintendo Switch would be covered, even though that's clearly not a desktop 😁.
everett@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 205d
I'd interpret their requirements as "desktop with WiFi and modern browser."
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 205d
enter Diogenes, holding a nintendo DS
Pirtatogna@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 205d
One could argue that MacOS is basically BSD, but I guess that can be somewhat debatable.
Una@europe.pub · 7 pts · 205d
There is Redox OS Unix like OS built in Rust. Never used it just know it exists.
Natanael@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 205d
https://www.kolibrios.org/en
Absolutely tiny yet has a lot of functionality
Jolteon@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 204d
Does that one actually support a fully modern web browser?
Ephera@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 205d
Not entirely sure, if ReactOS would count. Its documentation has a section on WiFi and one of the screenshots on their webpage shows Firefox, but that looks to be a rather old version of Firefox, so no idea if modern versions of it work, too, well, and how well the whole WiFi business works, too.
Well, and one could argue that it's part of the Windows family.
https://reactos.org/
callyral@pawb.social · 5 pts · 205d
Technically, Alpine Linux is Linux, sans GNU. Perhaps it can be called musl/Linux or busybox/Linux.
PetteriPano@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 205d
Serenity was getting close, but I think that whole operating system took a bit of a back seat ride when they started with the gigantic task that a modern browser is. Hence Ladybird.
Bullerfar@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 204d
openSUSE TumbleweedOS on every pc at my home. Glad my daughters will be raised with linux, and not MacOS or Windows.
BozeKnoflook@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 205d
QNX could qualify, but it's not as easily available as most other OS.
Solaris is nearly dead for new development, but it's still receiving updates (last release was 16 days ago) and can run GNOME and a browser.
PetteriPano@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 205d
OpenSolaris still lives on as OpenIndiana.
We ran SunOS on both desktops and servers when I was at uni.
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 3 pts · 205d
http://9front.org/
well, modern web browser probably fails the task but … it can be done.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 205d
Just for the record, MacOS is a descendant of FreeBSD. At least it was for quite a while.
hexagonwin@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 205d
It's not. They just copied (literally) a few userspace tools from BSD back in the days, and rebased them to FreeBSD some time later.
zout@fedia.io · 1 pts · 205d
Android?
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 205d
Android is Linux. iPhone is iOS/MacOS. So I think those are covered depending on how you define "family"
Zak@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 205d
In this context, I think two operating systems are in the same family if software for one can be recompiled for another with minimal changes without heavyweight compatibility libraries.
In that sense, I would put BSD and traditional desktop Linux distributions in the same family even though they don't share low-level code, and I would exclude Android even though it uses the Linux kernel.
zout@fedia.io · 0 pts · 205d
Isn't MacOs based on BSD in the same vein?