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- 48-Year-Old Multics operating system resurrected https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/07/09/0414245/48-year-old-multics-operating-system-resurrected 9 comments
- The decades-old OS/2 operating system is getting a new web browser https://www.xda-developers.com/otter-browser-os2/ 2 comments
- Why use old computers and operating systems? http://john.ankarstrom.se/desktop/2021/03/18/why-old-systems/ 142 comments
- Why use old computers and operating systems? http://john.ankarstrom.se/desktop/2021/03/18/why-old-systems/ 35 comments
- Breathe some new life into your old PC with these 5 operating systems https://www.xda-developers.com/lightweight-operating-systems/ 2 comments
- RISC OS: 35-year-old original Arm operating system is alive and well https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/21/risc_os_35/ 2 comments
- Posix Abstractions in Modern Operating Systems: The Old, the New, the Missing [pdf] http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~vatlidak/POSIXpaper.pdf 51 comments
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- Why use old computers and operating systems? http://john.ankarstrom.se/desktop/2021/03/18/why-old-systems/ 53 comments historical
- A 38-year-old charity will be integrated into Apple’s newest operating system https://amp.economist.com/united-states/2021/08/12/a-38-year-old-charity-will-be-integrated-into-apples-newest-operating-system?__twitter_impression=true 8 comments worldnews
- Hacking Google Glass: A 24-year-old is creating an operating system that Google can't control. http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2013/07/18/hacking_google_glass_a_24_year_old_is_creating_an_operating_system_that.html 24 comments technology
- Britain's National Healthcare System funded sex change operation of a 16-year-old http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=56022 3 comments worldnews
- 8-year-old kid passes Microsoft certification, wants to create "new operational system" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5531687.ece 163 comments programming
- The point of a web browser is to render the issue of which operating system you're using irrelevant. The Democrats think that is so 'Old-Fashioned'. http://www.demconvention.com/dncc-video/ 25 comments linux
- Android is 11 years old today; Google unveiled the Android mobile operating system on Nov. 5, 2007 https://techcrunch.com/2007/11/05/breaking-google-announces-android-and-open-handset-alliance/amp/ 14 comments technology
- Miss the old operating systems? Join us for Windows 2000 Software/Driver development https://discord.gg/ab64uEt9j2 10 comments askprogramming
- Miss the old operating systems? Join us for Windows 2000 Software/Driver development https://discord.gg/9cYaNPuP 6 comments emudev
- Miss the old operating systems? Join us for Windows 2000 Software/Driver development https://discord.gg/9cYaNPuP 6 comments compsci
- Miss the old operating systems? Join us for Windows 2000 Software/Driver development https://x.com/wwindows2000/status/1736369261679943825?s=20 17 comments c_programming
- Website on which you can run a bunch of old operating systems in your browser (I did not make it) https://copy.sh/v86/ 3 comments internetisbeautiful
- RISC OS: 35-year-old original Arm operating system is alive and well https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/21/risc_os_35/ 4 comments programming
- Does anyone know how best to try web design in the style of old operating systems? https://www.ramzoid.com/ 3 comments web_design
- Light Operating System for Old and Tired PC https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/ae58ph/light_operating_system_for_old_and_tired_pc/ 11 comments techsupport
- Has anyone tried this? Online virtual machines of various operating systems (Linux and old Windows) http://copy.sh/v86/ 18 comments chromeos
- Posix Abstractions in Modern Operating Systems: The Old, the New, the Missing [pdf] http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~vatlidak/posixpaper.pdf 3 comments programming
- [VIDEO] Make Your Old Laptop Run Like New With CloudReady, a Chrome-based operating system, you can breathe new life into a laptop destined for the graveyard. http://www.wsj.com/video/make-your-old-laptop-run-like-new/D19DFDB9-2626-43E4-A392-74E8C1F5E9DC.html 32 comments chromeos
- "Why O/S2 Failed Part 1" Interesting and funny article on the making of the 25 year old operating system, well worth a read. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/23/why_os2_failed_part_one/ 31 comments technology
- Bertrand Serlet, lead developer of Mac OS X, is leaving Apple, just a day before the operating system turns 10 years old http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/bertrand-serlet-leaves-apple/ 6 comments technology
- MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 still run train dashboards at German railway — company listed admin job for 30-year-old operating system https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/ms-dos-and-windows-311-still-run-train-dashboards-at-german-railway-company-listed-admin-job-for-30-year-old-operating-system 88 comments technology
- MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 still run train dashboards at German railway — company listed admin job for 30-year-old operating system https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/ms-dos-and-windows-311-still-run-train-dashboards-at-german-railway-company-listed-admin-job-for-30-year-old-operating-system 140 comments europe
- 30-year-old operating system 'PC-MOS/386' finally open sourced https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/10/22/1938209/30-year-old-operating-system-pc-mos386-finally-open-sourced 7 comments opensource
- An 80186 PC emulator written in C, can run many old games and operating systems! A work in progress. https://github.com/mikechambers84/XTulator/ 8 comments linux_gaming
- An 80186 PC emulator written in C, can run many old games and operating systems! A work in progress. https://github.com/mikechambers84/xtulator/ 9 comments c_programming
- Quickest way to restore computer after reinstalling operating system? (all old files are in the Windows.old folder) https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/6qoyiv/quickest_way_to_restore_computer_after/ 5 comments techsupport
- Porting a 15 year old .NET 1.1 Virtual CPU Tiny Operating System school project to .NET Core 2.0 https://www.hanselman.com/blog/portinga15yearoldnet11virtualcputinyoperatingsystemschoolprojecttonetcore20.aspx 24 comments programming
- One operating system for two platforms? It's an old idea, which has never worked out, but the Linux laptop and smartphone company Purism is giving it another try. https://www.zdnet.com/article/pureos-one-linux-for-both-pcs-and-smartphones/ 17 comments opensource
- Windows 7 rules the desktop: "XP is slowly dying, Windows 8 is slowly gaining; but the almost five-year-old Windows 7 was the real desktop operating system winner in May, as it went over the 50 percent mark for the first time." http://www.zdnet.com/windows-7-rules-the-desktop-7000030125/ 63 comments windows
- Adding my old hard drive as a second hard drive will the operating system or other things on the old hard drive conflict with the one on the new hard drive? i just want to transfer some of the stuff stored on my old one to my new one? https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/6owfff/adding_my_old_hard_drive_as_a_second_hard_drive/ 4 comments techsupport
- From the Large Hadron Collider to the Tesla Model S, the 25-year-old Linux operating system can be found in some amazing places. Six of the world's fastest supercomputers, Lego Mindstorms kits, Google's Android OS and Borg, free-flying SpaceX spacecraft Dragon, and the Navy's destroyer USS Zumwalt. http://www.zdnet.com/article/missiles-to-legos-10-reasons-to-run-linux-instead-of-windows/ 9 comments opensource
- From the Large Hadron Collider to the Tesla Model S, the 25-year-old Linux operating system can be found in some amazing places. Six of the world's fastest supercomputers, Lego Mindstorms kits, Google's Android OS and Borg, free-flying SpaceX spacecraft Dragon, and the Navy's destroyer USS Zumwalt. http://www.zdnet.com/article/missiles-to-legos-10-reasons-to-run-linux-instead-of-windows/ 8 comments technology
- Kon-Boot is an application which will silently bypass the authentication process of Windows based operating systems. Without overwriting your old password! Easy to use and excellent for tech repairs, data recovery and security audits. http://www.thelead82.com/kon-boot/ 21 comments sysadmin