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Links

Jeff Silverman's Operating System Comparison Page 
http://www.commercialventvac.com/~jeffs/OS_comparison.html

Compares 6 different OSs to try to find the 'best' OS: Windows 98/NT4/2000, Linux Redhat6.2/SPARC/Alpha/Itanium, SunOS PC. Medium size, interesting, useful features table, web server graph. System administrator viewpoint.

Operating Systems 
http://junior.apk.net/~qc/comp/os/

Brief descriptions, screenshots, links, for OSs: Unix, NeXTStep/Openstep/MacOS X/Darwin, Windows 95/98/ME-NT/2000, VMS.

The OS Files 
http://www.theosfiles.com/

Portal for many x86 PC platform operating systems; details, news, information, secret tips, background, links, availability (current, planned); DOSs, Linux, NetWare, OS/2, Unix, Windows.

TUNES Project: Operating Systems 
http://cliki.tunes.org/Operating%20Systems

Over 150 OSs described, mostly original commentary, many deep insights, over 1,000 links. [Open Content]

ALTernative OSes List 
http://www.cw-portal.com/lele/

Sortable list of dozens of OSs, submission Web form, links. Site source code (PHP, MySQL) is free software. [Open Source, GPL]

Vintage OS 
http://www.vintageos.org/

Information, consulting on DOS, Windows, OS/2, Unix, BSD, Mac, MVS, Palm OS, UNIX, and other vintage operating systems.

Information about Operating Systems 
http://www.operating-system.org/

Operating System Documentation Project, OSDP: information on many OSs and their developers; independent objective descriptions, facts, history; in text and screenshots. English, Deutsch, Français.

Freebyte's Guide to Operating Systems, Free and Non-free 
http://www.freebyte.com/operatingsystems/

Includes: open source, commercial; Unix (BSDs, Linux); Amiga; BeOS, Zeta; RiscOS; DOS, Windows-emulators; educational; a few related topics.

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