I decide in the ‘90s that OS/2 was the superior Operating System.
It went to 4+ versions of “Warp,” then became eComStation. It is now known as Arca Noae.
It is still the superior Operating System.
Expecting flames, but I don’t care.
I decided in the '80s that CP/M was the superior Operating System.
That’s interesting, new to me. Looks like an option for older 32-bit hardware. Thanks FroggyTheGremlin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArcaOS
https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos/
I use Windows 10 on the former Windows 8 laptop that’s six or so years old, and on this 2-and-1 netbook sized tablet/laptop. I’ve had it a couple of years at least, got it for about $90 bucks on clearance (Insignia branding, Best Buy; also immediately put in the largest SD card it would take for additional storage, the whole thing is solid state).
My cheap tablet had died (it was a couple of years old, that’s all, and had cost more than this 2-in-1) and I wanted something cheap to take a picture once in a while. Next time I want that, I’m going to move up to a smart phone. I got a W10 because tablet interfaces uniformly suck the big one — although I liked the fact that the dead Android tablet would accept a wireless mouse I kept in the car for our road trips.
And of course, for FR, I’m generally on the 20+ year old Mac which is souped a bit with a G4, 9.2.2, three monitors.
I’ve been dipping in a toe in Linux with the Raspberry Pi 4, got the kit at Best Buy for about $90 and tax (case, SD card with OS installer, USB-C power supply, HDMI cable, USB cord with inline switch, 2 GB) and mounted a surge strip with two USB power jacks (Walmart, either $10 or $15, don’t recall) and use a Dollar Tree USB-to-USB-C cable as my power supply instead of using the included brick.
A number of Linux options are out there for the Pi. Now that I have the thing auto-loading the time from a network time server (it doesn’t have a clock, but keeps time fine when it’s on) I’m no longer pissed off about that. I’m pretty sure I’ll never take the time to learn more about Linux, nor will I want to, or wish that I had.
Hardware is okay, supports two monitors (the vid ports are micro-? mini-? HDMI); has RJ-45 which is great because I prefer direct connections, this is home it ain’t a $4 cup of coffee and $2 bagel cafe; two USB and two USB 3.0 ports; USB-C power port. Video 4K support works fine on the 4K TV, not too sure it would handle a 4K on each vid port. It’s hooked to a 1080P 40”, which I now call “the old TV”. What a world, what a world.
Right now I’m using the Brave browser, that’s typically what I use at work as well (I can install it without having the IT admin passwords) because it’s up to date and can access the online ordering we use (good luck getting the browsers etc up to date on every logon for every CPU in the place).
Brave tends to load slower than other browsers, but it helpfully tells you on the default (and non-changeable) new window how much time you’ve saved. It doesn’t bug me that much, although it is ironic, and pretty much tone-deaf on the part of the Brave people.
I wonder if there’s a Computers Anonymous organization, I may have a problem.
“Expecting flames, but I don’t care.”
No flame, honest curiosity. What software that is in common use today will it run? I went the opposite direction back then, and own no OS/2 software.