keep ubuntu fedora etc outside
just those which are GNU, OPEN SOURCE and who's SHIPMENT IS FREE OF COST.
2006-07-19 00:42:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
FreeBSD !
2006-07-19 00:50:18 · answer #1 · answered by sumittalktome 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
DOS. Don't laugh, it's still in development.
There are several free versions of DOS (FreeDOS, DR-DOS, RTS-DOS) which all work stably. As for functionality, you give up multitasking but you can still do pretty much anything:
Drivers:
- CD-RW, DVD
- USB (yes, there is one)
- high-speed internet
Software (all of these are free):
- Arachne (GUI browser)
- Quickview (movies/sound/MP3s)
- DOSamp (guess what that is...)
- F-Prot (the DOS version)
- Borland's DOS compilers (C, Turbo languages, et al)
Plus nearly thirty years of other software, some of it made this year. The newer programs are often designed to work with 800x600 or 1024x768 16bit colour and are SB16 or SB64 sound compatible.
Write me privately and I'll post some easy to find links to software.
2006-07-19 08:00:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know that I would call Windows "stable". The only FOSS operating systems (especially under GNU GPL) are Linux.
2006-07-19 07:47:08 · answer #3 · answered by John J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋