Distributions and Operating Systems: Alpine Linux, KolibriOS, Haiku OS
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Peter 'CzP' Czanik ☛ A syslog-ng container image based on Alpine Linux
Recently, someone suggested I should check out Alpine GNU/Linux and prepare a syslog-ng container image based on it. While not supported by the syslog-ng project, an Alpine-based syslog-ng container image already exist as part of the Linuxserver project.
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[Old] Without Systemd ☛ Arguments against systemd - Without Systemd
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Hackaday ☛ KolibriOS: The Operating System That Fits On A 1.44 MB 3.5″ Floppy Disk
While most operating systems are written in C and C++, KolibriOS is written in pure x86 assembly and as a result small and lightweight enough to run off a standard 1.44 MB floppy disk, as demonstrated in a recent video by [Michael].
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Hackaday ☛ Haiku OS’s Beta 5 Release Brings Us Into A New BeOS Era
The name BeOS is one which tends to evoke either sighs of nostalgia or blank stares, mostly determined by one’s knowledge of the 1990s operating system scene. Originally released in 1995 by Be Inc., it was featured primarily on the company’s PowerPC-based BeBox computers, as well as being pitched to potential customers including Apple, who was looking for a replacement for MacOS. By then running on both PowerPC and x86-based systems, BeOS remained one of those niche operating systems which even the free Personal Edition (PE) of BeOS Release 5 from 1998 could not change.