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Re: any hope of a forthos coming out to replace linux?

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Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, there is: www.ForthOS.org
> I checked it and it works great, seriously. No Windows needed, no
> Linux needed, just plain Forth.
> 
> I don't remember if I used an USB-stick or a CD, but everything you
> need you can get from http://www.forthos.org/ and from the links
> there. Only a few hours IIRC and Forth was running on a normal PC or
> laptop without any M$ or Linux, just plain Forth. But you have to be
> careful not to use the harddisk if you like to go back later - it's
> written somewhere.

It uses a dedicated partition, with its own number.  So it is fundamentally
capable of co-existing with other OS installs.  But, of course, you should
keep backups in case something goes wrong.  And it is quite possible to
side-step its view of the ForthOS partition, and write directly to the
disk--which can indeed damage pretty much anything, anywhere on the disk.

> What is missing in my opinion with this Forth is some kind of KDE. If
> somebody would add graphics to ForthOS, that would be great!

On the technical side, what this calls for at this point in the technology
curve is USB support, along with mice and keyboard.  And PCI support
(partially already present, in support of PCI LAN cards).  And then the
biggest rathole is graphics cards, which even mainstream X11 has a hard time
staying on top of.  Oh, and you probably want sound, WiFi, RAID, ....

On the non-technical side, I have to ask why?  By the time you add back in
all of a KDE-like experience, you'll be back to wishing you could find a
nice, simple OS which didn't have so much baggage.

-- 
Andy Valencia
Home page: http://www.vsta.org/andy/
To contact me: http://www.vsta.org/contact/andy.html

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any hope of a forthos coming out to replace linux? gavino <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2011-04-10 01:01 -0700
  Re: any hope of a forthos coming out to replace linux? Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-10 12:39 -0700
    Re: any hope of a forthos coming out to replace linux? vandys@vsta.org - 2011-04-10 19:47 +0000
      Re: any hope of a forthos coming out to replace linux? gavino <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2011-04-10 17:15 -0700
  Re: any hope of a forthos coming out to replace linux? Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-12 16:10 -0700
    Re: any hope of a forthos coming out to replace linux? gavino <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 11:34 -0700
      Re: any hope of a forthos coming out to replace linux? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-04-14 15:55 -0700
        Re: any hope of a forthos coming out to replace linux? gavino <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2011-04-17 00:17 -0700
  Re: any hope of a forthos coming out to replace linux? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2011-04-15 16:13 -0700
    Re: any hope of a forthos coming out to replace linux? gavino <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2011-04-17 00:16 -0700

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