I have had an interest in embedded computing for a long time now, but
haven't yet had the chance (mostly time) to get into it for real.
QNX seems just a bit sparse to use as a desktop OS, and I'm not sure
how well it would work as one anyway. I've wanted to give FreeBSD a
shot for a while though, they are evidently much more stable than the
Linux kernels are.
I used AIX while I worked at IBM. You're right, it was pretty solid
and made much better use of hardware than Windows did.
One thing I've come to realize is that I am hooked on the
configurability of open-sourced operating systems. I use Gentoo right
now, and while that distribution has its faults you can configure
_everything_ in it.
On Dec 4, 2:04 am, Buy_Sell <werksp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Some of us aren't so lucky and are forced to use windows. My current
> employment is the maintenance of multi-million dollar flight
> simulators. Unfortunately, the machines that are using windows are
> constantly failing while the machines that are using IBM's AIX are
> rock solid. The windows machines will keep me employed for many years
> to come and I'd like to thank the idiot who made that design choice.
> If you absolutely want the best OS available, have a close look at
> QNX. It is a lot more popular than most people realize. It is
> embedded in things like your GPS, your environmental controls, your
> entertainment equipment, medical equipment and mission critical
> systems used by NASA. It is rock solid and designed extremely well.
> It is difficult to code but it is in my eyes the best OS that I have
> seen and used.
>
> On Dec 3, 11:05 am, Ken Roberts <for...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > My favorite newsreader is slrn on Linux. (I don't do windows)
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