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There are a few aspects we need to consider...
For the UI, I would go with beOS, Haiku is cool, but the look is a bit too modern, I love the clean look of beOS's UI
For the best compabillity, after a lot of work, ReactOS, a project aiming to create an open source os that is binary compatible with Windows 2000.
GEM
Because it's truly outrageous
Yes. My first computer was an Atari 520ST. No hard drive, 520k of ram, and and GEM ran on a dedicated chip.
It's a graphical shell over DOS, but still exists.
I'll second GEM. The 520ST was my first computer as well.
It did a lot with a little!
Guix GNU/Hurd of course lol
Definitely Haiku, BeOS had a lot of neat ideas in it.
I wish Nokia N900 / N950 with Maemo or Meego OS. And full opensource, full MPL or MIT licensed.
I truly wish SailfishOS could be that replacement but I've been burnt too many times already.
L4! Imagine all we could do if the kernel was tiny and everything was user space.
Had a quick read about it, looks like an interesting skeleton to base an end user OS.
Maybe minix? Because microkernel.
Qubes
Qubes
But that's Linux
Honnest question: why is it Linux? I can't find relevant information on the matter. Every source point the fact that it's a bare metal hypervisor therefore not Linux but that's all. Could you enlighten me on the matter? Thanks in advance.
That was my first impression after a quick glance at it, since it listed Fedora, Debian and several other linux "flavors", plus wikipedia lists it as "OS Family: Linux".
Looking and paying proper attention, I see that it doesn't actually use the linux kernel, the OS just starts VMs for whatever applications you need. The dom0, the "main virtualized OS" and basically the bare minimum the user will interact with, runs Fedora, which is linux.
I see why I'd still call it linux, even if it's "not really" linux due to the kernel (Xen hypervisor) being something completely different, because all the user interaction goes through Fedora.
Thanks for the explanation, I understand now your point of view. It sums up on which layer we consider then. BTW qubes is a fantastic OS if you want isolation of information or privacy. One VM could serve for work, another for browsing, and eventually for privacy. Take care !
seL4
A formally verified microkernel
Honestly, if I had this magic power, I'd pick something like Ubuntu or Fedora. The exact pick doesn't matter, I don't want this to devolve into a holy war, but I want to "The Year of the Linux Desktop" to stop being a tongue in cheek meme. I want Windows and Apple to have to make meaningful changes to maintain their market share.