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If other please specify. And no, Linux and BSD do not count. They are popular.

other -> one I coded

other -> SkyOS (Cause it's network is called SkyNet.. oh ya.. )

QNX and Solaris aren't really unpopular, they just aren't popular desktop operating systems ;-) Solaris is a popular choice for machines with lots of cpus (ie > 50) and QNX is good for realtime and embedded applications.

I would probably use one of the Unix variants: HP-UX, AIX, Irix, Solaris, etc. I've always wanted to have a play with VMS, apparently it has some very nice design features.

Other...SockOS.

DR-DOS.

RISC itself is a general architecture type, not an OS. Did you mean RISC OS?

Other. DOS 6!

Quote:DR-DOS.

RISC itself is a general architecture type, not an OS. Did you mean RISC OS?

Yes, that is what I meant. I was sick of typing OS...

I hope that all the OSes you voted other on are stand alone - not mere shells...

eComStation is a version of OS/2, right? Aren't they supposed to be Windows compatible to some degree?

I guess eComStation or Solaris (most Linux software runs on it, right?) would be the best choices for compatibility with the most existing software.

I've tried and would use SkyOS, Zeta (the new BeOS), and FreeDOS (a modern DOS, i.e. with FAT32, long file names, mouse wheel, etc support).

The problem with SkyOS and Zeta is they have support for so little hardware. My nVidia nForce2 motherboard has a weird proprietary ethernet chipset that only the major OSs support

ReactOS is free and Windows compatible (can use nVidia's display drivers and the next version can run Firefox), but not ready yet. I'd definitely use it after it's progressed a little more though.

Quote:eComStation is a version of OS/2, right? Aren't they supposed to be Windows compatible to some degree?

OS/2 has support for 16-bit apps, but I don't know about eCS

Quote:I guess eComStation or Solaris (most Linux software runs on it, right?) would be the best choices for compatibility with the most existing software.

Solaris is based on *NIX source so they shoud work

Quote:The problem with SkyOS and Zeta is they have support for so little hardware. My nVidia nForce2 motherboard has a weird proprietary ethernet chipset that only the major OSs support

No attention, no compatibility