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These are my 3 favorite open-source operating systems that aren't Linux

There's more to open source than desktop Linux ...
TechRepublic

Linux turns 30: Celebrating the open source operating system (free PDF)

It’s time to party. Linux is 30 years old. What started as a student project by a young Linus Torvalds studying computer science at the University of Helsinki, has become an open source operating ...
Tech Times

ReactOS Runs Half-Life Natively: Open-Source Windows NT Clone Clears 3D Graphics Bar

ReactOS open source Windows clone ran Half-Life in-game for the first time in 30 years of development. A March 2026 GPU ...
GamingOnLinux

Colorado and California age verification bills exempt open source operating systems

Remember all the ruckus with various US states introducing operating-system level age verification laws? Colorado and California thankfully exempt open source.
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5 operating systems that prove the PC world has more than Windows, macOS, and Linux

Your PC has more options than the usual household names.

Microsoft open-sources “the earliest DOS source code discovered to date”

Several times in the last couple of decades, Microsoft has released source code for the original MS-DOS operating system that kicked off its decades-long dominance of consumer PCs. This week, the ...