Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Operating system

What is Operating system ?

An operating system, or OS, is a software program that enables the computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software. Without a computer operating system, a computer would be useless.

Operating system types

As computers have progressed so have the operating systems. Below is a basic list of the different operating systems and a few examples of operating systems that fall into each of the categories. Many computer operating systems will fall into more than one of the below categories.

GUI - Short for Graphical User Interface, a GUI Operating System contains graphics and icons and is commonly navigated by using a computer mouse. See the GUI definition for a complete description. Below are some examples of GUI Operating Systems.

System 7.x
Windows 98
Windows ME

Multi-user - Multi-user operating system allows for multiple users to use the same computer at the same time and different times. See the multi-user definition for a complete definition for a complete definition. Below are some examples of multi-user operating systems.
Linux
Unix
Windows 2000


Multiprocessing - Multiprocessing operating system capable of supporting and utilizing more than one computer processor. Following are some examples of multiprocessing operating systems.

Linux
Unix
Windows 2000

Multitasking - An operating system that is able of allowing multiple software processes to run at the same time. Below are some examples of multitasking operating systems.

Unix
Windows 2000

Multithreading - Multithreading Operating systems that allow different parts of software program to run concurrently. Operating systems that would fall into this category are:

Linux
Unix
Windows 2000

Troubleshooting

Regular questions and answers to operating systems in general can be found on the below operating system question and answers. All other questions linking to an operating system in particular can be found through the operating system page.


Linux and Variants
MacOSMS-DOS
IBM OS/2 Warp
Unix and Variants
Windows CE
Windows 3.x
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 98 SE
Windows ME
Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7

Operating system listing

Below is a listing of many of the different operating systems available today, the dates they were released, the platforms they have been developed for and who developed them.
Operating system
Date first released
Platform
Developer
AIX and AIXL
Unix and Linux history.
Various
IBM
AmigaOS
Currently no AmigaOS history.
Amiga
Commodore
BSD
Unix and Linux history.
Various
BSD
Caldera Linux
Unix and Linux history.
Various
SCO
Corel Linux
Unix and Linux history.
Various
Corel
Debian Linux
Unix and Linux history.
Various
GNU
DUnix
Unix and Linux history.
Various
Digital
DYNIX/ptx
Unix and Linux history.
Various
IBM
HP-UX
Unix and Linux history.
Various
Hewlett Packard
IRIX
Unix and Linux history.
Various
SGI
Kondara Linux
Unix and Linux history.
Various
Kondara
Linux
Unix and Linux history.
Various
Linus Torvalds
MAC OS 8
Apple operating system history.
Apple Macintosh
Apple
MAC OS 9
Apple operating system history.
Apple Macintosh
Apple
MAC OS 10
Apple operating system history.
Apple Macintosh
Apple
MAC OS X
Apple operating system history.
Apple Macintosh
Apple
Mandrake Linux
Unix and Linux history.
Various
Mandrake
MINIX
Unix and Linux history.
Various
MINIX
MS-DOS 1.x
MS-DOS history.
IBM
Microsoft
MS-DOS 2.x
MS-DOS history.
IBM
Microsoft
MS-DOS 3.x
MS-DOS history.
IBM
Microsoft
MS-DOS 4.x
MS-DOS history.
IBM
Microsoft
MS-DOS 5.x
MS-DOS history.
IBM
Microsoft
MS-DOS 6.x
MS-DOS history.
IBM
Microsoft
NEXTSTEP
Apple operating system history.
Various
Apple
OSF/1
Unix and Linux history.
Various
OSF
QNX
Unix and Linux history.
Various
QNX
Red Hat Linux
Unix and Linux history.
Various
Red Hat
SCO
Unix and Linux history.
Various
SCO
Slack ware Linux
Unix and Linux history.
Various
Slack ware
Sun Solaris
Unix and Linux history.
Various
Sun
SuSE Linux
Unix and Linux history.
Various
SuSE
System 1
Apple operating system history.
Apple Macintosh
Apple
System 2
Apple operating system history.
Apple Macintosh
Apple
System 3
Apple operating system history.
Apple Macintosh
Apple
System 4
Apple operating system history.
Apple Macintosh
Apple
System 6
Apple operating system history.
Apple Macintosh
Apple
System 7
Apple operating system history.
Apple Macintosh
Apple
System V
Unix and Linux history.
Various
System V
Tru64 Unix
Unix and Linux history.
Various
Digital
Turbolinux
Unix and Linux history.
Various
Turbolinux
Ultrix
Unix and Linux history.
Various
Ultrix
Unisys
Unix and Linux history.
Various
Unisys
Unix
Unix and Linux history.
Various
Bell labs
UnixWare
Unix and Linux history.
Various
UnixWare
VectorLinux
Unix and Linux history.
Various
VectorLinux
Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows history.
IBM
Microsoft
Windows 2003
Microsoft Windows history.
IBM
Microsoft
Windows 3.X
Microsoft Windows history.
IBM
Microsoft
Windows 8
Microsoft Windows history.
IBM
Microsoft
Windows 7
Microsoft Windows history.
IBM
Microsoft
Windows 95
Microsoft Windows history.
IBM
Microsoft
Windows 98
Microsoft Windows history.
IBM
Microsoft
Windows CE
Microsoft Windows history.
PDA
Microsoft
Windows ME
Microsoft Windows history.
IBM
Microsoft
Windows NT
Microsoft Windows history.
IBM
Microsoft
Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows history.
IBM
Microsoft
Windows XP
Microsoft Windows history.
IBM
Microsoft
Xenix
Unix and Linux history.
Various
Microsoft

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