Operating SystemsThis section will be built in the coming future. Here we will post information concerning operating system developments such as release dates, major bug fixes and when new operating system availability comes. For now, I'll leave this section open for you, the member to make suggestions.
MacOSX 10.8 Mountain LionRelease date - July 25, 2012
Current version - 10.8.3 (Build 12D78) Source model - Closed source (with open source components) License - APSL and Apple EULA Kernel type - Hybrid Update method - Apple Software Update Platform support - x86-64 Preceded by - 10.7.4 (Build 11E53) / May 9, 2012 Support status - Supported Windows 8Release date - October 26, 2012
Current version - 6.2 (Build 9200) (August 1, 2012; 5 months ago) Source model - Closed source / Shared source License - Proprietary commercial software Kernel type - Hybrid Update method - Windows Update Platform support - IA-32 and x86-64 Preceded by - Windows 7 Mainstream support: Until January 9, 2018 Mageia LinuxOS family - GNU/Linux
Working state - Development Source model - Free and open source software Latest stable release - 3 - May 19, 2013 Latest unstable release - TBA Available language(s) - Multilingual Update method - urpmi Package manager - RPM Kernel type - Monolithic (Linux) Default user interface KDE Plasma Desktop GNOME License GNU GPL & Various others. AmigaOS 4.1Company /developer:
Commodore International (1.0 - 3.1) Haage & Partner (3.5 - 3.9) Hyperion Entertainment (4.0 - 4.1) Working state - Current Source model - Closed source Latest stable release - 4.1u4 / December 22, 2011 Supported platforms PowerPC Kernel type - Hybrid Default user interface - Workbench License - Proprietary Official website |
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