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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 ...
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.
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 ...

California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages — amendment propo…

California lawmakers introduced a new amendment that could exempt most Linux distributions from the state’s upcoming Digital ...

Linux devs are fighting the new age-gated internet

The open-source community is looking for a way out of the wave of new laws requiring operating systems to collect users’ ages.
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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 ...