NewOS is a free, in development, operating system with full source code available, along with periodic binary snapshots. It currently runs on: In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. ... Source code (commonly just source or code) is any series of statements written in some human-readable computer programming language. ... The snapshot is a concept in photography introduced by Eastman Kodak with their Brownie box camera in 1900: A casual photograph taken without any particular pre-arrangement, often of every day events. ...

• Intel and AMD based single and multiprocessor CPUs
• Sega Dreamcast
• PowerPC based machines (PowerPC G3/PowerPC G4 Macs, Pegasos)

It is loosely based on concepts gleaned from BeOS, Solaris, FreeBSD, Windows NT, and other reasonably modern operating systems. The design goals are to be as modern and complete as possible, with an emphasis on platform portability. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC, HKEx: 4335), founded in 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation, is a U.S.-based multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. ... Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ... Multiprocessing is traditionally known as the use of multiple concurrent processes in a system as opposed to a single process at any one instant. ... Intel 80486DX2 microprocessor in a ceramic PGA package A central processing unit (CPU), or sometimes simply processor, is the component in a digital computer that interprets instructions and processes data contained in software. ... The Sega Dreamcast (Japanese: ドリームキャスト; code-named Blackbelt, Dural and Katana during development) was Segas last video game console. ... PowerPC is a RISC microprocessor architecture created by the 1991 Apple-IBM-Motorola alliance, known as AIM. Originally intended for personal computers, PowerPC CPUs have since become popular embedded and high-performance processors as well. ... PowerPC G3 is a designation used by Apple Computer to a third generation of PowerPC microprocessors. ... PowerPC G4 is a designation used by Apple Computer to describe a fourth generation of PowerPC microprocessors. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984 The Macintosh, or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured and marketed by Apple Computer that run the Macintosh operating system (Mac OS). Named after the McIntosh apple, the original Macintosh was released on January 24, 1984. ... The present article is about the Pegasos computer platform. ... BeOS was an operating system for personal computers which began development by Be Incorporated in 1991. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... FreeBSD is a Unix-like free software operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) branch through 386BSD and 4. ... Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, and was succeeded by Windows 2000 (still based on Windows NT). ...

The projects founder and lead developer is former Be Engineer, Travis Geiselbrecht. NewOS was forked and now forms the base of the Haiku (formerly OpenBeOS) operating system, which seeks to create a BeOS compatible operating system in an open source format. Haiku, formerly known as OpenBeOS, is an open source project dedicated to the re-creation and continuation of the Be Operating System. ...

External links

• NewOS Operating System
• Haiku Operating System