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http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/04/02/1220203/25-years-of-ibms-os2

https://techland.time.com/2012/04/02/25-years-of-ibms-os2-the-birth-death-and-afterlife-of-a-legendary-operating-system/

Самое интересное, что как пишут OS/2 всё ещё где-то используется :)

P.S. Я сам посидел некоторе время в "гнутой полуоси" (OS/2 3.0 Warp) - примерно в 1996-1997 годах, пока не осознал, что Windows-95 реально шаг вперёд от DOS+Win3.X...

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О - новый дистр OS/2 на подходе :o

https://web.archive.org/web/20151106010224/http://www.techrepublic.com/article/os2-blue-lion-to-be-the-next-distro-of-the-28-year-old-os/

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Blue Lion — The return of OS/2

Arca Noae, an organization run by veterans of the OS/2 ecosystem, obtained a license from IBM to sell a new distribution of that OS, which at present is codenamed Blue Lion.

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О - новый дистр OS/2 на подходе :o

https://web.archive.org/web/20151106010224/http://www.techrepublic.com/article/os2-blue-lion-to-be-the-next-distro-of-the-28-year-old-os/

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Blue Lion — The return of OS/2

Arca Noae, an organization run by veterans of the OS/2 ecosystem, obtained a license from IBM to sell a new distribution of that OS, which at present is codenamed Blue Lion.

Интересно, что через 7 с лишним лет с момента анонса этот дистр OS/2 всё ещё существует, обновляется и продаётся за бабки :o
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New licenses for ArcaOS 5.1:

Personal edition: $139.00 (includes 6 months of Support & Maintenance)
Commercial edition: $249.00 (includes one year of Support & Maintenance).


https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos/
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ArcaOS is…

…Arca Noae’s OS/2-based operating system
…targeted specifically at booting, installing, and running on modern PC hardware
…fully supported by Arca Noae’s team of engineers and developers
…an upgrade path for customers currently using OS/2 or eComStation

ArcaOS is not just a repackaged, re-branded OS/2 Warp distribution. ArcaOS has undergone significant enhancements to address long-outstanding issues with prior OS/2 distributions, as well as to ensure its compatibility with the widest range of modern hardware available. Many portions of the OS have been completely rewritten to more fully leverage the power and performance of modern PCs. This isn’t your grandfather’s OS/2.

ArcaOS runs…

…OS/2 applications (32-bit and 16-bit)
…16-bit Windows applications
…DOS applications
…ported Linux applications
…select 32-bit Windows applications
…Java applications
…Qt applications
…REXX applications
…much more…

Yes, everything that you were able to run under IBM’s OS/2 installs and runs on ArcaOS.

Do you have a custom written OS/2 application? Favorite, classic OS/2 productivity, word processing, spreadsheet, or graphics applications? OS/2, Windows 3.1, or DOS games? ArcaOS runs all of those just like OS/2 Warp 4, only better. ArcaOS is more compatible with modern hardware, makes more efficient use of memory and system resources, and installs more easily than any other OS/2 distribution…ever. Really.

Do you have a system with 16GB of RAM in it? Want your apps to really fly? Configure ArcaOS to utilize all memory above 4GB as a RAM disk, and at bootup, copy your most frequently used applications there. It’s like running your OS/2, Windows, DOS, REXX, Java, and ported Linux applications on air.


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Вышел ArcaOS 5.1 с поддержкой UEFI и TheRegister написал про это целую статью :o

https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/04/arcaos_51/

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In the OS/2 world, ArcaOS 5.1 is a long-awaited release which enables this 32-bit OS from the late 20th century to run on modern PC hardware.

The first version of Arca Noae's distribution of OS/2, ArcaOS 5, was released in 2017, and 5.1 is the ninth release since then. The previous update, version 5.0.8 came out in May, and was the first since December 2021.

5.1 is a significant bump because for the first time it adds native support for PCs with UEFI firmware rather than legacy BIOS, which includes drives partitioned with GPT, the more modern replacement for MBR which allows drives of over 2TB in size.


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Один универ гасит свой онлайн архив OS/2-софта и его забрал себе archive.org - 18 гигов :)

https://archive.org/details/hobbes-os2-archive_202401

https://archive.org/download/hobbes-os2-archive_202401

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Тоже сначала хотел загрузить весь архив, а потом подумал и не стал.
Слишком уж огороженная Полуось была, да так и осталась.

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