Linux cousins Part 1: Reviewing AROS, the Amiga-like OS

Linux is great. It's fast. It's stable. It's free (in more ways than one).

But Linux (or, depending on who you ask, "GNU/Linux") isn't the only Free and Open Source operating system out there. Sure, it may be the most popular… but there are others. Over the next few articles I will be taking a look at some of the most interesting. One at a time.

Not just looking at them, but running them. And, where possible, doing my work in them. That way, when I'm finished, I'll be able to point to which non-Linux, Open Source operating systems are mature and functional enough as a desktop operating system that I could – in theory – run them as my main system.

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