Comment by dddw 8 days ago I remember qnx 8 comments dddw Reply smilespray 8 days ago Full network stack and a web server on a 1.44MB floppy! d3Xt3r 8 days ago And a Javascript capable HTML4 browser, and a decent-looking and performant GUI desktop too.It's a shame QNX (desktop) died, used to be way more performant and stable compared to Linux or anything else back in the day. userbinator 8 days ago The problem is it wasn't really compatible with anything else, at a time when DOS/Windows and Unix-likes were the most common. 1 reply → w84death 7 days ago Isn't it still alive in automobile/infodesks? 1 reply → dredmorbius 8 days ago Do you recall which browser?BrowseX, written mostly in Tcl/Tk, was included in one microdistro. Probably LNX-BBC, per Wikipedia.<https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/BrowseX><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootable_business_card#Operati...> w84death 7 days ago QNX is to this day the biggest "floppy" thing I ever saw.I would love to have a modern recreation of it.
smilespray 8 days ago Full network stack and a web server on a 1.44MB floppy! d3Xt3r 8 days ago And a Javascript capable HTML4 browser, and a decent-looking and performant GUI desktop too.It's a shame QNX (desktop) died, used to be way more performant and stable compared to Linux or anything else back in the day. userbinator 8 days ago The problem is it wasn't really compatible with anything else, at a time when DOS/Windows and Unix-likes were the most common. 1 reply → w84death 7 days ago Isn't it still alive in automobile/infodesks? 1 reply → dredmorbius 8 days ago Do you recall which browser?BrowseX, written mostly in Tcl/Tk, was included in one microdistro. Probably LNX-BBC, per Wikipedia.<https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/BrowseX><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootable_business_card#Operati...>
d3Xt3r 8 days ago And a Javascript capable HTML4 browser, and a decent-looking and performant GUI desktop too.It's a shame QNX (desktop) died, used to be way more performant and stable compared to Linux or anything else back in the day. userbinator 8 days ago The problem is it wasn't really compatible with anything else, at a time when DOS/Windows and Unix-likes were the most common. 1 reply → w84death 7 days ago Isn't it still alive in automobile/infodesks? 1 reply →
userbinator 8 days ago The problem is it wasn't really compatible with anything else, at a time when DOS/Windows and Unix-likes were the most common. 1 reply →
dredmorbius 8 days ago Do you recall which browser?BrowseX, written mostly in Tcl/Tk, was included in one microdistro. Probably LNX-BBC, per Wikipedia.<https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/BrowseX><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootable_business_card#Operati...>
w84death 7 days ago QNX is to this day the biggest "floppy" thing I ever saw.I would love to have a modern recreation of it.
Full network stack and a web server on a 1.44MB floppy!
And a Javascript capable HTML4 browser, and a decent-looking and performant GUI desktop too.
It's a shame QNX (desktop) died, used to be way more performant and stable compared to Linux or anything else back in the day.
The problem is it wasn't really compatible with anything else, at a time when DOS/Windows and Unix-likes were the most common.
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Isn't it still alive in automobile/infodesks?
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Do you recall which browser?
BrowseX, written mostly in Tcl/Tk, was included in one microdistro. Probably LNX-BBC, per Wikipedia.
<https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/BrowseX>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootable_business_card#Operati...>
QNX is to this day the biggest "floppy" thing I ever saw.
I would love to have a modern recreation of it.