Comparison between KolibriOS and MenuetOS

Fri Jun 13, 2014 9:55 pm

Hi all,

Completely new to both of these OS's, so I have some questions about both. I hope this is the right place to put this. Primarially I am wondering what the current and planned differences between the two are, and which I should start with. KolibriOS looks like it has a much stronger comunity, and though it is Russian I would prefer it just for that. Are the OS's still binary or code compatible, and will they remain so? Do the two projects still take the improvements of each other and merge them together, or was the fork a complete split?

Either way I go, I am really excited to have found assembly OS's still under active development

--sudobash

Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:14 pm

MenuetOS 32 bit is (almost) no longer under development.
There is a newer version, Menuetos 64 bit, but it is closed source.

KolibriOS comes only in 32 bit version so far, and is no longer binary compatible with Menuetos 32 bit because the API has been enhanced and obsolete functions have been removed.

Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:17 pm

2005 and beyond - we do not look at Menuet. Some applications are compatible.
Applications MenuetOS (M32) with some probability will run on KolibriOS.
Most KolibriOS applications will not run on M32.

Fri Jun 13, 2014 11:43 pm

sudobash
Ask Ville - he might be delighted to get this question once again

Sat Jun 14, 2014 1:46 am

Tried kolibri on my P2 with a floppy and I was floored. The amount fit on a floppy and the speed at which it runs! Its been a long time since I have been so excited about 1.44 M

Sat Jun 14, 2014 1:49 am

sudobash
We are happy for you. Please continue to keep us informed.

Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:02 am

Ville made a radical innovative step in improving his file manager. But now it became looks like a little bit as... Hm...

Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:06 am

First it was Chrome, then Firefox... now its HTTPC. Innovations and user experience

Mon Mar 02, 2015 3:22 am

So MenuetOS had done show windows contend while dragging windows.
Cool feature, but other points are sad as always. HD and USB drivers are still not visible.

Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:53 am

Leency wrote:So MenuetOS had done show windows contend while dragging windows.
Cool feature, but other points are sad as always. HD and USB drivers are still not visible.

How drivers can't be visible? Where you trying to watch them?

Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:59 am

Sorry, "drives".

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