A curated section for articles about other operating systems, particularly those which can be installed on Macs and other apple devices. This section may also include “other” macOS articles.

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• Windows 95: One of the Greatest Operating Systems Ever?
  Simon Royal, Low End Mac, Low End PC, Tech Spectrum – 2012.08.24

• MorphOS: Amiga Operating System Meets PowerPC Macs
  Simon Royal, Amiga, Edelweiss, Low End Mac – 2012.07.31

• Mac OS is the Jesus, Allah, Nirvana, and Buddha of Operating Systems
  Rodney Lain, 10 Commandments of the Church of Macintosh, Low End Mac, Things Macintosh – 2001.03.08

• Pink: Apple’s First Stab at a Modern Operating System
  Tom Hormby, Apple History, Low End Mac – 2014.04.27

• Operating Systems: Past, Present, and Future
  Daniel Knight, Low End Mac, Mac Musings – 1998.08.05

• BeOS and BFS, the BeOS Filing System
  Jonathan Ploudre, Back & Forth, Low End Mac – 2001.04.20

• 25 years ago today: Apple Introduces Mac OS X to the world
  Mark Sokolovsky, Apple History, Low End Mac, Taking Back the Market – 2025.01.06

• Snow Leopard and the Mid 2009 MacBook – Just Like PB&J
  Dan Bashur,  Low End Campfire Discussion – 2020.07.28

• Your OS Doesn’t Matter: Use What Makes You Happy
  Simon Royal, Low End Mac, Low End Mobile, Low End PC, Tech Spectrum – 2018.06.22

• The Windows Threat, the Next Generation Mac OS, and ‘Wicked Fast’ Macs
  Tom Hormby,  Low End Mac, Mac History, Orchard – 2018.03.10

• Installing Linux on PowerPC Macs
  Daniel Knight,  Low End Mac, PPC Linux – 2018.02.14

• Hands On: Samsung ChromeBook Series 3 & Chrome OS
  Simon Royal, Low End Chrome, Low End PC, Tech Spectrum – 2016.09.22

• OS X 10.4 Tiger Is Still Very Useful
  Daniel Knight,  Low End Mac, Mac Musings – 2016.08.30

• Is Chrome OS the New Low End?
  Daniel Knight,  Low End Chrome, Low End Mac, Mac Musings – 2016.08.28

• The Sky Is Falling on the PC Market
  Daniel Knight,  Low End Mac, Low End PC, Mac Musings – 2016.07.17

• Goodbye OS X, Hello macOS: Apple Renames Its Desktop OS Again
  Simon Royal, Low End Mac, Mac OS X Software, Tech Spectrum – 2016.06.14

• Windows Mobile Is Dead – or Just About
  Simon Royal, Low End Mac, Low End Mobile, Tech Spectrum – 2016.04.26

• HTC 8x: Will It (and Should It) Get Windows 10 Mobile
  Simon Royal, Low End Mobile, Tech Spectrum – 2016.03.07

• A Clean Install of Windows 10 – and Take It from 32-bit to 64-bit
  Simon Royal, Low End PC, Tech Spectrum – 2016.02.03

• OS X 10.10 Yosemite, the First Year
  Daniel Knight,  Low End Mac, Mac Musings – 2015.11.23

• After Upgrading to iOS 9, iTunes No Longer Works with My iPhone or iPad
  Daniel Knight,  Low End Mac, Low End PC – 2015.11.21

• ChromiumOS: Simple. Lightweight. Fast
  Simon Royal, Low End Chrome, Low End Mac, Low End PC, Tech Spectrum – 2015.08.21

• Haiku OS: A Quick Look a the New BeOS
  Simon Royal, Low End Mac, Low End PC, Tech Spectrum – 2015.07.08

• A Brief Affair with Xubuntu
  Simon Royal, Low End PC, Tech Spectrum – 2014.06.27

• NeXT, OpenStep, and the Triumphant Return of Steve Jobs
  Tom Hormby,  Apple History, Low End Mac – 2014.06.07

• The Pros and Cons of BeOS
  Jonathan Ploudre,  Back & Forth, Low End Mac – 2014.04.18

• ReactOS: A Windows Compatible Alternative OS
  Simon Royal, Low End Mac, Low End PC, Tech Spectrum – 2014.02.26

• Q4OS: A Linux Distro with a Windows Look
  Simon Royal, Low End Mac, Low End PC, Tech Spectrum – 2014.02.24

• OS X 10.7 Lion: The Vista of the Mac World?
  Simon Royal, Low End Mac, Tech Spectrum – 2013.11.09

• Windows Vista: Does It Deserves Its Bad Reputation?
  Simon Royal, Low End Mac, Low End PC, Tech Spectrum – 2013.11.09

• Elementary OS: The Sleekest OS X Alternative
  Simon Royal, Low End Mac, Low End PC, Tech Spectrum – 2013.10.25

• iDroid: Run Android on iOS Hardware
  Simon Royal,  iOS & iDevices, Low End Mac, Low End Mobile, Tech Spectrum – 2013.03.18

• The Case Against PPC Linux, OS X Tiger on Facebook, ResExcellence Rebirth, and More
  Daniel Knight,  Tech News, Vintage Mac News – 2012.12.22

• What iOS 6 Means to iPhone 3GS Owners
  Simon Royal, iOS & iDevices, Low End Mac, Tech Spectrum – 2012.06.13

• Create a Triple Boot Mac with OS 9, OS X, and Linux
  Simon Royal, Low End Mac, Tech Spectrum – 2010.11.30

• Tiger vs. Leopard: There Is a Clear Winner
  John Hatchett,  Low End Mac, Recycled Computing – 2010.06.16

• The Road Ahead: Snow Leopard, Windows 7, and Mac OS X 10.7
  Simon Royal, Low End Mac, Tech Spectrum – 2009.01.12