Operating Systems
COMPARISO BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPERATING SYSTEMS
These tables provide a comparison of operating systems, listing general and technical information for a number of widely used and currently available PC and handheld (including smartphone and tablet computer) operating systems. The article, usage share of operating systems provides a broader, and more general, comparison of operating systems that includes servers, mainframes and supercomputers.
Because of the large number and variety of available Linux distributions, they are all grouped under a single entry. There are also a variety of BSD operating systems, covered in comparison of BSD operating systems.
General information Name | Creator | First public release | Predecessor | Latest stable version | Latest release date | Cost, availability | Preferred license[g 1] | Target system type | AIX | IBM | 1986 | UNIX System V Release 3 | 7.1 | 2010 | Bundled with hardware | Proprietary | Server, NAS, workstation | Android | Android, Inc., Google | 2008 | Linux | 4.2 (Jelly Bean) | 2012 | Free | Apache 2.0, GNU GPLv2 | Consumer, enterprise, military, education | AmigaOS classic | Commodore International, Haage & Partner, Hyperion Entertainment | 1985 | TRIPOS (as the disk operating component of AmigaOS) | 3.9 | 2000, December 4 | Bundled with hardware up to version 3.0 (Amiga International Hardware came with 3.1); versions 2.1, 3.0, 3.1, 3.5, 3.9 also available as separate packages | Proprietary, open source clone available under AROS Public License | Workstation, personal computer | AmigaOS 4 | Hyperion Entertainment | 2004 | AmigaOS classic | 4.1 update 6 | 2012 | 4.0 bundled with hardware; 4.0 for classic and 4.1 available as standalone package at €99 | Proprietary | Workstation, personal computer | eComStation | Serenity Systems, Mensys BV | 2001 | OS/2 | 2.1 | 2011 | Home-student edition (max. 5 per site) $149.00 business edition $259.00 | Proprietary | Server, workstation, personal
These tables provide a comparison of operating systems, listing general and technical information for a number of widely used and currently available PC and handheld (including smartphone and tablet computer) operating systems. The article, usage share of operating systems provides a broader, and more general, comparison of operating systems that includes servers, mainframes and supercomputers.
Because of the large number and variety of available Linux distributions, they are all grouped under a single entry. There are also a variety of BSD operating systems, covered in comparison of BSD operating systems.
General information Name | Creator | First public release | Predecessor | Latest stable version | Latest release date | Cost, availability | Preferred license[g 1] | Target system type | AIX | IBM | 1986 | UNIX System V Release 3 | 7.1 | 2010 | Bundled with hardware | Proprietary | Server, NAS, workstation | Android | Android, Inc., Google | 2008 | Linux | 4.2 (Jelly Bean) | 2012 | Free | Apache 2.0, GNU GPLv2 | Consumer, enterprise, military, education | AmigaOS classic | Commodore International, Haage & Partner, Hyperion Entertainment | 1985 | TRIPOS (as the disk operating component of AmigaOS) | 3.9 | 2000, December 4 | Bundled with hardware up to version 3.0 (Amiga International Hardware came with 3.1); versions 2.1, 3.0, 3.1, 3.5, 3.9 also available as separate packages | Proprietary, open source clone available under AROS Public License | Workstation, personal computer | AmigaOS 4 | Hyperion Entertainment | 2004 | AmigaOS classic | 4.1 update 6 | 2012 | 4.0 bundled with hardware; 4.0 for classic and 4.1 available as standalone package at €99 | Proprietary | Workstation, personal computer | eComStation | Serenity Systems, Mensys BV | 2001 | OS/2 | 2.1 | 2011 | Home-student edition (max. 5 per site) $149.00 business edition $259.00 | Proprietary | Server, workstation, personal