Some of the best web sites I have currently found for information include;
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/10-best-alternative-operating-systems-934484
https://www.howtogeek.com/190217/10-alternative-pc-operating-systems-you-can-install
https://www.thetoptens.com/best-operating-systems
From these I can currently summarize the following list;
1. Microsoft Windows including all its current versions; https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13443/windows-which-operating-system
- Windows 10 http://windows.microsoft.com
- Windows 8
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista (not well liked at first, but became better on revisions)
- Windows XP (no longer supported but viable)
- Ubuntu (many of the other versions of linux are actually based on Ubuntu which itself is a Debian-based Linux OS) http://www.ubuntu.com
- Linux Mint (my personal favorite) https://www.linuxmint.com
- Fedora https://getfedora.org
- Elementary OS http://elementary.io
- Debian https://www.debian.org
- Red Hat Linux http://www.redhat.com
- openSUSE https://www.opensuse.org
- Arch Linux https://www.archlinux.org
- Zorin http://www.zorin-os.com
- CentOS https://www.centos.org
- Kubuntu http://www.kubuntu.org
- Xubuntu http://xubuntu.org
- Lubuntu http://lubuntu.me
- Gentoo http://www.gentoo.org
- Slackware http://www.slackware.com
- Slax http://www.slax.org
- Knoppix http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
- SliTaz (very light on computer resources) http://slitaz.org/en
- Peppermint OS https://peppermintos.com
- Bodhi Linux http://bodhilinux.com
- Puppy Linux http://www.puppylinux.com
3. Andriod which is based on the Linux OS. The official version is used on mobile devices, however an unofficial version is available for standard computers.
- Android-x86 is an unofficial initiative to port the Andriod mobile OS to run on devices powered byAMD and Intel X86 processors, rather than RISC-based ARM chips http://www.android-x86.org
- Chromium OS is the open-source development version of Chrome OS http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os
- OpenBSD https://www.openbsd.org
- FreeBSD https://www.freebsd.org
- NetBSD https://netbsd.org
- GhostBSD http://www.ghostbsd.org
7. Haiku Inspired by the BeOS, Haiku OS is fast, simple to use http://haiku-os.org
8. MenuetOS Menuet isn't based on other operating system nor has it roots within UNIX or the POSIX standards http://www.menuetos.net
9. KolibriOS This OS is fork of MenuetOS. It is a tiny and fast operating system http://www.kolibrios.org
10. eComStation This is a paid operating system and is based on IBM's OS/2. You can download a free demo CD to check it out. http://www.ecomstation.com
11. Syllable Desktop Based on the AtheOS operating system http://web.syllable.org/pages/about.html#Desktop
12. Minix Linus Torvalds used Minix as a platform, guide, and inspiration to develop a Minix clone, named Linux http://www.minix3.org
13. DOS It's fairly basic, but still around - use it to run old dos applications, games, etc
- FreeDOS http://www.freedos.org
So does anyone know of any additional OS's that match the criteria?
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