If you could make a non-linux OS go mainstream, which one would you pick?

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I make the specification of non-linux because otherwise this would just become a thread full of obscure distros that do the same thing as a million other distros.

Some lesser known OSs:

  • AROS - based on Amiga OS, has some derivatives like IcarOS and MorphOS
  • Haiku - based on BeOS
  • Redox - Unix-like, made in Rust (might technically count as linux?)
  • Serenity - Unix-like, very late 90s look and feel
  • Kolibri - Tiny OS, the image is ~44MB. It also has a smaller version that fits in a single floppy.
  • PhantomOS - When 3 Russians decide to turn everything about a typical OS upside down.
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PalmOS as an alternative to Android/ios

Do you mean the successor WebOS? Cause I thought that was pretty cool when I test-drove it in a mobile store.

It really feels like any alternative in mobile space would be a welcome addition, though first we'd need OEMs to stop being assholes and allow users to more easily install custom ROMs or whatever.