ArcaOS
Computer operating system based on IBM's OS/2 Warp / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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ArcaOS is an operating system based on OS/2, developed and marketed by Arca Noae, LLC under license from IBM.[3][4] It was codenamed Blue Lion during its development.[5] It builds on OS/2 Warp 4.52 by adding support for new hardware, fixing defects and limitations in the operating system, and by including new applications and tools,[6] and includes some Linux/Unix tool compatibility. It is targeted at professional users who need to run their OS/2 applications on new hardware, as well as personal users of OS/2.[7]
Developer | Arca Noae, LLC (based on code from IBM, Microsoft, and other developers) |
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Written in | C, C++, REXX, Java, assembly language |
OS family | OS/2 |
Working state | Current |
Source model | Closed source with open-source components |
Initial release | May 15, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-05-15)[1] |
Latest release | 5.1.0 / August 27, 2023; 7 months ago (2023-08-27)[2] |
Package manager | ANPM (based on RPM and YUM) |
Platforms | 32-bit x86 |
Kernel type | Hybrid kernel |
Default user interface | Workplace Shell, cmd |
License | Proprietary software |
Official website | www.arcanoae.com |
Like OS/2 Warp, ArcaOS is a 32-bit[8] single user, multiprocessing,[9] preemptive multitasking[10] operating system for the x86 architecture.[11] It is supported on both physical hardware[12] and virtual machine hypervisors.[13]