Shilosh OS [LWN.net]

Shilosh OS provides a secure and stable operating system based on a highly modified Linux kernel, with its own package system similar to BSD's "ports", BSD Init scripts. Compatible with x86 and Power PC, it is also 99% compatible with Windows 9x. It is easy to use and includes complete documentation in many languages. Version 0.1 was released July 7, 2002.

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Shilosh OS - 99% compatible??

Posted Jul 16, 2002 3:43 UTC (Tue) by DeletedUser608 ((unknown), #608) [Link]

How is Shilosh '99% compatible with with Windows 9X' ? Because it uses Wine?? This is not binary compatibility, and as a frequent user of Wine I can attest that 50% compatibility across the wide world of windows programs is a more realistic claim. Very important apps (to some people) like Microsoft Office, work rather well, but even Transgaming's WineX isn't compatible (yet) with many windows games. Some of this is due to closed-source cd copy protection mechanisms, but the fact is that making a claim of 99% compatibility is something not even the Wine project or Transgaming tries to do.
I visited the Shilosh website (which still advertised the system as TrinityOS even though they have been told to change the name by an existing (trademarked) TrinityOS project. There's no info on the sourceforge website or on the project's home page as to how the system can achieve supposed 99% compatibility. People need to realize that distributing Wine with your product does not equal windows compatibility.
If the Shilosh project truly is doing something different, they sure need to explain it.