The non-Wintel user group, supporting Acorn, Amiga, Apple, ARM, Be, NCs, PowerPC, Psion, Unix and other alternative operating systems. Services include a non-Wintel news summary.

http://www.convergence.org/

Graand

Free Classified Ads Portal

www.graand.com

How Stuff Works: Operating Systems

Unbiased enlightening tutorial with impartial description of how OSs work, and many related links.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/operating-system.htm

Internet Operating System Counter

Statistics on Internet OS use, WWW, FTP, and News servers. Over 940,000 hosts checked in this 1999 survey.

http://www.leb.net/hzo/ioscount/

Operating System

Growing article, with links to many related topics. Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system

Operating System Sucks-Rules-O-Meter

The web-based operating system quality and approval metric.

http://srom.zgp.org/

OSNews: Exploring the Future of Computing

Weblog style online magazine on operating systems and computing environments. Daily updates, reader forum with many comments.

http://www.osnews.com/

Alex James on...

What Africa can teach gardeners in Chipping Sodbury

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Mbeki in Harare for crisis talks

South Africa's Thabo Mbeki is in Zimbabwe to meet President Robert Mugabe and leaders of a breakaway opposition faction.

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Venus triumphs in Wimbledon final

Venus Williams captures her fifth Wimbledon title by beating her sister Serena 7-5 6-4 in a high-quality final.

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Sentamu rebukes Williams critics

The Archbishop of York accuses an Anglican traditionalist movement of "ungracious" behaviour.

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Stabbed boy's parents thank helper

The parents of Shakilus Townsend, London's latest teenage knife death victim, thank a woman who tried to save him.

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Toddler injured in bus incident

A 22-month-old girl is in a serious condition with multiple fractures after an incident involving a bus.

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Piper memories

Wives of offshore rig fire victims recall the tragedy

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Hero foils postman kidnap bid

A 'have-a-go hero' twarts an attempt by two men to kidnap a postman in the Gressham Street area of Belfast city centre.

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Residents moved after chapel fire

A blaze damages a disused Victorian chapel and leads to nearby homes being evacuated.

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Briton Laura Robson wins girls' title

Laura Robson becomes the first Briton since 1984 to win the Wimbledon girls' singles title.

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Protests ahead of Japan G8 summit

Protests begin on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido ahead of Monday's summit of the G8 nations.

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Couple say 'aisle do' in the supermarket where they work

A couple tie the knot in the seasonal goods aisle at the supermarket in Dundee where they first met and both work.

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What do you want to talk about?

What do you want the world to talk about?

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Congo ex-leader appears in court

The former vice-president of DR Congo, Jean-Pierre Bemba, appears in court in The Hague.

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Waxwork Hitler beheaded in Berlin

A man is arrested after tearing the head off an Adolf Hitler figure, as a new Madame Tussauds branch opens in Berlin.

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Fans go wild

The music festival that lives alongside a wildlife park

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Labour MSP joins by-election race

Labour MSP Margaret Curran says she will stand as a candidate for the Glasgow East by-election after the frontrunner drops out.

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Flip-flop guide

How Barack Obama and John McCain have changed tack

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Man arrested over student murders

A man is arrested in connection with the murder of two French students who were stabbed and burned in a flat in London.

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Kovalainen on pole for British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton only qualifies fourth fastest for the British GP as his McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen grabs pole position.

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Boy dies in mini-motorbike crash

A 12-year-old boy dies after his mini-motorcycle collided with a car in the Clackmannanshire area on Friday.

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In pictures

Colourful costumes at the UK's biggest gay pride parade

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All-rounder

Farewell to the inventor of the mini-roundabout

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Turkish women attack clothing law

A group of Turkish women protest after a woman is convicted of exhibitionism for wearing "improper clothing".

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Tories under fire after Lewis quits

The Conservatives are in "disarray" after the resignation of London deputy mayor Ray Lewis, Labour says.

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