Name a computer operating system

Last seen Dive #43. 238 accepted answers on the published sheet.

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Hint 1. 238 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 8 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

CentOS

Hint 3 — a rare answer

TempleOS · 100 pts

Best safe pick
TempleOS One in a Krillion 100 pts

Ranked by rarity × how easy it is to type in 25 seconds. Too Clever answers are treated as risky.

Best rare answers

  • TempleOS 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • AmigaOS 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • antiX 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • AROS 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • BackTrack 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Bada 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Batocera 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Bazzite 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • CentOS 60 pts
  • Debian 60 pts
  • Fedora 60 pts
  • FreeBSD 60 pts
  • iPadOS 60 pts
  • Manjaro 60 pts
  • Mint 60 pts
  • openSUSE 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

Everyone else will type these. Ten points is a surface skim.

  • Android 10
  • iOS 10
  • Linux 10
  • macOS 10
  • Windows 10

All accepted answers

Prompt 1 of 1

Name a computer operating system

● One in a Krillion · 2 ● Deep Cut · 209 ● Rare · 15 ● Schooler · 6 ● Too Clever · 1 ● Plankton · 5
One in a Krillion +100 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • GM-NAA I/O +100
  • TempleOS +100
Deep Cut +85 209 answers — tap to reveal
  • 386BSD +85
  • A/UX +85
  • AIX +85
  • Alpine Linux +85
  • Amazon Linux +85
  • AmigaOS +85
  • antiX +85
  • Apple DOS +85
  • AROS +85
  • Artix Linux +85
  • Asahi Linux +85
  • Astra Linux +85
  • Atari DOS +85
  • Atari TOS +85
  • BackTrack +85
  • Bada +85
  • Banyan VINES +85
  • Batocera +85
  • Bazzite +85
  • BeOS +85
  • BlackArch +85
  • BlackBerry OS +85
  • Bodhi Linux +85
  • Burroughs MCP +85
  • CachyOS +85
  • CalyxOS +85
  • CBL-Mariner +85
  • ChimeraOS +85
  • Cisco IOS +85
  • Clear Linux +85
  • Coherent +85
  • Contiki +85
  • Copland +85
  • Corel Linux +85
  • CoreOS +85
  • CP/M +85
  • CRUX +85
  • CTSS +85
  • CyanogenMod +85
  • Damn Small Linux +85
  • Danger OS +85
  • DD-WRT +85
  • Deepin +85
  • Devuan +85
  • DR-DOS +85
  • DragonFly BSD +85
  • eCos +85
  • elementary OS +85
  • EndeavourOS +85
  • Endless OS +85
  • Fire OS +85
  • Firefox OS +85
  • FreeDOS +85
  • FreeRTOS +85
  • Fuchsia +85
  • Garuda Linux +85
  • GCOS +85
  • Genera +85
  • Gentoo +85
  • GEOS +85
  • GhostBSD +85
  • GNU Hurd +85
  • GrapheneOS +85
  • GS/OS +85
  • Haiku +85
  • HarmonyOS +85
  • HP-UX +85
  • IBM i +85
  • illumos +85
  • Inferno +85
  • IRIX +85
  • ITS +85
  • JunOS +85
  • KaiOS +85
  • Knoppix +85
  • KolibriOS +85
  • Kubuntu +85
  • Kylin +85
  • Lakka +85
  • LineageOS +85
  • Linspire +85
  • Linux From Scratch +85
  • Lisa OS +85
  • Lubuntu +85
  • LynxOS +85
  • Mac OS 9 +85
  • Maemo +85
  • Mageia +85
  • Magic Cap +85
  • Mandriva +85
  • MeeGo +85
  • MenuetOS +85
  • Minix +85
  • MkLinux +85
  • MorphOS +85
  • MP/M +85
  • MPE +85
  • MSX-DOS +85
  • MTS +85
  • MULTICS +85
  • MVS +85
  • MX Linux +85
  • NetBSD +85
  • NetWare +85
  • Newton OS +85
  • NeXTSTEP +85
  • NixOS +85
  • Nobara +85
  • NonStop OS +85
  • NOS +85
  • NuttX +85
  • Oberon +85
  • OpenBSD +85
  • OpenIndiana +85
  • OpenSolaris +85
  • OpenWrt +85
  • OPNsense +85
  • Oracle Linux +85
  • Orbis OS +85
  • OS/2 +85
  • OS/360 +85
  • OS/390 +85
  • Palm OS +85
  • Parrot OS +85
  • PC DOS +85
  • PCLinuxOS +85
  • Peppermint OS +85
  • pfSense +85
  • Plan 9 +85
  • Pop!_OS +85
  • postmarketOS +85
  • Primos +85
  • ProDOS +85
  • Proxmox +85
  • Puppy Linux +85
  • PureOS +85
  • QNX +85
  • Qubes OS +85
  • Raspberry Pi OS +85
  • ReactOS +85
  • Red Star OS +85
  • Redox OS +85
  • Replicant +85
  • Rhapsody +85
  • RIOT OS +85
  • RISC OS +85
  • RouterOS +85
  • RSTS/E +85
  • RSX-11 +85
  • RT-11 +85
  • RTEMS +85
  • Sailfish OS +85
  • Scientific Linux +85
  • SCO UNIX +85
  • SerenityOS +85
  • Singularity +85
  • Slackware +85
  • Slax +85
  • SmartOS +85
  • Solus +85
  • SunOS +85
  • Syllable +85
  • Synology DSM +85
  • Tails +85
  • Talos Linux +85
  • TENEX +85
  • ThreadX +85
  • Tiny Core Linux +85
  • TinyOS +85
  • Tizen +85
  • TOPS-10 +85
  • TOPS-20 +85
  • TPF +85
  • TRON +85
  • TRSDOS +85
  • Tru64 +85
  • TrueNAS +85
  • tvOS +85
  • Ubuntu Touch +85
  • UCSD p-System +85
  • Ultrix +85
  • UNICOS +85
  • UnixWare +85
  • Unraid +85
  • visionOS +85
  • VM/CMS +85
  • VMS +85
  • VMware ESXi +85
  • Void Linux +85
  • VxWorks +85
  • VyOS +85
  • watchOS +85
  • Wear OS +85
  • webOS +85
  • Whonix +85
  • Windows CE +85
  • Windows Mobile +85
  • Windows NT +85
  • Windows RT +85
  • Windows Server +85
  • Xandros +85
  • Xenix +85
  • Xubuntu +85
  • Xv6 +85
  • Yellow Dog Linux +85
  • z/OS +85
  • z/VSE +85
  • Zephyr +85
  • Zorin OS +85
Rare +60 15 answers — tap to reveal
  • CentOS +60
  • Debian +60
  • Fedora +60
  • FreeBSD +60
  • iPadOS +60
  • Kali Linux +60
  • Manjaro +60
  • Mint +60
  • openSUSE +60
  • Red Hat +60
  • Solaris +60
  • SteamOS +60
  • Symbian +60
  • Windows Phone +60
  • Windows Vista +60
Schooler +30 6 answers — tap to reveal
  • Chrome OS +30
  • MS-DOS +30
  • Ubuntu +30
  • Unix +30
  • Windows 95 +30
  • Windows XP +30
Too Clever +15 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Arch Linux +15
Plankton +10 5 answers — tap to reveal
  • Android +10
  • iOS +10
  • Linux +10
  • macOS +10
  • Windows +10