Quick Answer: Which Is the Oldest Operating System?
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Mainframes. The first operating system used for real work was GM-NAA I/O, produced in 1956 by General Motors’ Research division for its IBM 704. Most other early operating systems for IBM mainframes were also produced by customers.

Is Linux the oldest operating system?

Linux, computer operating system created in the early 1990s by Finnish software engineer Linus Torvalds and the Free Software Foundation (FSF). While still a student at the University of Helsinki, Torvalds started developing Linux to create a system similar to MINIX, a UNIX operating system.

Which is the oldest mobile operating system?

The first commercially available phone running Android was HTC Dream, in 2008. Whereas the first Apple phone running iOS was released in 2007. Currently, Android’s latest version is 7.0 ‘Nougat’ and Apple announced it iOS 11 at its annual Apple World Wide Developers Conference.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

Environmental Science & Climate Journalist

James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.

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